Bureaucracy when you see it...

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...

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...

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

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

More Mayor, More Problems I previously argued that the role and responsibilities of Mayors in Canada is kind of nebulous - only...

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...

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...

Developers are in the business of building. Cities are in the business of being. There's a big tension between the two filled with...

Basic information you need to vote in the Halifax Election this October

Just keep pouring that F#$%ing concrete and putting up those 30 year glass curtains.

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...

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....

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...

The future asks very little from us. But it rewards certain things more than others. The future rewards, education, effort, courage,...

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...

Generations of Halifax politicians and bureaucrats have often had a muddled understanding of the economy they preside over. Nowhere is...

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...