Cell: 497-7508 Grade this year: C- Grade last year: N/A District 23 is free of Gary Meade! They should hold a parade and launch fireworks each October to mark the anniversary of Meade’s retirement. And I’m hoping that his replacement, Peter Lund, poured salt on Meade’s former chair before occupying it, killing whatever pestilence may […]
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Jackie Barkhouse
Cell: 476-5601 Grade this year: C+ Grade last year: C+ I still have very high hopes for Jackie Barkhouse. She’s intelligent, and comes from a union background that should serve her Eastern Passage and Woodside constituents well. But does she? Well, since she won a byelection to her seat in December 2007, Barkhouse has mostly […]
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Peter Kelly, Mayor
Phone: 490-4010 Grade this year: C- Grade last year: D Peter Kelly has a knack for getting his indecisive personality caught up in events, you gotta hand him that. Last summer, for example, he told the Chamber of Commerce that thanks to the new sewer plant, the harbour was clean enough to swim in. “Really?” […]
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Jim Smith, MLA Wannabe
Cell: 229-8887 Grade this year: C- Grade last year: C- Smith surprised me this past year. During discussion of the Clairmont Report on violence, he pointed out that everyone was ignoring Clairmont’s suggestion that brothels and prostitution stroll areas be legalized. And, through the transit tax debates, he solidly protected his low-income constituency. He remains […]
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Mary Wile
Cell: 476-2048 Grade this year: D Grade last year: D Since last year, Mary Wile has shown some sparks of awareness: As a member of the Urban Design Task Force, she piped up with a few observations related to HRM By Design, and she importantly raises issues related to handicap access from time to time. […]
