If HRM Council must act quickly to restore public confidence in our elected government.
The path forward difficult (I wrote about it here), but Council must work to resolve this in a way that shows that politicians are responsible for their actions, and elected politicians will be held accountable.
A LOT OF COUNCILLORS ARE ON THE FENCE. You can play a role in helping raise the pressure on councillors to act in our best interests by letting them know what you think.
What can you do? Email your councilor. Send a short email to your councilor demanding:
- a public debate of the full HRM Council
- a vote of censure of Mayor Peter Kelly, and
- forwarding of the file to the RCMP for further investigation and/or the appropriate committee of the Provincial Legislature.
| Streatch, Steven | dist 1 | E Shore-Musquodoboit Hbr | streats@halifax.ca |
| Dalrymple, Barry | dist 2 | Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank | barry.dalrymple@halifax.ca |
| Hendsbee, David | dist 3 | Preston-Lawrencetown-Chez | hendsbd@halifax.ca |
| Lorelei Nicoll | dist 4 | Cole Harbour | Lorelei.Nicoll@halifax.ca |
| McCluskey, Gloria | dist 5 | Dartmouth Centre | mcclusg@halifax.ca |
| Fisher, Darren | dist 6 | E Dartmouth-The Lakes | darren.fisher@halifax.ca |
| Karsten, Bill | dist 7 | Portland-East Woodlawn | karsteb@halifax.ca |
| Barkhouse, Jackie | dist 8 | Woodside-Eastern Passage | barkhoj@halifax.ca |
| Smith, Jim | dist 9 | Albro Lake-Harbourview | smithj@halifax.ca |
| Wile, Mary | dist 10 | Clayton Pk W | wilema@halifax.ca |
| Blumenthal, Jerry | dist 11 | Hfx Northend | blumenj@halifax.ca |
| Sloane, Dawn Marie | dist 12 | Hfx-Downtown | sloaned@halifax.ca |
| Uteck, Susan | dist 13 | NW Arm-Southend | utecks@halifax.ca |
| Watts, Jennifer | dist 14 | Connaught-Quinpool | jennifer.watts@halifax.ca |
| Walker, Russell | dist 15 | Fairview-Clayton Pk | walkerr@halifax.ca |
| Hum, Debbie | dist 16 | Rockingham-Wentworth | humd@halifax.ca |
| Mosher, Linda | dist 17 | Purcell’s Cove-Armdale | mosherl@halifax.ca |
| Adams, Stephen D. | dist 18 | Spryfield-Herring Cove | adamss@halifax.ca |
| Johns, Brad | dist 19 | Middle&Uppr Sckvlle-Lucsvlle | johnsbr@halifax.ca |
| Harvey, Robert P. | dist 20 | Lower Sackville | harveyb@halifax.ca |
| Tim Outhit | dist 21 | Bedford | outhitt@halifax.ca |
| Rankin, Reg | dist 22 | Timberlea-Prospect | rankinr@halifax.ca |
| Peter Lund | dist 23 | Hammonds Plains-St Mrgrt’s | peter.lund@halifax.ca |
If you do not know who your councilor is, you can look him or her up here:
http://eservices.halifax.ca/districtLookup/
I e-mailed my councilor, Dawn Sloane, twice. Suggested she and council were responsible for Mayor Kelly’s continuing position of power in the council and they should simply refuse to accept him as mayor in general, and certainly as chair of meetings dealing with the Commons concerts scandal since there isn’t any way to actually force him out. This might be a radical solution but it seems to be the only one if he can’t be fired or forced to resign. Why should the councilors or we, the people, be obliged to show any respect to Mayor Kelly under present circumstances? I also suggested she and fellow council members seriously reconsider their support for the new convention centre for obvious reasons.
I haven’t had any response.