All Posts Tagged With: "Dorothy Hector"
Best of 2011: For The Birds
Late last March we came across a group of local citizens who were encouraging Kingstonian’s to sign a petition to permit backyard chicken coups. Surprisingly, this issue was well received by City Council who passed a bylaw a few months later to make way for a pilot project. Although we haven’t jumped on the backyard [...]
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Hall Monitor: Going Live
Considering all of the extended, high-energy, high-impact council sessions we’ve seen lately, Tuesday night’s get-together was far more subdued and routine – but a lot got done in the hour and a half or so that council was in open session. First, as we reported yesterday, the by-laws to allow for the 18-month backyard hen [...]
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Hall Monitor: A Capital Plan!
This is the first of a series looking at our city council’s strategic planning sessions and the resulting document. At the time of this writing, neither the final draft nor the final strategic plan have been presented or approved by council. The information below is based on observations and drafts made available at the time [...]
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Weekly Poll: Grading the Mayor and City Council
Kingston’s newly elected Mayor and City Council officially took office last December, but what have they been up to over the past six months of their freshmen year? Unless you are a local political junkie, defeated or unseated candidate, chances are you are probably unaware of the decisions being made inside our scaffolding-clad City Hall. [...]
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Hall Monitor: For The Birds
Council session Tuesday night had a large agenda and touched bits of the city small and large. From parking and projects to statements and sports, unless you had the agenda on-hand, I wouldn’t blame you in the slightest if you thought our elected officials had gone to the birds – which, given the amount of [...]
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Municipal Election Campaign Expenses
Thanks to the Municipal Election Act, all candidates are required to submit financial statements, which are then shared online for all to see. If you take a look at overall campaign expenses from our most recent Municipal Election, particularly under the total contributions and expenses headings, a staggering trend seems to emerge. Specifically, those who [...]
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Top 10 of 2010: Leaving the Chair
According to the most recent results from our last poll of 2010, Kingstonist’s readers place Gerretsen’s ascent to the municipal thrown the second most significant headline of the year. That’s debatable, however in order for young Gerretsen’s win to occur, Harvey Rosen had to step aside. In that respect, Jordan Press aptly captured the moment [...]
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The Results Are In
When the polling stations opened yesterday morning, there was no shortage of speculation and optimism about who would win Kingston’s Mayoral race, as well as the district contests for councillor, and school board trustee. Now, I’d be lying to you if I didn’t admit that I was considerably disappointed with the final tally for Mayor, [...]
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Weekly Poll: Kingston’s Next Mayor
Kingstonist’s weekly poll is still in it’s infancy, and in an effort to see it flourish, we’ve been giving it a prime slot on Monday morning over the past couple of weeks. We’ll keep on with the status quo for the time being, however we may eventually change things up once everyone gets into the [...]
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Leaving the Chair
The flag of the city hung to his right and the exit sign just above it. With the backdrop of a darkened council chamber, Mayor Harvey Rosen announced he would not look for a third term in office. “What I am about to announce is what I see as a need for a change for [...]
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