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Are they giving Stoney Creek voters false hope? open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
The Battle of Stoney Creek 2.0The affordable housing planned for the parking lot on Lake Ave. in Stoney Creek has hit the news again, just in time for the silly season of a municipal electionopen.substack.comI have such incredible anger at this decision. Campaigns are being given advice that leads them to violate #HamOnt city policies that the IC themselves said are confusing. This is outrageous. I'm absolutely livid.
Joey ColemanIntegrity Commissioner overrules City Clerk regarding Council Code of Conduct and elections Finds Ward 2 Clr Cameron Kroetsch violated Code of Conduct -by reposting his ward office newsletter onto his campaign social media pages -identifying his role as BoH Chair in campaign material #yhmcc (1/2)
ChatGPT posters and flyers are polluting real life and driving me insane. Please respond to this with the worst ones you've seen irl. I'll post some in the thread www.404media.co/we-are-livin...
We Are Living in a ‘ChatGPT Flyer Pandemic’"Hey if this is your flyer, I’m not going, I’m not donating, I’m not sharing. Don’t ask me."www.404media.coIf the #HamOnt councillor/mayoral candidate doesn't want "buildings to languish", then he should support proven solutions: stronger regulation, tough penalties for absentee/corporate speculators + land profiteers, more municipal investment in heritage, & expropriation. Actions > populist signaling.
Joey ColemanWard 8 Clr Rob Cooper says he does not want the building to languish like the buildings at 455, 457–459 King Street East. Ward 3 Clr Nrinder Nann says something off microphone to Cooper objecting to him making reference to this Ward 3 property. Photo of 455, 457–459 King Street East below. #yhmcc
Provincial Conservatives: We’re expanding the airport and destroying the island & waterfront whether you like it or not. Just like we destroyed the Science Centre & Ontario Place. Fuck you. Federal Liberals: Yasss sissy that landing 🏳️🌈💨🛬🏙️ we’ll paint the runway rainbow to replace Hanlans Beach 😍😍
Alex Bozikovic“Public consultation” on Billy Bishop expansion. These survey questions suggest to me that this is a done deal. tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...
#HamOnt is *raging* about the proposed AI Data Centre at Burlington+Gage, but here's a little Municipal 101 for context: • Proposal is at the Committee of Adjustment (CoA) • CoA *IS NOT* City Council • CoA *IS* a 7-member quasi-judicial citizen tribunal • CoA will discuss proposal June 4 at 9:30 AM
Ward 2 HamiltonAppreciate the leadership of Councillor Nann on this. Her message is clear and I agree with her. Council cannot comment on an application that is still actively before the Committee of Adjustment, a tribunal legally established by the Planning Act (the Province) and independent from Council. #HamOnt
Let's see if I've got this: A right-wing #HamOnt mayoral candidate gets *multiple* profiles in the local paper AND a 1,100 word write up in the National Post where his inaccurate claims earn NO pushback... ...but no one asks questions during the campaign launch for the candidate leading the polls?
Joey ColemanShout out to the CHCH camera operator who asked questions this morning. I found myself alone asking questions at City Hall at Keanin Loomis' campaign launch. It was a bit awkward, and the camera op jumped in to save me from trying to ask all the questions on my own.
Today's long-anticipated "school board overhaul" legislation shows that community pushback works. Ontarians said loud and clear that they did not want to lose elected school board trustees and we *won*. Our democracy might be in trouble, but it persists ✊ #onpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Ontario capping number of school trustees per board, creating new oversight roles | CBC NewsEducation Minister Paul Calandra is planning sweeping changes to the province's English school systems, including capping the number of elected trustees for boards and creating oversight roles centred...www.cbc.caHeadlight survey! Survey on headlights! Questions on car light too bright! Car make too light much bright car light! Sorry, got excited. Transport Canada is collecting opinions on road user experiences with headlights that are too bright. tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...
Canadian experience with vehicle headlights and glare at nightTransport Canada wants to learn how headlight glare affects road users and what vehicle or lighting features may influence how people experience it at night.tc.canada.ca
Editorial: Here’s why Avi Lewis is the wrong choice to lead the NDP – by a centrist Liberal
Editorial: Here's why Avi Lewis is the wrong choice to lead the NDP - by a centrist LiberalBy Martin Kearns, man who has never voted NDP once in his life This weekend the NDP chose Avi Lewis as their leader. And as much as it pains me, a Liberal commentator who loves Mark Carney and would n...thebeaverton.comImagine what it would be like to have a Premier who cared as much about all of Ontario as Ford does about the 0.06% of the province's landmass that is part of the City of Toronto? #onpoli
CHCH NewsOntario Premier Doug Ford says he is prepared to declare Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport the first special economic zone with the aim to take over city-owned land.
A trio of Canadian fascists paid Nigel Farage (far-right Brexit leader & possibly the UK's next PM) to film a video trying to goad #HamOnt Mayor Andrea Horwath into attending a racist comedy show. We have to tackle hate in Hamilton, even when it's this stupid. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
Newly unearthed Nigel Farage videos reveal support for rioter, neo-Nazi event and far-right slogansExclusive: Analysis of more than 4,000 of Reform UK leader’s paid-for Cameo videos also shows they contain misogynistic remarks and antisemitic conspiracieswww.theguardian.com
I've been around Ontario long enough to know that whenever they dangle booze in front of the voters like keys in front of a baby they're about to do something *unbelievably* corrupt. At THIS level of "Drinks Some Beer, Losers", I have to imagine Algonquin Park is becoming a chemical weapons plant
The amount of work the next government will need to do to reverse the illogical, irresponsible, irrational actions of the Ford Government will be immense and can't start soon enough. #onpoli globalnews.ca/news/1172382...
Ford government confirms 75% reduction in number of conservation authorities | Globalnews.caThe province announced the changes at an event on Tuesday, marking a minor shift from a previous plan to reduce the number of conservation authorities down to just seven.globalnews.ca
It's 2029. Potholes on Barton swallow three more cars today as kids & racoons fight in the crumbled ruins of rec centres. From the ghost town of #HamOnt City Hall, Councillor Whitehead's mic is cut when he calls Mayor Cooper's 2.5% tax increase "basically communism". www.thespec.com/news/council...
Rob Cooper joining race for Hamilton mayorWard 8 councillor says affordability is the top issuewww.thespec.com