Council thinks their settlement means maintenance of the status-quo; instead their self-dealing has created the conditions for their defeat at the OMB.
Joey’s Notepad: The Risk of Classroom Outbreaks to HSR Staffing Levels
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A significant number of the HSR’s bus operators live in Caledonia and surrounding communities in Haldimand County. Their children go to the same schools, meaning it is prudent to plan for staffing shortages due to isolations.
Joey’s Notepad: Will 2030 Bring the Commonwealth ESport and Youth Games
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In an end of the year address, the head of the International Commonwealth Games hints at ESports being key to the future of the Games. Looking at the Hamilton bid team, the connections are there.
Joey’s Note: Six-Unit Financing and CMHC
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For years, I have not questioned why so many developments have come in at six units. I kinda accepted that three-storey zoning results in six-unit walk-up apartments – two units each floor with amenities and storage in the basement.
Hamilton Health Sciences at 25 Years: Notes from Innovation in Real Places
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The founding of Hamilton Health Sciences 25 years ago features prominently in this year’s Balsille Prize for Public Policy winner Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World authored by University of Toronto professor Dan Breznitz.
Vote Against Urban Boundary Expansion Reveals Change in Municipal Politics Power Balance
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For as long as anyone can remember, the development industry’s interests have always won at Council.
Now, online mobilization and membership lists are changing that.
COLEMAN: Vanderbeek being Powers Landlord Is Not a Conflict of Interest
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Her personal experience and decade-long professional relationship with Powers are obviously why she voted for him to be the replacement Ward 5 city councillor.
COLEMAN: RIP Ted Gill, Hamilton Transportation Engineer
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Gill became an engaged citizen in retirement because of a passion for building a better Hamilton, and provided me much insight in our conversations in recent years.
COLEMAN: Brenda Johnson Says It is Time to Stop Developers Bullying City Staff
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Brenda Johnson has just shattered the shield of invincibility certain developers and their agents hid behind for years. The bullying of staff has been known for years, now it will be reported.
COLEMAN: Helping Terry Whitehead’s Lawyer with a Municipal Act 101
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Real estate lawyer Jack Restivo is neither a municipal law nor constitutional law expert, but that does not stop him from trying to Lionel Hutz his way through Terry Whitehead’s case.
COLEMAN: What’s Next on Encampment Enforcement in Hamilton?
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Hamilton Police have shown little interest in using force to address social ills. Both the image Hamilton Police wish to project and the background of the key Police Commander lead me to believe this will remain the case.