If you’ve dished it out in print, like this guy did from the look of him, you’ve got to be prepared to take it. In real life, that was Bogey in Deadline USA. Below: The actual author of this blog with Danielle Smith, just before she announced she was seeking
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Alberta Diary: Campaign Dairy Volume 3: My website arrives
Here’s a peek at the interior of DavidClimenhaga.ca – my campaign website. Below: Yours Truly, looking serious. It’s about the point in a campaign where voters start paying attention to who the candidates are and what each of them stands for. So I’m pleased to be able to tell you
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Campaign Diary Volume 2: Mapping St. Albert priorities while my web page dries out
A work in progress … a screenshot from my campaign website, as it emerges… ST. ALBERT, Alberta One of the small ripples and eddies from the disastrous floods that inundated Calgary on June 21 lapped up alongside my city council campaign in St. Albert. That is to say, the web
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Campaign Diary Vol. 1: The actual dark secret of democratic politics
The front page of Saturday’s St. Albert Gazette. A good first week of campaigning. ST. ALBERT, Alberta Well, I reckon the first week of my campaign for city council here in St. Albert has to be judged a success – at least by the measure of the excellent coverage I
Continue readingAlberta Diary: And now for something completely different: Why I’m running for city council in St. Albert
The campaign splash page, appearing at DavidClimenhaga.ca very soon. To be followed by more information. Below: Your blogger in full campaign mode, at the library, of course. Yesterday I sent out a news release stating that I plan to run for city council in St. Albert, the community where my
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive | News & Analysis: In Detroit, Pro-Democracy Movement Rises Against ‘Disaster Capitalism’
As new ‘emergency manager’ Kevin Orr takes over in ‘bloodless coup,’ community plans revolt By: Jon Queally | Common Dreams: Community and pro-democracy activists in Detroit have no intention of rolling over and playing dead for Kevyn Orr, the city’s new ‘emergency manager’ appointed by Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, who
Continue readingcartoon life: The gang of eight: in charge of #ldnont
Filed under: caricature, cartoons, digital, drawings, London Tagged: Brian Orser, Bud Polhill, caricature, city, City council, Dale Henderson, Denise Brown, Gang of Eight, Joe Fontana, Joe Swan, Paul Van Meer Bergen, politics, Sandy White
Continue readingAlberta Diary: Purely local issues: Fear and loathing on St. Albert’s dog runs
Lots of St. Albertans love their dogs and want to see them run. St. Albert dog owners, of course, may not be exactly as illustrated. Below: Councillor Malcolm Parker striking out with his leash law idea. ST. ALBERT, Alberta If you don’t think much about municipal politics, you may not
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Saving the South March Highlands: Looking to the Future
The first thing I want to say is that any discussion of saving the South March Highlands has to start by acknowledging that, indeed, some of it has been saved and placed in public ownership and that we might not even be discussing saving the rest of it if that
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The South March Highlands
Click here for everything you need to know about The South March HighlandsPlease click above for what is the best overview yet of the issues relating to The South March Highlands.
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Ottawa’s Green Bin Program – Time for City Council to Lead
An Open Letter to Ottawa City Council and Residents RE: Residential Solid Waste Service Level Review RecommendationsThis open letter is being posted on my blog, The Fifth Column ( http://the5thc.blogspot.com/ ) and being sent via email to the the follo…
Continue readingPop The Stack: In Which I Get Outraged at…Oshawa?
If you read me regularly you may have noticed I’m writing less, well, regularly, recently. I’ve promised myself to cut back on political blogging while I try to finish my thesis so the bar is pretty high for a political/democracy story to force me to comment with a full blog post. I have to say, […]
Continue readingRegan Wolfrom: Why I’m Not Running for City Council
In the past five years since I returned to Winnipeg, I’ve been disappointed, dissatisfied, and oftentimes in complete disbelief of how governance is done in Winnipeg. I’ve seen community centres and historic buildings knocked down simply to create empty lots for cars and/or garbage. I’ve seen construction projects planned that seem to revel in increasing […]
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