Hello, this is the Voter Outreach Centre

A step away from Municipal affairs for this post....  the featured image is from this 2012 canada.com article on Robocalls. So a 'funny' thing just happened.... but first a little background.  On August 4, 2015 (a couple days after the Federal Election was called), I was called by an organization called the "Voter Outreach Centre". …

Less Fires in the City, More Water in Dry Creeks (where and when it’s supposed to be), and in Dunk Tanks!

A few interesting things happening in City Business. Big changes to Fires in the City Over the past couple weeks the City has gone through a bit of a sea change on the fire prevention front and it all comes down to improving Air Quaity. #1: Backyard Burning banned yearround starting April 16, 2016. This will not affect …

The Double Edged Sword of the Politics of Fear

In the past two weeks we have had two very separate but similar instances where fear has played a large role in decision making.  I'm going to start with the most recent one. Fear wins over contracts and trust At the just completed council meeting on Monday July 13th (Agenda) Councillor Minions and I brought …