Council thinks their settlement means maintenance of the status-quo; instead their self-dealing has created the conditions for their defeat at the OMB.
Speculation on Next City Manager is Focused on Men, This is a Problem Chris Murray Leaves Behind.
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That the City of Hamilton has no women in our top tier of managers is disgraceful in 2018. All thing being equal, the next Council will have to address this, and hiring Hamilton’s first female City Manager is a good place to start.
Editors Note: Police Assist Emotionally Distressed Person and It’s Not News
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We often hear when these situations are not resolved – be it YouTube videos or SIU press releases, yet what happened the other night is the norm. The situation is resolved, the media doesn’t report it (primarily to not cause anguish to the person who was in distress), and you never know it happened.
COLEMAN’S NOTE: Horwath’s LRT Position, Public Opinion, and Why LRT Could Be in a Lot of Trouble
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Hamilton’s LRT project is facing many new road blocks as City Hall mismanagement of the HSR, and Hamilton’s rising rental costs are combining to build new opposition to the project. Was Andrea Horwath reflecting this in her LRT comments last week?
Statement from The Public Record: City of Hamilton’s Allegation of Inaccuracy Regarding Employment Standards and Elections Day Staffing
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The City of Hamilton’s Elections Manager Tony Fallis states in emails to City Councillors that the City of Hamilton will be issuing a public statement later today regarding “inaccuracies” in our recent article about the City’s attempts to hire Elections Day staff and pay them less than minimum wage.
Who Will Council Appoint to Represent Ward 7 or 15 After the Provincial Election?
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The vacancy will come with approximately 120 days until the municipal election, meaning Council must fill the seat – a look at the rules and why Russ Powers is a likely choice.
Truck Fire on Hughson Street North
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The Hamilton Fire Department responded shortly after 3:45pm Saturday afternoon for a single vehicle fire on Hughson Street North. Our Joey Coleman happened to be at Dr. Disc for Record Store Day when the fire began and captured these photos.
Coleman’s Notes on Stand Against Hate Solidarity March
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Today, I joined the Hamilton and District Labour Council’s Stand Against Hate, this is what I observed in the march.
Coleman: Pike Is Running to Win Hamilton Centre as the Liberals Plan to Force Horwath to Watch Her Own Backyard
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With a candidate who forces the NDP to watch their left flank, the Liberals are hoping to fight Horwath’s provincial popularity by making her spend time in Hamilton.
Coleman: Thinking Differently on Downtown Planning
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With the end of the OMB, and the beginning of LPAT, the final draft of Hamilton’s Downtown Secondary Plan to be released on March 19 could be very different from the October draft.
We need to be thinking ahead.
Coleman: Thinking about Neighbourhoods and Localism
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In 2015, I wrote an often cited column How to Define Hamilton’s Neighbourhood Boundaries and Localisms: East, West, North, South, Upper and Lower?,
Now, only three years later, the piece is outdated in some areas because of the substantial growth in grassroots engagement.
What has changed in the past three years?