AI in Brighton
Some folks recently asked me what I thought about AI in Brighton, particularly in the wake of news of a proposal for a new AI data centre in Trenton. I have a lot of thoughts. And links for further reading/viewing. Strap in, this is a doozy. First, I’ll offer the seemingly obligatory nod to the…
Candidate Questionnaire
Every election, candidates get questionnaires from various sources, usually advocacy groups from one cause or another, with the goal of helping voters know where their candidates stand on those issues. This year candidates in Brighton received a general questionnaire from a resident, Phyllis Lanham, who intends to share those responses via social media so that…
An Inclusive, Mixed-Income Community
Who belongs in Brighton? I would love to take it for granted that everyone belongs here. I sometimes tell people that, as far as I’m concerned, you’re from here whether you’ve lived here for five generations or five minutes. It’s by choosing to live here that you become one of us. If only it were…
Transformative Change
Last Wednesday evening the municipality hosted a public engagement session regarding our Land Banking Program, and I think it went quite well. We had a few dozen people through, talking to Director Walsh, members of council, and of course the consultants from Urban Strategies Inc., to provide input into the project to shape it according…
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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!