Honestly, the title could stand by itself and be the end of this blog entry, but let me explain anyway.

For those of you following this issue, you will know that – less than one week ago – Council passed the following resolution after Bob Gale took it upon himself (or so he tells us, except for the two times he’s slipped up and then denied saying what he just said) to send letters to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and to the mayors of Niagara’s 12 local area municipalities indicating that he was seriously contemplating governance reform and amalgamation into either a one-city or a four-city model:

I will begin by saying that I have zero skin in this game, as I have shared with people for nearly a year now that I have no intention of running for re-election.

And let’s leave the issue of any form of amalgamation aside for a moment, as I’ve yet to speak to any two people who can agree on whether there should be amalgamation of Niagara’s municipalities or what it might look like.