http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/the-savage-truth/Content?oid=3198398 Comments On: The Savage truth by Tim Bousquet en-ca Copyright 2013 The Coast Halifax. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Coast Halifax readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Coast Halifax. cathsalis@thecoast.ca (The Coast Halifax Webmaster) Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:01 -0300 Wed, 22 May 2013 20:00:00 -0300 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
What I'm trying to do is improve myself and be a better citizen.
Posted by John Wesley Chisholm]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:36:42 -0300 The Coast Halifax
Role of the Mayor

Section 15 of the Municipal Government Act reads:

The mayor or warden may

(a) monitor the administration and government of the municipality; and

(b) communicate such information and recommend such measures to the council as will improve the finances, administration and government of the municipality.

Now, when I first saw this, I thought it was like a summary. A brief.
Posted by John Wesley Chisholm]]> Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:14:49 -0300 The Coast Halifax Posted by hipp5]]> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:59:05 -0300 The Coast Halifax
The discussion around the role of the mayor is a worthy one.

In Peter Kelly's darkest times, he acted illegally -- that is, he pursued actions that were literally against policy, procedure, and in some cases, possibly law.

What I am looking for is a mayor who can understand the aspirations of the community, articulate them, and work with the necessary groups and Council to pass the bylaws, form the partnerships, and meet the deadlines to make those aspirations reality.
Posted by Brenden Sommerhalder]]> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 13:43:56 -0300 The Coast Halifax
Many thanks. In terms of the CCPA study on the economics of the convention center: a large number of people read the study (2,143 when I last looked at the URL hits) and I know there was lots of chatter about it in the municipal and provincial governments, but in terms of anything formal from any level of government, the silence has been deafening.
Posted by C.Majka]]> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:23:35 -0300 The Coast Halifax somewhat unfair....if you or anyone can do better,please run in the next election and aspouse us with your brilliant knowledge.
Posted by halifaxmentor]]> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 08:23:48 -0300 The Coast Halifax Posted by halifaxmentor]]> Mon, 25 Jun 2012 08:16:51 -0300 The Coast Halifax Posted by Joeblow]]> Sun, 24 Jun 2012 21:00:56 -0300 The Coast Halifax
Your report on the Convention Centre was an amazing piece of work. Really solid.
Posted by John Wesley Chisholm]]> Sun, 24 Jun 2012 14:03:51 -0300 The Coast Halifax
As for Mike Savage supporting the Convention Centre (see http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publicati… for my analysis of this proposed development), this is hardly surprising.
Posted by C.Majka]]> Sun, 24 Jun 2012 12:56:20 -0300 The Coast Halifax
I keep seeing this thread of engaged folks mistaking the symbol for the thing its intended to symbolize.
Posted by John Wesley Chisholm]]> Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:16:02 -0300 The Coast Halifax
Because it is the Canadian answer to not being perceived as the same as a mayor in the USA (powerful) and not being perceived as an ornament as in Britain where party politics is the rule and a new mayor is chosen by her/his colleagues each year. Except that Labour and Tory governments have allowed parts of Britain to have a powerful elected mayor or a not so powerful elected mayor, and the present government has moved to copying the US and will have elections for a civilian Police Commisioner in several districts - http://www.politics.co.uk/news/2012/06/18/…

A Canadian mayor is a classic Canadian 'compromise' because Canada didn't want to adopt a completely colonial system of municipal government and also didn't want the Yankee style and so we sit in the middle or in no-mans-land.

The Mayor only has the power of the 'pulpit' if councillors allow it.
Posted by Joeblow]]> Sat, 23 Jun 2012 23:56:11 -0300 The Coast Halifax
1) would he have resigned as an MP to run as Mayor?

2) Will he agree to never resign during an active term as Mayor to seek higher office again?
Posted by Michael McCluskey]]> Sat, 23 Jun 2012 23:32:20 -0300 The Coast Halifax Posted by issmat]]> Sat, 23 Jun 2012 23:25:03 -0300 The Coast Halifax Posted by Bro Tim]]> Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:31:21 -0300 The Coast Halifax
Smee concludes - We don't need a Mayor at all.
Posted by Smee]]> Sat, 23 Jun 2012 16:51:46 -0300 The Coast Halifax
You say the mayor must “work from within” to “concentrate collaborative energies”, “identify shared vision” and close fissures “to drive strategic results”. I really like you and what you are doing, so please take in the kindest way; that sounds a little jargony.
Posted by John Wesley Chisholm]]> Sat, 23 Jun 2012 11:31:54 -0300 The Coast Halifax Posted by Joeblow]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:12:32 -0300 The Coast Halifax
Voters in HRM are people who own businesses, work for businesses, shop at businesses and care about businesses.
Posted by issmat]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:46:40 -0300 The Coast Halifax Posted by issmat]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:15:58 -0300 The Coast Halifax Posted by Brenden Sommerhalder]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:35:54 -0300 The Coast Halifax
... cause it's the law.
Posted by John Wesley Chisholm]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:41:44 -0300 The Coast Halifax Posted by HalifaxIsn'tToronto]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:39:18 -0300 The Coast Halifax And you ran out of cliches.
Sad and disturbing to think that you cling to the dream of massive spending, some $2 billion, on sports facilities which require higher taxes to cover operating expenses.
I don't recall the Liberal party seeing him as a 'big picture' guy when he was sitting on the back row in the House of Commons and at the back of the pecking order way behind Regan, Brison and Cuzner.
Somehow you and his supporters seem to think that he is going to achieve what ACOA and previous provincial and federal governments have failed to achieve.
Posted by Joeblow]]> Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:15:26 -0300 The Coast Halifax
We don’t have a mayor like you see on TV, in the movies, books or comics.
Posted by John Wesley Chisholm]]> Thu, 21 Jun 2012 23:21:40 -0300 The Coast Halifax