Mayor Peter Kelly tells CBC he still hasn’t made up his mind about whether he’s going to retire, run for mayor or run for council: “The deadline is tomorrow, I can honestly say I have not made a final decision one way or the other.” Decisive leadership!
Peter Kelly
Posted inNews + Opinion
Peter Kelly misses filing deadline for next week’s court hearing
Mayor Peter Kelly has failed to meet an important deadline leading up to next week’s court hearing to determine if Kelly should be removed as executor of the estate of Mary Thibeault. In her will, Thibeault named Kelly as executor of her estate, charging him with handling her property and making sure it was properly […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Peter Kelly to appear before judge
Mayor Peter Kelly’s problems with the Mary Thibeault estate will soon take centre stage at Probate Court. Kelly was a family friend of Thibeault, and in her will Thibeault named Kelly as both one of 18 heirs, and as sole executor of her estate. Thibeault died on December 7, 2004, and Kelly was appointed the […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
No amount of spin can hide ticket scandal facts
It’s now cover your ass time, as everyone connected to the ticket scandal attempts to shift blame off themselves and put it on someone else. Fred MacGillivray says its Scott Ferguson’s fault. Scott Ferguson says it’s Fred MacGillivray’s fault. Darrell Dexter says it’s the city’s fault. Peter Kelly says no way is it the city’s […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
What happens next with the Thibeault estate case?
Last week, five of the heirs to the Mary Thibeault estate petitioned the Probate Court to have mayor Peter Kelly removed as executor. Two more heirs have told the court they intend to sign onto the petition in coming days. Readers will recall that The Coast revealed in February that Kelly had removed over $160,000 […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Interview with The Current
I was interviewed this morning by Anna Maria Tremonit, with CBC’s The Current, about mayor Peter Kelly and the Thibeault estate. Here the interview here.
Posted inNews + Opinion
Peter Kelly won’t re-up
Halifax mayor Peter Kelly announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election in the October election. ““I feel that, after 27 years of public service, I have made my contribution to the good of the community to the very best of my ability and it is time to seek new horizons,” wrote Kelly in a […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Peter Kelly is AWOL
Peter Kelly is Absent Without Leave. Ever since last Thursday’s Coast expose of Kelly’s problems with Mary Thibeault’s probate file (“A Trust Betrayed,” February 16), the Halifax mayor has refused to make himself public or to explain himself. Our article detailed how Kelly is named executor of the estate valued at over a half million […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
A trust betrayed: Peter Kelly and the estate of Mary Thibeault
When Halifax resident Mary Thibeault died in her St. Petersburg, Florida, winter home, she left an estate valued at over half a million dollars and a will naming 13 people and five charities as beneficiaries. One of the beneficiaries was Halifax mayor Peter Kelly. Thibeault called Kelly a friend and valued his judgement: In addition […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Washmill underpass celebrated
Federal defence minister Peter MacKay, provincial transportation minister Bill Estabrooks and Halifax mayor Peter Kelly held a “photo op” today to celebrate the opening of the Washmill Underpass into the Bayers Lake Industrial Park. The three probably have a dozen PR reps between them, and yet it was collectively decided that it was a good […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Mayor Peter Kelly touted incorrect Rolling Stones attendance figures
Just 39,875 people attended the 2006 Rolling Stones concert on the Halifax Common, far fewer than the “near 50,000 people” figure Halifax mayor Peter Kelly used to gain support for more Common concerts. The Rolling Stones attendance figure was revealed in a 2007 letter from Barb Stegemann, then the communications manager at Trade Centre Limited, […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
How Halifax’s concert scandal played out
Last spring, Halifax’s now-infamous “concert scandal” broke when city staffer Cathie O’Toole revealed that mayor Peter Kelly and the city’s deputy CAO, Wayne Anstey, had improperly extended millions of dollars in loans to concert promoter Harold MacKay’s firm, Power Promotional Events, and that the last two of those loans, totalling $400,000, were not repaid. Anstey […]