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 Retiring from council after 25 years doesn’t mean Reg Rankin is retiring from the government payroll. The District 12 councillor has accepted a job offer from the Otter Lake landfill’s Community Monitoring Committee (CMC), and will officially start as its new executive director on November 1. Rankin announced earlier this year that he would […]
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All four District 12 candidates want to raise most residents’ taxes
The four candidates for the District 12 Timberlea – Beechville – Clayton Park West council seat went head-to-head last night at the Keshen Goodman Library. But they didn’t talk much about the issues that matter to most of the people who live in the district. The new District 12 is an awkward, sprawling affair cobbled […]
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Who is running for council in District 12: Timberlea—Beechville—Clayton Park West?
The district District map: (Click here for a written description of district boundaries.) Candidates P. Rano Khokhar Website Twitter: None Facebook Email Reg Rankin Council report card Website Twitter Facebook: None Email Bruce E. Smith Website Twitter Facebook Email Mary Wile Council report card Website: None Twitter: None Facebook: None Email 20 questions from The […]
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Reg Rankin
2010 grade: D 2009 grade: D Reg Rankin reportedly has a drinking problem. People have told me they’ve seen him visibly intoxicated at official functions, and Rankin was the main subject of mayor Peter Kelly’s secret memo about “excessive drinking.” Earlier this year, Rankin allegedly was drunk at a police function and said rude things […]
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Reg Rankin
2010 grade: D 2009 grade: D Speaking of speaking style, now we come to Reg Rankin, a fan of dropping Latin phrases and wild hand gestures. I worry that Rankin will one day give a passionate speech about clause 12.2 in Part Three of bylaw N-300, and an emphatic “ipso facto” will knock neighbouring councillor […]
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Committee votes for slightly smaller council
A subcommittee of Halifax council today voted to make the council smaller– by just three members. The Governance & Boundary Review Committee passed the following motion: MOVED by Councillor Mosher, seconded by Councillor Dalrymple that Halifax Regional Council be reduced to 20 Councillors plus the Mayor with four Community Councils made up of five Districts. […]
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Council notes: “tax reform” dead in the water
[Note: Tuesday’s 10-hour council meeting covered a lot of ground. I wrote about much of it, here and here, but should probably add a few notes. This post is about the tax reform issue; I’ll follow it up with a post further exploring the sewage issue.] “Tax reform” Council spent fully two hours debating whether […]
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Feds stimulate city’s wish fulfillment
Thanks to the collapse of the global financial industry, Halifax is getting a new Central Library, an additional Woodside ferry and a four-pad hockey arena in Bedford. Unless, that is, provincial politicians gut the deal with back-room deals and behind-the-scenes maneuvering to divert the money. All three projects have been on the city’s wish list […]