I’m back from vacation, and vow to start election blogging every day. First, though, a bit of catch up. Hum calls it quits Councillor Debbie Hum sent out a press release Friday announcing she would not run for reelection. She didn’t answer her phone when I called today, but here’s the text of her release: […]
Debbie Hum
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Debbie Hum
2010 grade: D- 2009 grade: D+ 2008 grade: C+ 2007 grade: C+ Last year, I was sincerely worried about Debbie Hum, who was sobbing at nearly every council meeting. Sure, council debates can get depressing, but outright crying because someone objects to the second bullet in subclause three in section 428 is a bit over […]
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Debbie Hum
2010 grade: D- 2009 grade: D+ 2008 grade: C+ 2007 grade: C+ Debbie Hum cries—a lot. Initially, a few years ago, Hum only cried when council was having a moment of silence for a recently deceased person she used to work with, and who would fault her for that? Then, she started crying when just […]
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Debbie Hum, MLA Wannabe
Cell: 476-7212 Grade this year: D+ Grade last year: C+ “Debbie Hum,” I wrote last year, “is a likeable councillor, and has a sort of 1970s-style good-government sensibility to her, which is not a bad thing at all, but I wish she’d be more of a presence on council. Mostly, she seems to get into […]
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Money Shot
Overcoming some ignorance of the kinds of cultural events that are staged locally and despite disagreement over the type of events that are worthy of city support, Halifax council last week OKed expenditures of $160,000 in support of four events: Halifax Pop Explosion will receive $10,000; an upcoming basketball tournament hosted by the Halifax Rainmen […]
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District 16 – Debbie Hum
Debbie Hum is a likable councillor and has a sort of 1970s-style good-government sensibility to her, which is not a bad thing at all, but I wish she’d be more of a presence on council. Mostly, she seems to get into tit-for-tat fights with Linda Mosher. Still, she was stridently against the Chebucto Road project […]