I’m so bored with blogging, I can’t even be bothered to come up with a title…
OK, so it’s not so much that blogging is, like, so 2008, but that I’ve been tremendously busy between work, paddling, and working out. But now that paddling is pretty…
Municipal politics
The facepalm moment…
So Monday night’s council meeting was 50 minutes, which wouldn’t be so bad had it not been for the fact that agenda-wise, it should only have been about 10. The…
wherefore art thou, Canadian Constitution? local corporate government operating in federal jurisdiction
Part 3 in Priscilla’s series on municipal government. The Nature of Corporate Government – Part 3 It appears that Lumby Council’s Noise By-law regulation circumvents basic rights offered to…
The final word?
… I guess we wait and see Monday night, as a motion to name the trail on top of Mount Doom after former rec director Peter Dunbar is back on…
Oops, we failed to follow policy…
There’ll be more on this on the E-B’s site in the next few hours, once I figure out how to write this up. However, I can say this, based on…
Town going koo-koo bananas…
UPDATED… … and, it appears, it only took six months into this new term of council… Exhibit No. 1: At this moment (about 1:30 in the afternoon on Monday), two…
Some Pictures Are Worth a Thousand Words
From today’s Toronto Star: Funny and on target! I have to say that I’m very happy with the real contest of visions we had in our municipal election, especially compared…
Some Pictures Are Worth a Thousand Words
From today's Toronto Star:Funny and on target! I have to say that I'm very happy with the real contest of visions we had in our municipal election, especially compared to…
Some Pictures Are Worth a Thousand Words
From today’s Toronto Star: Funny and on target! I have to say that I’m very happy with the real contest of visions we had in our municipal election, especially compared…
Some Pictures Are Worth a Thousand Words
From today's Toronto Star:Funny and on target! I have to say that I'm very happy with the real contest of visions we had in our municipal election, especially compared to…
Nenshi Wins – Now What?
And so it is Nenshi for Mayor – but what looks like a very conservative council. Should be an interesting few years, Calgary. Ironically, for all the talk about technology…
Nenshi Wins – Now What?
And so it is Nenshi for Mayor - but what looks like a very conservative council. Should be an interesting few years, Calgary.Ironically, for all the talk about technology and…
Nenshi Wins – Now What?
And so it is Nenshi for Mayor – but what looks like a very conservative council. Should be an interesting few years, Calgary. Ironically, for all the talk about technology…
Nenshi Wins – Now What?
And so it is Nenshi for Mayor - but what looks like a very conservative council. Should be an interesting few years, Calgary.Ironically, for all the talk about technology and…
Calgary’s Municipal Election, version 2010
As the Municipal Election begins to loom here in Calgary I have regularly been asked for my thoughts on the race for Mayor. Having repeated them so many times I…
Calgary’s Municipal Election, version 2010
As the Municipal Election begins to loom here in Calgary I have regularly been asked for my thoughts on the race for Mayor. Having repeated them so many times I…
Calgary’s Municipal Election, version 2010
As the Municipal Election begins to loom here in Calgary I have regularly been asked for my thoughts on the race for Mayor. Having repeated them so many times I…
Calgary’s Municipal Election, version 2010
As the Municipal Election begins to loom here in Calgary I have regularly been asked for my thoughts on the race for Mayor. Having repeated them so many times I…
Election time approaches!
I used to enjoy reading about politics. In high school, when I was just developing a conciousness about politics, I used to find the littlest, most menial government tasks absolutely…