Laura Ip – Regional Councillor
Representing St. Catharines
I’ve mentioned in previous blog entries and on my various social media channels that I have a great deal of experience with how municipal government works. I want to take this opportunity to go into a little more detail about what that means and why it makes me a strong candidate for one of the six seats for St. Catharines at Regional Council.
Continue reading “Bringing experience and fresh ideas to the table”
A couple of weeks ago, I released this video talking about transit in Niagara. I want to go into a little more detail about my goals for our transit system in Niagara.
That’s a strange way to start a post, isn’t it? Here I am telling you what I will not tell you….
You see, having been keenly interested in politics for my entire adult life; having worked for two mayors and a municipal CAO; having worked in public and government relations; having run three campaigns; and having been a St. Catharines City Councillor, I’ve seen other politicians do and say a lot of things.
Last night at Regional Council, when discussing the report from Huberman about the hiring process for the CAO, Niagara Falls councillor Bob Gale said council reacted to Grant LaFleche’s story and that “maybe we shouldn’t pay attention to Grant LaFleche” and then said that maybe council should “do something about Grant LaFleche,” before saying “that wouldn’t happen.”
It was (yet another) shocking display.
Now, in the interest of full disclosure, I have always – at least to date 🙂 – had a positive relationship with the media. I used to work in public relations and government relations as well as in municipal government, and I worked closely with the media as an ally to communicate more clearly with the public. Continue reading “The media”
“What experience do you have?”
Well, actually, that might not be the number one question. Over the years, I’ve also received a lot of “Do you even have time for this?” questions, so I’ll address them both in this post with a resounding “yes.” Continue reading “The #1 question a candidate gets…”
Laura Ip - Regional Councillor 