From My Bottom Step

City Hall Microphones

Please support my policy request.

London’s 2010 Sidewalk Program

Starving the pedestrian-related budget.

Public Meetings

Nobody who participates in (or simply attends) a public meeting should have any expectation of privacy. I’ll go even further and say that people in a public meeting would be wise to simply assume that a recording (video, audio, written) is taking place and to conduct themselves accordingly. Continue Reading

City Hall Webcasts

Trials and tribulations of a citizen journalist.

Thanks For the Assist

It’s nice to get some help.

Webcasts This Week

This week’s webcasts. #LDN

Continued City Secrecy About Transportation

Did you get your invite to participate in the Sustainable Transportation Roundtable? #LDN #TMP

What’s City Council Been Up To This Session?

Seems like a no-brainer to me, but what do I know?

If you visit the City of London, Ontario website and try to get a list of the by-laws that have been enacted in the curent session of Council (or any previous session), good luck!

Well, being the curious sort, and considering the fact that there’s a municipal election next Fall, I thought that I’d try to shed a bit … Continue Reading

The Way Forward

London needs to debate it’s transportation future. But it needs to be an informed debate. #LDN

Board of Control Says “NO” to Transparency

Here’s the discussion which took place with at Board of Control this past Wednesday with respect to my requested change to City Hall procedure:

If you’re like me, there were large chunks of it that conversation that went right past you. The sound quality at City Hall and the behaviour of many of the Council … Continue Reading