Next year’s municipal elections mean Halifax is getting a new city council, and possibly a new mayor. What do you think that council/mayor needs to do to improve Halifax? Is the city perfect as it is, so your advice is for council to do change as little as possible? Or are there things that need fixing? Tell us what council’s New Year’s resolutions should be.
Send a mini-essay of 100 words or fewer by noon, Thursday, December 22 to timb@thecoast.ca, with “election” as the subject line. Please include your real name and a picture.
I’ll pick a representative sample to publish in our January 5 issue, and on The Coast website.
This article appears in Dec 15-21, 2011.
It’s real simple. All new councillors and Mayor who will actually work together to manage the city properly and help it grow.
I want people to finally be so fed up with the way things have been, especially this past year, that they will actually get involved in their city governance instead of anonymously whining about it on The Bitch. Getting involved means getting off your ass and attending public hearings, speaking to your councillor, educating yourself, volunteering for community committees. In short, don’t think your democratic responsibilities and rights end with off-loading to an elected official.