The prophet in Clayton Park Bill Deagle says he knows things they don’t want you to know about 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombing and other government secrets. Now he lives in suburban Halifax, with an internet radio broadcast and orders from god to get the truth out there. Celine Dion’s cancelled Halifax show After the […]
Bill Karsten
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City Council Report Card 2018
There’s a renaissance of buffoonery at City Hall. Whatever goodwill towards fellow councillors existed two years ago, when this self-righteous clique was elected, seems to deteriorate daily. There are spiteful remarks and passive aggressive attacks, on social media and in front of TV cameras. Some turn the other cheek. More than a few dig in […]
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Cornwallis statue is history
Edward Cornwallis is coming down off his pedestal, at least for a while. Halifax Regional Council voted Tuesday to remove the controversial bronze statue of the city’s founder and place it into temporary storage. There it will remain until a more permanent solution can be agreed upon in the spirit of truth and reconciliation. “We […]
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Councillors spar over plastic bag ban
It was the Sobeys bag that broke the camel’s back. A proposal to ban single-use plastic bags in HRM ignited a garbage fight between several city councillors during two hours of heated debate Tuesday. A staff report before council recommended the municipality work with the province to ban the use of shopping bags in all […]
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Recount confirms Bill Karsten’s District 3 victory
Supreme Court justice Kevin Coady yesterday oversaw the recount of the District 3 council race, and confirmed that Bill Karsten defeated Jackie Barkhouse by 66 votes. See background here.
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Judge orders recount for District 3 council election
Supreme Court justice Kevin Coady yesterday ordered a recount in the District 3: Dartmouth South-Eastern Passage council election. The race was contentious and tight throughout the campaign, with results coming in slowly election night, October 20. The next morning, Sunday, October 21, at 3:30am, the elections office areported that Jackie Barkhouse had defeated Bill Karsten […]
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Who is running for council in District 3: Dartmouth South—Eastern Passage?
The district District map: (Click here for a written description of district boundaries.) Candidates Jackie Barkhouse Council report card Website Twitter Facebook Email Bill Karsten Council report card Website Twitter: None Facebook Email no text Jim MacDonald Website Twitter: None Facebook Email no text no text no text no text no text 20 questions from […]
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Councillor Bill Karsten objects to council live-blogging
Yesterday, mayor Peter Kelly had other commitments, so deputy mayor Bill Karsten took over duties of presiding over the weekly council meeting. As usual, I was there and live-blogged the meeting via Twitter. Today, I received the following email from Karsten: Tim, I saw your crap on twitter last night, and I have had about […]
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Bill Karsten
2010 grade: C+ 2009 grade: C+ 2008 grade: C 2007 grade: C- Bill Karsten understands what’s going on at council, and has opinions about things. This distinguishes him from his colleagues in the Dartmouth districts to the north and south (Fisher and Nicoll). More, Karsten gets huge points for fighting tooth and nail against the […]
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Bill Karsten
2010 grade: C+ 2009 grade: C+ 2008 grade: C 2007 grade: C- I was having a hard time deciding whether Bill Karsten should get a B- or a C+, so I went back and read what I wrote last year, and here’s what I found: “I was wavering between a B- and C+ on this […]
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Too tall for Dartmouth?
Darrell Dixon wants downtown Dartmouth to aim higher—about 23 storeys high—in search of its long-sought population boost. City planners are considering changes in downtown Dartmouth zoning laws that would allow Dixon to build higher than the current 70-foot height restrictions on buildings in the area. Dixon says the three residential buildings—at 23, 14 and seven […]
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Tax politics heat up
Last week, Dartmouth area councillors took an unprecedented public stand against the so-called “tax reform” proposal, which will likely come before the full Halifax council this Tuesday, January 26. The Harbour East Community Council—which consists of Dartmouth councillors Gloria McCluskey, Jim Smith, Bill Karsten and Darren Fisher, Cole Harbour councillor Lorelei Nicoll and Eastern Passage […]