The Hamiltonian has a great article front-and-center right now, 'Public Facades, Shadow Planning and Make Believe Consultations'. I strongly encourage you to read it, especially the Comments section.
In post-election discussions with friends, 'What's next?' has been the primary theme.
Not so much in regards to Mayor Bratina and the potential soap opera Council might become, but how the 'external players' in our city, those who have long held up torches consistently and admirably might be proceeding forward.
Specifically Ryan McGreal, Editor of Raise the Hammer and Matt Jelly, civic activist and candidate for Ward 2 in the election.
Well, this issue is certainly something I'd love to see both sink their teeth into next, because it seems to typify what's wrong with our system, seemingly going beyond the machinations of City Council. (I don't mean to exclude The Hamiltonian or diminish its importance in driving efforts forward, but they have a very specific approach to how they do what they do, and while I applaud the resultant efforts regularly, I feel the design has its limitations.)
Here's something that was said to me privately:
"This is something we should all be hammering on. It's good that they asked people to cite examples on The Hamiltonian...and as the comments come in, the main stream media should be hopping all over it."
Of course, MSM won't...which is why we need the Matt Jellys and the Ryan McGreals to be 'hammering on' this issue.
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