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 […]
Lorelei Nicoll
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Who is running for council in District 4: Cole Harbour —Westphal?
The district District map: (Click here for a written description of district boundaries.) Candidates Angela Jones Website Twitter Facebook Email no text no text Lorelei Nicoll Council report card Website Twitter Facebook Email Barry A. Smith Website Twitter Facebook Email 20 questions from The Coast Meet the human behind the politician: We sent the candidates […]
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Lorelei Nicoll
2010 grade: C 2009 grade: C- Lorelei Nicoll is super-nice, means well and doesn’t break anything. So this is a solid C, a respectable if unremarkable grade. We could do a hell of a lot worse than Nicoll. She usually ends up on the right side of the issues and appears to have empathy for […]
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Lorelei Nicoll
2010 grade: C 2009 grade: C- Lorelei Nicoll is friendly to a fault, which is starting to become a problem: I’ve yet to hear her raise her voice in angry disagreement, or give that passionate speech that stakes out a clear position, detractors be damned. Her natural instinct is to position herself exactly in the […]
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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 […]
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Dartmouth councillors reject “tax reform”
Dartmouth councillor Gloria McCluskey tells me that the Harbour East Community Council will unanimously vote tonight to express its opposition to the “tax reform” proposal. The Harbour East Community Council consists of all the Dartmouth, Eastern Passage and Cole Harbour councillors: McCluskey, Darren Fisher, Jim Smith, Bill Karsten, Lorelei Nicoll and Jackie Barkhouse. McCluskey says […]