ACCESSIBILITY INACCESSIBLE Steve Craig is fed up with the lack of accessible transportation options in HRM. It’s been three years since the Lower Sackville councillor tried to expand the city’s door-to-door paratransit service, and now he’ll have to wait at least a few more months for an outside consultant’s strategic review of Access-a-Bus service. “I’m […]
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Matt Whitman apologizes for “Chinese fire drill” video
Progressive Conservative candidate Matt Whitman has apologized for his “Chinese fire drill” stunt. Whitman posted a YouTube video last week of himself yelling the racially-charged phrase before exiting and then running around his car. In a Facebook post on Tuesday afternoon, the Hammonds Plains–St. Margarets councillor said he wasn’t aware of the term’s racist connotations. “I […]
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15 questions with District 13 councillor Matt Whitman
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Matt Whitman from Hammonds Plains—St. Margarets sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? Residents can […]
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All of Matt Whitman’s strangest tweets (since January)
[Image-1] Matt Whitman found himself in a far more serious form of Twitter jail this week, and will now have to apologize for the way he’s been tweeting. The Hammonds Plains–St. Margarets councillor met behind closed doors with his fellow councillors for over three hours to discuss two letters of complaint submitted to the city […]
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Twitterdee and Twitterdumb
Halifax councillors are mostly failing at their use of social media. Take councillor Matt Whitman. Whitman represents the Tantallon and Hammonds Plains Road areas, and bills himself as the “inventor of reverse networking.” As he explains on his website, “reverse Networking is promoting others rather than myself. If I say I am the best whatever, […]
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Who is running for council in District 13: Hammonds Plains—St. Margarets?
The district District map: (Click here for a written description of district boundaries.) Candidates Peter Lund Council report card Website Twitter: None Facebook Email Doug Poulton Council report card (2008) Website: None Twitter: None Facebook: None Email Matt Whitman Website Twitter Facebook Email 20 questions from The Coast Meet the human behind the politician: We […]