I’m not an urbanist but I play one on the internets. What makes a city good for its people? I find amusing and joyful examples wherever I roam.
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The Eight-Day Delay
Timing note: Between recording the podcast and broadcasting it, this poll came out.
TL;DR: plus full transcript below.
- The flood delay: the province says the mayor’s office took 8 days to request assistance after the July 1 flood. L...
Tax feeze
TL;dr: Alex Lawson dropped a fiscal plan: 0% tax increase in 2027, 1% in 2028, 2% after. Everyone knowledgeable called it terrible and impractical — Sutcliffe invoked Larry O’Brien’s broken “zero means zero,” Leiper warned of service cuts...
The cynical campaigner
My column in the Ottawa Citizen this week should come with a trigger warning. It’s about registration for the city’s recreational activities, which should not even be a thing. In a normal, well-functioning city, when registration opens, it...
The job was not even started
I asked the three main challengers what they thought of Mark Sutcliffe’s $10-billion infrastructure plan. Neil Saravanamuttoo did not answer, but we can safely assume he’s not especially impressed.
Jeff Leiper: “Sutcliffe’s infrastructure...
The busy person’s guide to the mayoral election
I was at ArtsCourt Theatre last night for a mayoral debate on the arts with Mark Sutcliffe, Jeff Leiper, Neil Saravanamuttoo and Alex Lawson participating. It was a packed room — so much so that I had to sit in the overflow room, having neg...
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