[1] Linda Fox-Mellway has lived in the Ward in which she serves for over 20 years and has been active in both personal and public service for most of that time.
Examples of her community involvement include - President, Lake Bonavista Community Association - Director, Lake Bonavista Community Association - Chairman, Community Youth Crime Prevention Committee - creation and development involving: Police Services, Block Watch, Board of Education - Vice-Chairman Subdivision & Development Appeal Board, City of Calgary - Board member, Focus Group to study land use, planning and transportation, South of Fish Creek Park - Fund-raising Coordinator, Canadian Cancer Society - Fund-raising Coordinator, Kidney Foundation of Canada.
Council initiatives and resolutions instigated or lobbied for by Fox-Mellway: The Green Trip Initiative - Provincial funding for regional mass transportation to offer viable alternatives to single vehicles LRT from Anderson to Somerset including interchanges at Anderson/MacLeod Trail and Midlake/MacLeod Trail.
Fox-Mellway worked with BP Forest in Fish Creek Park, resulting in their developing and entirely funding this environmental space.
Represented Council on the Steering Committee for the new Pine Creek Wastewater/Research Centre, an environmental and architectural accomplishment that has received recognition and awards worldwide.
[4] However, the Coalition for Property Tax Fairness's report card was based on entirely subjective criteria, and has been widely discredited.
After weighing all the options in the public interest, the council voted in favour of Fox-Mellway's proposal by a count of 11 to 4.
[9] She is also against continuing operations at Race City Speedway, as she voted against extending the lease of the popular race-car track.
[11] Fox-Mellway was given an "F" rating by the Coalition for Property Tax Fairness which in June 2009 released its first Calgary Municipal Report Card based on four criteria: Taxpayer-friendly voting record, office budget management, initiative in policy making, and proactive stakeholder engagement and responsiveness.