OPENFILE: The windows are closed, again
Reality TV is still a big deal, right? Sure, sitcoms are ascendant (my favorite is Community, of course) butSurvivor is still on, The Amazing Race is a huge hit, and of course almost every show on the Food Network. As of last night, my favorite ...
GUEST BLOGGER: “It’s Africville All Over Again” by Lisa Roberts
Today I am happy to host journalist and friend Lisa Roberts's guest blog with her take on the St Pats/Alex issue. “It is Africville all over again,” Reverend Rhonda Britton said at City Hall after council voted to approve the sale ...
OPENFILE: HRM misses the point with the St. Pat’s-Alexandra decision
If you're not familiar with Gottingen Street, the uproar around the St. Pat's-Alexandra School site redevelopment simply might not make sense to you. For the tens of thousands who drive past the neighborhood every day going to and from work, the ...
OPENFILE: The New Bridge Terminal – Hope for Transit That Works
Right now, the best example of HRM “getting it right” is probably the construction of the new Dartmouth Bridge terminal. The current “terminal” deserves quotes around its description. HRM is replete with clusters of bus shelters, some heated, most not, with ...
GUEST BLOG: Now they all want to live here, and she’s supposed to go – by Lisa Roberts
“For years, no one wanted to live in this community. Now they all want to live here.” That's what one older black woman had to say at the end of a community meeting held in Cornwallis Street Baptist Church on Saturday. The ...
OPENFILE: St Pat’s decision reveals ethics deficit at HRM
Tuesday, HRM Council voted in a 13 to 9 vote to once again confirm the sale of the St Patrick’s Alexandra school property to the Jono developments. Staff had prepared a report, as requested, outlining options regarding, both in this case ...
OPENFILE: St Pat’s decision reveals ethics deficit at HRM
Tuesday, HRM Council voted in a 13 to 9 vote to once again confirm the sale of the St Patrick’s Alexandra school property to the Jono developments.
Staff had prepared a report, as requested, outlining options regarding, both in this case 
and the last decade of surplus school disposals, HRM’s failure to follow the policy it had enacted in 2000. Tim Bousquet at the Coast called foul on the staff report, stating that the either or choice staff presented council (take the money from a sale and run, or rent it at a probably loss to the community groups) is a false choice.
There are two major issues at play here. One is the lack of ethics, accountability, and common sense at HRM, and the other is the positioning of HRM as a property service agency with no social service agenda. (more…)
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