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Having solved Twitter and given royal assent to donairs, HRM Regional Council will now turn its attention to scrubbing HΛLIFΛX off of Dartmouth.
Next week councillors will discuss a recommendation from the Harbour East-Marine Drive community council to look at removing the Halifax logo and brand from “all community signs, landmarks and flagpoles” across the harbour.
The motion—which will be debated but isn’t yet approved—asks for a staff report to identify the financial implications of covering up or removing the offensive branding. Bringing it to regional council was a decision unanimously approved at a February 4 HEMDCC meeting by councillors David Hendsbee, Lorelei Nicoll, Bill Karsten, Tony Mancini and Gloria McCluskey (who “spoke to her love for the community of Dartmouth” at the meeting).
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This is the latest and most official salvo in the Halifax/Dartmouth civil war that was temporarily halted by amalgamation and then viciously reignited in 2014 when HRM boldly decided to save money on ink by no longer crossing its A’s.
Coalition to Promote Harbour East Marine Drive Communities spokesperson and anti-branding fan Warren Wesson has claimed “90 percent of people are opposed” to the Halifax branding (according to the group’s online survey efforts).
Meanwhile, there are no current plans to cover up or remove all the other offensive brands and logos pockmarking Halifax (and Dartmouth).
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This article appears in Feb 18-24, 2016.
This is the most asinine, small minded claptrap imaginable. I despair for the future of this City and Province when I see such banal negativity. Where is the true democracy in this issue, what is the veracity and worth of that polling data?
Shame on this nonsense.
I love H/LIF/X!!!! All of it, including Dartmouth,
Thanks Jacob. Appreciate it. WW
We spent how fucking much on this branding operation? We gave how fucking much to a local spin doctor company? Fuck, I hate paying taxes here. Stick to donairs and cats you fucking assholes.
There is nothing wrong with Halifax, but it is not a City. Halifax is Halifax and Dartmouth is Dartmouth, just as Bedford is Bedford, etc. We are all communities that make up HRM.
we do not mind being called HRM on the signs which is the legal name after the city of Halifax and city of Dartmouth and town of Bedford and the county of Halifax ceased to exist during amalgamation and then forming HRM .. but we do mind being called Halifax .. if they can resurrect Halifax why not Dartmouth
When your “survey” is among those in your special interest Facebook Group, you’d better hope your special interest topic gets at least 90% support.
In fact, who were those other 10%? Anti-anti-branding trolls?
Looks like we’re going to be getting DΛRT|V|OUTH logos next… maybe.
What’s up with the upside down “V”s anyway… That’s just dumb.
Atlantic Canada is on the fast road to a place called terminal decline.
*triggered*
I have a bunch of duct tape, I’m happy to help them save money removing Halifax from signs in my community of Eastern Passage!
Stop trying to eliminate the unique identities of communities through assimilation.
Halifax = Borg!
It was only a matter of time. Thank you Gloria.
Matt Whitman is tweeting he is against spending money on this, yet he wasted how much time tweeting and supporting the Donair Naming, thinks its ok for Seaways to be on our Streets ( a rich man’s $8000 toy that only the elite own ) The people are right on this one, Dartmouth is Dartmouth, the city is wrong to change signs in Dartmouth to Halifax. Business will come to the area if taxes are fair, crime is low, and the population has the education to perform the tasks. The name has nothing to do with it, the Bold idea was a dumb idea.