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[Update: Sept. 29, 2011: The City announced yesterday that the pilot will run in January of next year. It means the pilot will have a full university term to be evaulated, and gives more time for neighbourhood input into how the program will be evaluated – one of the major questions that came up in the Sept.… Read More
Yesterday I was surprised and pleased to find myself in the company of Calgary’s newly-elected Mayor Naheed Nenshi who dropped by my place for a cup of tea before heading back to Calgary. He had been up to meet with the premier and Mayor Mandel. I first met Nenshi in person four years ago when… Read More
A quick follow up to a previous post about my Open Data inquiry. The inquiry response report came to Executive Committee yesterday and was well received by the mayor and other councillors who attended. In essence, the report says the City is working hard on opening up as much data as it can in keeping… Read More
Today I submitted the following formal inquiry to city administration. It will likely come back to Council’s Executive Committee early next year. Mack Male and others connected to Change Camp and Bar/Demo Camp have been advocating for this and I’ve been reading about other Canadian projects, like Vancouver’s. In local, national and sub-national governments around… Read More
Mayor Mandel presented his annual state of the city address to a packed house at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the the Shaw Conference Centre. The text of his remarks is posted here. [UPDATE: video has been posted here.] Some of the highlights from my point of view included: The next generation puts a huge… Read More