As I’ve been out speaking with residents, something I’ve heard quite a lot of is that people are upset that their road is getting ripped up for the Region to do work one year and then the City is coming along the next year to rip it up to do other work. “Why can’t they do all the work at the same time, Laura?!” people ask me. Continue reading “Construction Coordination” →

You might know that I’m a fan of podcasting, and I thought that Podcasting to Reset the Region would provide an opportunity to dive a little deeper on things that people ask me about without writing a blog entry that can make for dense reading.

Continue reading “Podcasting to Reset the Region – Why Politics?” →

Here we are. Nominations closed July 27 and have you seen that list of candidates for the St. Catharines seats at Regional Council?

Just like every election, it’s lengthy: List of Election Candidates. Not like every election, it’s very lengthy. There are 23 of us. Continue reading “The long list of candidates” →

Let me be very clear: As the Municipal Act mandates that we are to undergo a governance review in this upcoming term of Council, I will work tirelessly toward us having a directly elected Regional Chair in the 2022 election.
#ResetTheRegion
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In October 2016, Niagara Region hired a new CAO. Many people who have been following regional politics were immediately skeptical (to put it mildly) about the hiring. Given the goings-on at regional council, there was much reason to be at least skeptical.

Then, in April 2018, Grant LaFleche exposed the hiring process of the Region’s CAO, Carmen D’Angelo, to have been compromised.
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Region’s CAO hiring compromised by leak

Continue reading “Reaction to CAO hiring” →