Reacting to a Elton John concert scandal in Sudbury—city councillors there scalped their freebie tickets—mayor Peter Kelly put out the word: Halifax councillors shouldn’t expect free tix if John plays here. Where did they get that idea? Never previously reported: all 23 councillors received two free tickets to the 2006 Rolling Stones concert. Now: can we get a policy for city-hosted concerts? Without it, we get—what’s the word? Oh, yeah: corruption.
This article appears in Mar 6-12, 2008.