This page and this effort are not about turning a profit, partisan fortunes, “sponsors” or giving politicians a platform. We’re not here to capitalize on Dartmouth’s name to sell some t-shirts, artisanal vacation packages; or to build a brand on the backs of the citizens …
“One reason to use the language of a coup is that people know it’s wrong and a violation of Democratic norms — even if they’re not familiar with the exact definition of a coup. We have to be ready to declare loudly and strongly: This is a …
“If you want to destroy any organization, you destroy it from within, from without, then you convince everybody that you’re doing the right thing” – Retired Adm. William McRaven https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/10/17/politics/william-mcraven-trump-cnntv/index.html
Did you know today is #WorldQuakerDay? Did you know there are still practicing Quakers? Quakers work for peace and justice, stronger communities and greener policy in their communities – we think those are universal Dartmouthian values too, and for a reason! Easily dismissed as relics …
…rests upon all of us to uphold. Our system of government, its makeup; our safety and happiness are all interrelated. We shed our constitutional heritage at our own peril; here in Nova Scotia, a daily occurrence with our 37% supermajorities and without a written Provincial …
Town of Annapolis Royal, Population 491.Town of Lockeport, Population 531.Town of Mulgrave, Population 722.Town of Clark’s Harbour, Population 758. Amherst, Antigonish, Berwick, Bridgewater, Digby, Kentville, Lunenburg, Mahone Bay, Middleton, New Glasgow, Oxford, Pictou, Port Hawkesbury, Shelburne, Stellarton, Stewiacke, Trenton, Truro, Westville, Windsor, Wolfville and Yarmouth. …
How could we be anything else other than hostile after our incorporated city comprised of citizens was stolen in a coup, without even a plebiscite? We need to mount a legal challenge and we would like to go back to the root. “An Act to …
We saved 0.07% of our operating budget, and all it cost us was 74% of our voting power (now 16 officials, since down from 24). From “The Transitional Impacts of Municipal Consolidations. Journal of Urban Affairs” (Igor Vojnovic, 2000) Volume 22, Issue 4, Pages 385–417
“For communities that consolidated services, overall expenditures increased in some circumstances and expenditure reductions were only associated with one service: capacity management.” From: “A longitudinal analysis of the effects of service consolidation on local government expenditures”, Craig S Maher, Public Administration Quarterly Vol. 39, No. …
“The removal of one’s ‘own’ municipality can be hard to accept, especially if this region does not seem to be facing any immediate economic threats and the merger is justified only by using vague arguments such as abstract neo-liberal rhetoric of competitiveness. Under these circumstances …
“One of the greatest threats to Municipal Autonomy and the principle of Local self-governance today…is and remains the coercive amalgamation of municipalities, i.e. forcing of municipalities together without the consent of either their governments or the people.” “The idea of a Democracy is that at …
A big thanks to all our First Responders who likely have storm cleanup of their own to attend to, but are instead working diligently to ensure the rest of us are taken care of, first.
