Raise the Hammer
List of contributors to Raise the Hammer, with a brief bio for each author and links to that author's articles.
Bob Robertson, Ph.D. is a consultant and professor of international business. He was the City Manager for the City of Hamilton from 2002 to 2004.
2009 City of Hamilton Budget: A Perfect Storm? - Meeting budgetary challenges during an economic slowdown requires political leadership and a tolerance for change that improves service delivery rather than preserving the status quo. Published Nov. 26, 2008
Ethics and the City of Hamilton: A Retrospective - An Ethics Commissioner will help, but the City must get back to the business of governance as opposed to petty politics. Published Jul. 7, 2008
Mayor Appoints New Chief of Staff, Published Aug. 5, 2008 under Politics
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James North Holiday Displays - Saturday, December 6, 2008, at James North Arts District, .
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Harper: GG to Prorogue Parliament (Dec. 4, 2008) -
Prime Minister Stephen Harper just announced after meeting with Governor General Michaëlle Jean that she has agreed to his request to prorogue the two-week-old Parliament until his government
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City Traffic Staff: Actuated Signals Will Accommodate Cyclists (Dec. 4, 2008) -
Earlier this week, the City Traffic Department announced that they want to try and speed up traffic on James and John Streets, including spending $60,000 to convert four intersections to actuated
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Harper crosses the line in speech to nation (Dec. 4, 2008) - In a cynical speech last night, Prime Minister Stephen Harper crossed the line from partisan into more dangerous territory as he implied that the Liberal-NDP coalition was an attack on Canada's de
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McMaster ruffles some feathers with child ward renaming (Dec. 3, 2008) - An article in the Globe and Mail, Health care in a bucket with fries, came to the attention of a RTH reader recently, who sent it along for us to check out (thanks, by the way!)
The article is ab
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Can Harper Prorogue Parliament? (Dec. 3, 2008) -
Given the paucity of Prime Minister Stephen Harpers options as Monday's confidence vote draws closer, pundits and analysts are coalescing around the conclusion that he will ask Governor Genera
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Picking a Prime Minister: A Parliamentary Primer (Dec. 2, 2008) -
We will use all legal means to resist this undemocratic seizure of power.
-- Prime Minister Stephen Harper
With the Liberals and NDP agreeing to a coalition with the support of the B
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Bratina: City Hall Plan Could Save $110 Million Over 20 Years (Dec. 2, 2008) -
Councillor Bob Bratina, who has proposed that the City remain at Hamilton City Centre, is claiming that this move will cost only $50 million over the next 20 years, compared to $150 million to com
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City Backs Down on Airport Development Size (Dec. 1, 2008) -
Citizens at City Hall (CATCH) reports that the city has backed down on at least one aspect of its dispute with the province on the size of the Airport Economic Growth District (AEGD), a planned in
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