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The other day, I finished reading Iain De Jong‘s The Book on Ending Homelessness. This morning, I had the privilege of listening to him speak about Moving from Managing Homelessness to Ending Homelessness.

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The 2018 election campaign was different from previous election campaigns I’ve run for two reasons:

1. Campaigning for municipal elections usually starts – or at least really ramps up – around Labour Day; and
2. The focus of the campaign was much more on being good, honest, ethical people than it was on issues handled by municipal or regional government.

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For those asking, because, goodness, you hate all politicians (and I’ve been asked three times today before 10am), and further to this blog entry about the newest debate about raises, the increase in remuneration I received earlier this year funded an offering of the Shape Your Life program at Underdogs Boxing Club.

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Niagara politicians look to give themselves a pay raise: Committee created to study the hot potato issue.

SOME local politicians hope so…and here we go again. (more…)

The 2019 AMO Conference is just about to wrap up in Ottawa, and myself and a number of my Regional Council colleagues and a few staff have spent the last three days learning about several issues related to municipal/regional governance, the changes that are coming from the province, and meeting with Ministers and Parliamentary Assistants to advocate for what’s important to Niagara. (more…)

At this morning’s Corporate Services Standing Committee meeting, we returned to the issue of councillor remuneration.

And I had some things to say.

The motion that was before us was: (more…)

To say that issues swirling around the NPCA are contentious and have been for years would be the understatement of at least the decade. This past Thursday, Regional Council took what I think is an important step toward resolving the issues that arose following the appointment of an interim board.

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