There is an old adage that it is “frequently better to be lucky than good”. And it is arguably a concept to which Meed Ward would...

We all realize that speaking to a politician can be a risky business. It can lead to a wasteland of confusion or a never Neverland of...

I recently had the questionable pleasure of entering into a dialogue with several people (a man from Brant Hills and a woman from Headon...

When the Mayor declined my offer to debate, her staff very politely offered to address any questions that I might have. Since I did have...

Feeling in a particularly prankish mood, I thought that it would be interesting to challenge our Mayor, Marianne Meed Ward, to an...

I have become somewhat sceptical concerning how Burlington citizens appear to be accepting a series of events and disclosures that,...

When I read the announcement that Natalie Pierre would run again for Burlington MPP, my first and very uncharitable thought, was that to...

One of the things that you spend a great deal of time doing as you get older is pondering; thinking of all manner of things that were...

What I have observed since the Meed Ward administration took office is that communications are very cunningly and adroitly handled. Only...

I am no fan of the Ford Government and do believe that the Provincial Auditor’s blunt comments have been proven to be true, time and...

The City of Burlington website is something that is so dysfunctional that requests for further funding for enhancements should be greeted...

I was asked to write a personal perspective on how we came to this dreadful pass. Just a few days before the American Presidential...

It seems to take a fair amount to get people in Burlington excited.  It happened in 2018 when the current Mayor and Council were first...

I have turned a small bedroom on the top floor of the house into another library – an annex to the main library downstairs. I still don’t...

The following article appeared today in the Burlington Gazette. https://burlingtongazette.ca/xenophobia-a-dislike-of-or-prejudice-against...

Non-ideological, ‘ad hoc’, local action groups form around common interests or, quite often, around shared areas of discontent and...

I made the following comment to a recent Burlington Gazette article. https://burlingtongazette.ca/another-1-6-million-expense-spread-over...

I have just experienced a rather interesting phenomenon; I started this article with one very definite perspective but, in the process of...