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The End of Door to Door?

It is possible that more people rang my doorbell two nights ago than for the rest of the year combined. And still, I only gave out half a box of Halloween candy to little skeletons and monsters and fairy princesses, and I only recognized one or two of them either. Most people on my street…

Election Day Reflection

Today is, in a way, the last day to reflect on the past term before the next one begins. It’s a term that I felt was a tremendous success, but the successes that I am the most proud of are now being campaigned against as somehow negative or even disastrous. Depending on how today goes…

Questions from Facebook

Today I received a letter in the mail, with no return address or personal identifier anywhere on it. I must say that I’m always tempted to dispose of such suspicious letters immediately, and always open them in a well-ventilated place! So to whoever sent it, in future please just give me a call, I’m happy…

On Electric Vehicles in the Municipal Fleet

In my last post I talked about concerns regarding our adoption of the Integrated Community Sustainability Plan, and the potential spending that might be included in that. Since then I’ve also received a few emails expressing concerns specifically about the cost of transitioning to Electric Vehicles (EVs) in our municipal fleet. There’s a common misconception…

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About Me

Welcome! I will post here about my approach to municipal politics, the values that are foundational to that approach, and some ideas for what that might look like in Brighton. All of my posts here are my own reflections on issues or events, and interpretations of the processes and structures that shape our municipal government. My goal here is to empower my readers to engage in local government by giving them relevant information, with links to authoritative sources. I am not an authoritative source: I do not speak on behalf of the municipality (that’s the Mayor’s job), and my interpretation of a law or policy is my own. Even so, I hope that my posts here can help make the system more understandable and easily accessible, so that you can get better use of it. If you see me here commenting on matters that are confidential, still before Council, or in ways that misrepresent a matter, please drop me a line and I will quickly change it; my goal is to counter misinformation, not add to it!

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