Here is a post I dusted off this morning. I began it 5 months ago. September 14th, 2016. After thirty five years on the outer edges of politics, I sometimes wonder […]
Author: Michael Edwards
Rothesay Council adds last minute agenda items without notice & continues the War on Taxpayers
September 13th 2016 If last night’s Rothesay Council meeting is any indication, there has been some progress in fighting the old habits of secrecy inherited from the previous council. Meanwhile, Council still […]
Has Rothesay Council Ditched Core Values in Favour of Development?
Rothesay Council passed a zoning bylaw amendment last night that would allow a high density residential development consisting of two apartment buildings and parking lots off Hampton Road between Cochran’s Market and […]
Town of Rothesay Loses Legal Fights with Residents – Is There a Better Way??
June can’t have been a particularly happy month, litigation-wise, for the Town of Rothesay. Among the cases winding their way through the Court system are three involving property owners apparently unable to […]
The First Monthly Meeting of Rothesay’s New “Open” Council Begins With a 2 Hour Closed Door Session
If the Mayor’s commitment to open government was timed to start with the first monthly meeting of Council, then excluding the public from nearly half of the time allotted for council […]
Rothesay Council Meets June 13th – Auspicious Beginning or Something Darker?
The newly elected Rothesay Council meets for the first time to do regular business on June 13th. The superstitious associate 13 with bad luck. There were 13 around the table before Christ’s betrayal after that […]
Rothesay Council Turns a New Page – Will It Be Open Government or Just Better Spin
The Mayor and New Councillors were saying the right things at the official swearing in on Tuesday. A positive interpretation means we are on the threshold of a new era of open […]
Rothesay Common traffic Congestion – Council Should Act before a Fatality, not Afterward
At the Rothesay all-Candidates meeting, several candidates argued that something had to be done about the traffic mess created by the Rothesay Commons development. One candidate, who, coincidentally, voted for the […]
Saint John Regional Cooperation – Real Change or Just Talking Points?
This morning’s post is based on a letter to the editor published in this morning’s Telegraph Journal. During the recent municipal election campaign, proponents of the field house project at […]
The Mayor signals a Return to Business as Usual – Spend Spend Spend?
Interesting read in the TJ this morning. The Mayor, after posting a very conciliatory facebook open letter yesterday, appears to have returned to her old spend spend spend agenda from […]