Confrontation Culture Cemented in Our Civics, Change will be Challenging
[](http://www.joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/City_Hall_By_Joanna_StJacques_night.jpg)City Hall at Night City Hall is imposing financial fees on protests to stifle civic engagement. Not true, but it’s a believable headline – and it points to the biggest problem at our City Hall – it’s poisoned internal culture. City Hall’s past made it…
Hamilton City Council: Strathcona Secondary Plan and the York Blvd Halfway House
Hamilton City Council is meeting at 5:00 p.m. to ratify their work of the past two weeks. The two hot topic issues will be the Strathcona Secondary plan and the York Boulevard High-Risk Halfway House. Live starts at 5pm.…
Decision Day: Where Does the James Street Baptist Church Demo Permit Stand? [Heritage Permit Meeting Live at Noon]
Today, the Municipal Heritage Permit Review Sub-Committee will meet to decide the fate of the 130 year old James Street Baptist Church. The owner of the building, who purchased it in June for $610,000, is asking demolish 80% of the structure and retain the front two towers. Join…
[October 9] Special Meeting: James Baptist Church Demolition Permit Hearing
RTH File Photo The Municipal Heritage Permit Review Subcommittee is making their biggest decision in years on Wednesday when they gather to decide: Does James Street Baptist Church get the wrecking ball or does it survive another winter? The decision is of such importance, the committee’s…
City ordered to pay $582,657 to family injured tobogganing on reservoir property
The City of Hamilton lost an appeal to the Superior Court of Justice of an earlier decision by an Arbitrator to award $582,657 to a person, and his former wife, who was injured tobogganing on a reservoir property owned by the City. The Superior Court of Justice ruled…
City's Reserves down $122-mil in one year: Audit, Finance & Administration for October 8, 2013
Tuesday’s Audit, Finance & Administration Agenda is measured in hundreds of pages – well over 400 pages. With none of the mayoral hopefuls on the committee, it should be immune from the silly season election posturing that is adding hours to other meetings. The Committee will consider approving…
City's Reserves down $122-mil in one year: Audit, Finance & Administration for October 8, 2013
Tuesday’s Audit, Finance & Administration Agenda is measured in hundreds of pages – well over 400 pages. With none of the mayoral hopefuls on the committee, it should be immune from the silly season election posturing that is adding hours to other meetings. The Committee will consider approving…
Joe-Anne Priel to be Acting General Manager of Planning and Economic Development
Tim McCabe retires as General Manager of Planning and Economic Development next Wednesday and it will be at least three months before his replacement is announced. Current General Manager of Community and Emergency Services Joe-Anne Priel will step in as Acting General Manager of Planning and Economic Development. An…
Review and Replay of October 7, 2013 Public Works Meeting
Hamilton’s Public Works Committee approved all items on their agenda today. Most items were approved without debate. A presentation by Lake Avenue Drive resident John Vesprini regarding poor drainage on the Stoney Creek street without storm sewers was referred to the Acting General Manager of Planning to visit…
[Wire] Jessica Rose @NotMyTypewriter on Eating Local and the Farmer's Market
Hamilton book reviewer and writer Jessica Rose is participating in rabble.ca’s Eat Local Challenge. Sunday, she wrote about the charms of Hamilton’s Farmers’ Market and how it is the place to get local food without the line-ups, and with real farmers to connect with. As Jessica says the…