#HamOnt Vote 2010: Breaking down the results – the teaser
I’m slowly but surely taking the electoral results from the City of Hamilton website and transferring them into Google Spreadsheets. From the Spreadsheets, I’ll be able to query the data to analyze the results poll-by-poll. Ward 2 is the first poll that I’ve inputted data for. I’ll write about this…
Hamilton Votes 2010 – Live Coverage
I’m live at Hamilton City Hall covering the election results as they come in. Who will be elected Mayor? Which Councillors will return, who will be the new faces. Find out first: [Hamilton Votes 2010](http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=d5f59d6a95)…
#HamOnt Mayoral prediction: Eisenberger
I’m predicting Eisenberger will be the victor tonight. Eisenberger’s supports are more pro-Eisenberger than anti-someone else. They are motivated to back him and loyal. The incumbent at a time when a strong anti-incumbent undercurrent is taking hold, he’s managed to hold his own in the opinion polls and…
#HamOnt Votes 2010: Coleman's predictions for Council
A little story first: Growing up as a kid, I saw myself become a weatherman or sports statistican. At age 6, I started reading both the weather forecast and sports section of The Hamilton Spectator every day. I can’t remember when I caught the political bug, but as…
#HamOnt Votes 2010: Coleman's predictions for Council
A little story first: Growing up as a kid, I saw myself become a weatherman or sports statistican. At age 6, I started reading both the weather forecast and sports section of The Hamilton Spectator every day. I can’t remember when I caught the political bug, but as…
#HamOnt Votes 2010: Is Chad Collins facing a serious challenge?
[](http://www.joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/2010-09-08.jpg)Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator Hamilton’s second longest service member of City Council may be defeated tonight. Chad Collins is facing his strongest competitor since 1995 when he was first elected to Hamilton City Council. Jaswinder Bedi has been running…
Brian McHattie supports Jelly and Geleynse
An interesting thing happened this week, Ward 1 Councillor Brian McHattie publicly declared his support for a candidate in another Ward. That was peculiar enough – rarely does an incumbent candidate get involved in races occurring in other wards. The fact they he stated his support of Martinus Geleynse…
City of Hamilton hires Gowlings and StrategyCorp to manage Pan Am stadium lobbying
LAST UPDATED 1430 EDT on 22 OCT 10 The City of Hamilton is using a professional lobbying firm to manage its lobbying efforts to secure additional federal funding for the Pan Am stadium which faces a funding shortfall of over $50-million. The firm representing Hamilton is StrategyCorp. StrategyCorp is one of Ottawa’s most successful lobbying firms…
Covering Hamilton
A couple of my friends have been asking “Why all the coverage of Hamilton on your blog lately?” There are many reasons, but the primary reasons are to keep my journalism skills sharp and that I’m passionate about my home community. (Plus I’m a political nerd and our City…
Freelancing with thespec.com
A few astute followers of my journalism noted a Google Map showing the location of vacant buildings in Hamilton on thespec.com a few weeks ago and enquired if I was back at The Spectator. I’ve been working on a freelance basis for their website thespec.com the last two Saturdays…