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The Outs
We're on the outside and we're not looking to get in
This is a series of articles about Halifax politics and political ideas from the widest view.
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John Chisholm
- Dec 20, 2021
- 7 min
5 Reasons to Not Get Too Excited About 1,000,000 People
Why do I write this contrarian stuff ? The reason is, I can’t not do it. I believe it’s important. The latest variation on the "grow the...
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John Chisholm
- Oct 4, 2020
- 4 min
Hey, What's Your Budget?
It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it. George W. Bush A budget is about telling your money where to go. City budgets are...
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John Chisholm
- Oct 4, 2020
- 10 min
The Police Can't Tell Your Money Where To Go
Ahead of the Municipal Election in Halifax this is the first in a series of posts that are intended to decipher and make something useful of
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John Chisholm
- Oct 1, 2020
- 9 min
Local Politics - They Don't Want You To Be Interested
With only a couple weeks to go until the municipal election the main comment I hear is "It's hard to get interested in local politics." Peop
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John Chisholm
- Sep 27, 2020
- 7 min
You're Not The Boss Of Me
More Mayor, More Problems I previously argued that the role and responsibilities of Mayors in Canada is kind of nebulous - only...
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John Chisholm
- Sep 17, 2020
- 2 min
Property Rights in The Prestons
I would like to share the work of Evangeline Downey. She's working on an issue in the Prestons that I've followed since I was a kid...
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John Chisholm
- Sep 15, 2020
- 7 min
Who's Running This F$%^$in' Town Anyway?
Here's the problem. Less than 30% of eligible voters will cast a ballot in the municipal election in October even though it's as simple...
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John Chisholm
- Sep 9, 2020
- 8 min
Big Developers, Big Money, Big Problems for Halifax
Developers are in the business of building. Cities are in the business of being. There's a big tension between the two filled with...
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John Chisholm
- Sep 8, 2020
- 11 min
2020 Halifax Election - 101
Basic information you need to vote in the Halifax Election this October
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John Chisholm
- Sep 7, 2020
- 3 min
Uneconomic Growth - The Economics of Cancer
Just keep pouring that F#$%ing concrete and putting up those 30 year glass curtains.
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John Chisholm
- Sep 6, 2020
- 4 min
Thinking Small
In the summer of 1959 Bill Bernbach had a big problem. The ad agency he worked for had a contract to promote a car called the Volkswagen...
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John Chisholm
- Sep 5, 2020
- 8 min
How We Got Amalgamated
Wait a sec. Before you read this answer one question. Where do you live? Don't think of what you'd say to someone from somewhere else....
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John Chisholm
- Sep 4, 2020
- 1 min
It's an Uphill Race
The site banner is a photo from the wonderful local book Bikers of Halifax by Don Cunningham. It's a photo from the 30's of motorcycle...
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John Chisholm
- Sep 4, 2020
- 4 min
When Incumbents Never Lose the City Always Does
The future asks very little from us. But it rewards certain things more than others. The future rewards, education, effort, courage,...
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John Chisholm
- Sep 4, 2020
- 3 min
Hey, Who's running This Town? (Part 2)
With only weeks to go until the municipal election most people are going to the polls with the impression the Mayor runs the city. This...
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John Chisholm
- Sep 4, 2020
- 6 min
Five dumb things Politicians think about Economics and how they are hurting Halifax
Generations of Halifax politicians and bureaucrats have often had a muddled understanding of the economy they preside over. Nowhere is...
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John Chisholm
- Sep 3, 2020
- 3 min
What the Dickens is up with this new Blog?
I'm calling this Halifax Politics blog The Outs, not just because we're on the outs, or it's an outsider's view. Though it's all those...
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