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Hall Monitor: Representative Cartography
While April’s meetings are a little off from our regular schedule, our council and city staff took to Council Chambers last night for our regular meeting, sort of; and as usual, the agenda and addeds are available on the city website. I suppose I’ll get the easy part over with first. Our meeting began with a [...]
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Weekly Poll: Is Kingston Dog-Friendly?
Like people, cities can have distinct personalities. We learn about a city’s character and style through the kinds of communities it builds, the social projects it pursues, the type of economic industry that it dominates, and the variety of events and people it tends to attract. However, one of the most underrated (but surprisingly important) [...]
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Hall Monitor: Speed Test
Last night, we all met back at Council Chamber for our regular council meeting – this time with even more of the new tech on trial. As always, the agenda and addeds are available on the city website. Council did a whole lot of… very little, really. We opened with a Diamond Jubilee medal presentation [...]
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Hall Monitor: A Pound of Regulations
Last night was a homecoming of sorts as city council returned to it’s usual seats around the horseshoe, wrapping up a three month road trip – and they did so in true council fashion, running past 11:30 without finishing the agenda. As always, the agenda and addeds are available on the city website. I was [...]
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Hall Monitor: Goes Back To School
Last night, city council took to the off-site, not-quite-a-horseshoe, for another one of our council meeting road trips. This time, we met in the large Davies Hall at the local St. Lawrence College campus. As always, the agenda and addeds are available on the city website. For what seemed like a short agenda, especially once [...]
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Hall Monitor: Lesson Learned
Well – there goes another summer! Last night, our city council got back on the standard “first and third” schedule for meeting 20-2012 of Kingston City Council. You can find the agenda and addeds on the city’s website. You know, in all of my time watching council, I’ve come to learn a few lessons. First, [...]
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Hall Monitor: House of Cards
You know, council in the summer is interesting. The meetings are less frequent, just as long… and people are hot and wanting to go home. This was just as clear in last night’s meeting 18-2012 as ever. You can find the agenda and addeds on the city’s website. The meeting got off to a pretty quick [...]
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Hall Monitor: Waterfront Respite
Last night, our city council got together for a bit of a different kind of meeting – one where the jackets came off, and the shorts and tees were the order of the day. They met as committee of the whole, meaning some of the rules were a little more lax than normal – in [...]
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Kingstonist’s Challenge # 30: Plant a Tree
Welcome to Kingstonist’s weekly challenge, dare, resolution or whatever you prefer to call it. Each week we establish a new and ambitious community goal, encouraging our readers, followers, friends and families to step out of their comfort zones and do something great, and hopefully a little out of the ordinary. Consider this your official and [...]
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Hall Monitor: Bridging the Gap
Once again, our elected officials took to the halls of city hall, this time for meeting 14-2012 of Kingston City Council. You can find the agenda and addeds from last night on the city’s website. Is it just me, or are council meetings getting more exciting as they get longer and closer to summer? Last [...]
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