The Civic League and Council of Canadians launched their People’s Platform initiative [http://www.peoplesplatform.ca/] last night at Democracy Cafe on Locke Street. [](http://joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/IMG_…
Burlington’s City Council has a vision for their downtown as a regional economic hub attracting small-to-medium businesses and young people under the age of 35. To achieve this vision, Burlington is approving more mid-rise buildings with ground-level commercial, approving separated bike lanes, improving transit service (with regular detailed reports…
Hamilton Civic League’s launches 2014 Election platform building campaign tonight. Called the People’s Platform, the goal is to “build a non-partisan, non-ideological coalition of residents and organizations that prioritizes and advances a set of issues democratically selected by the people of Hamilton.” The kick-off event is tonight (July…
A scheduled Police Services Act hearing in the Sgt. Derek Mellor case is now being conducted by conference call at 10am today. Mellor, who plead guilty [http://www.chch.com/human-trafficking-cop-pleads-guilty/] to nine Police Services Act charges, was scheduled to appear at Central Station for the continuation of his hearings.…
Hamilton City Councillors are debating if they will open their planned meeting with provincial Minister of Transportation Steven DelDuca to the public. [](http://joeycoleman.ca/wp-content/…
Council’s “Task Force on Cleanliness and Security in the Downtown Core” will debate a proposed nuisance bylaw that, if passed, will outlaw loitering in the Downtown Core. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After meeting story: There Won’t Be a Nuisance Bylaw in Hamilton after Task Force Meeting [https://joeycoleman.ca/2014/07/…
Walter Furlan, the owner of a shop on Barton Street East near Lottridge Street, offers advice to the owner of The Right House to address the problem of “undesirable” people loitering in front of The Right House. [module type=”aside” width=”half” align=”right”] Related Reading and Video: **“More than…
Hamilton’s Downtown is a beautiful place, especially to sit in Gore Park and read a book during a beautiful summer day. The past two weeks we’ve witnessed a repeat of the same old tired stories about downtown being an undesirable place due to nuisance loitering in the downtown…