Tim Bousquet

2014 grade: C- 2013 grade: F 2012 grade: F 2011 grade: C- 2010 grade: D 2009 grade: C 2008 grade: D 2007 grade: D+ Cell: 483-0705 David Hendsbee’s biggest contribution to the commonweal this year has been to make sure HRM has a town crier. He’s been on this file since at least 2009, when […]

2014 grade: B 2013 grade: C- 2012 grade: D 2011 grade: C+ 2010 grade: C+ 2009 grade: C+ 2008 grade: C 2007 grade: C- Cell: 476-1855 Bill Karsten is in danger of becoming likable. In the past, he’s been something of an ass, but the bad behaviour seems to be behind him. He hit the […]

2014 grade: C+ 2013 grade: B 2012 grade: C- 2011 grade: C 2010 grade: C 2009 grade: C- Cell: 478-2705 Lorelei Nicoll is a decent person. Lovely, really. Polite to a T. The kind of person you want as a next-door neighbour, to watch your cat when you’re away. She is never offensive or combative, […]

2013 grade: I (incomplete) 2012 grade: B+ 2012 grade: C- 2011 grade: C- 2010 grade: D 2009 grade: D Cell: 499-3744 On council this year, Rankin has performed admirably. He has stood up for residents in his district, and fought hard against CAO Richard Butts’ attempt to take the front end processor out of the […]

2014 grade: C 2013 grade: B+ 2012 grade: C- 2011 grade: C+ 2010 grade: B+ 2009 grade: B- 2008 grade: B 2007 grade: C Cell: 476-1667 Gloria McCluskey is a two-schtick pony. She stands up for Dartmouth, and she is hard-nosed about budgets. Each has an up and a down side. Standing up for Dartmouth […]

2013 grade: C- 2013 grade: C- 2012 grade: N/A Cell: 240-3330 A lot of people dislike Matt Whitman. We get email pretty much every week from people questioning his credentials, or accusing him of electoral fraud or saying he’s part of some scary religious cult. We’ve ruled out the fraud, haven’t found anything of interest […]

2014 grade: B- 2013 grade: B- 2012 grade: F 2011 grade: C- 2010 grade: C+ 2009 grade: N/A Cell: 497-7166 Last year we wrote that “Darren Fisher remains remarkably silent at council meetings, and votes more or less with the crowd. He gets high marks, however, because of his constituency work, which we are repeatedly […]

2014 grade: C- 2013 grade: B+ 2012 grade: C 2011 grade: B- 2010 grade: D 2009 grade: C 2008 grade: D 2007 grade: D Cell: 476-1234 There’s not a lot to say about Brad Johns this year. He shows up, he pals around, he votes with the council supermajority, he goes home. He annoyed us, […]

2014 grade: B+ 2013 grade: B+ Cell: 483-7283 Waye Mason is energetic and thoughtful. Agree with him or not, there’s no denying that he’s the most engaged councillor, in terms of bringing his district’s issues to council for resolution. We could go on about Mason, but there are two things that matter most. First is […]

2014 grade: B 2013 grade:A- 2012 grade: N/A Cell: 240-0441 Steve Craig was fast out the gate after getting elected, and earned an A- in his first report card. He’s still doing exceptionally well, bringing intelligence to each meeting, and diving deeply into the issues. We especially congratulate him on his work with pedestrian safety. […]

2014 grade: A- 2013 grade: A- 2012 grade: C+ 2011 grade: B+ 2010 grade: A- 2009 grade: B Cell: 497-4748 Jennifer Watts is wise. She consistently unravels complex issues and gets right to the social justice heart of the matter. Alas, there haven’t been many issues of substance to come before council this year, but […]

2014 grade: B 2013 grade: B- 2012 grade: C+ 2011 grade: C+ 2010 grade: C- 2009 grade: C Phone: 490-5679 We’ve noticed two changes in Tim Outhit over the past year. First, he gave up his job at NovaKnowledge. Or maybe NovaKnowledge doesn’t exist any more, it’s hard to tell—Outhit says he doesn’t know either. […]