Philip Mcleod

The McLeod Report - London, Ontario

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A new top boss at City Hall May 18, 2012
The new city manager for London has been plucked from the top ranks of the City of Hamilton administration. The mayor says he’s courageous and has a particular talent for bringing diverse groups tog...
Should we ReThink London Transit? May 17, 2012
As he often does, the general manager of London Transit says the present funding model isn’t sustainable. Service demand and expectations outstrip current capacity and resources to add to capacity. ...
Time for young London to walk the talk May 16, 2012
In a city which seeks to retain young people, only one of the 15 members of city council is younger than 40; five of them are older than 60. It’s not that older people are incapable of making good d...
A new look for historic Dundas May 15, 2012
The rebuild of the main street through London’s downtown is a step closer after a city council committee approves a scooping study to set a project plan, fix a budget and work out timelines. The fin...
A tale that gets more curious May 14, 2012
The figure reported in the media was incorrect, totally incorrect, the mayor says, even though it came out of a report he signed. But what is the correct number? No one seems to know, or at least no o...
Drawing the line on rowdy May 11, 2012
City council’s Public Safety Committee has recommended a revised nuisance bylaw aimed at controlling rowdy student parties like the one on Fleming Drive on St. Patrick’s Day that turned into a rio...
A new vision for the idea of London May 10, 2012
A city doesn’t just happen; it grows and develops based on an idea, a vision of what, for better or worse, it could become. And the idea of London, and what it should become in the next decade or mo...
Set an economic target and focus May 09, 2012
Although the last city council passed a focused economic strategy and this city council confirmed it, some members of the committee assigned the job of developing an economic prosperity plan for Londo...
State of the City at 50 cents a word May 08, 2012
Mayor Joe Fontana released details of his 2011 consultant fees and purchased services on Monday. A few eyebrows were raised at the tab for writing his speech for the State of the City Address, a mere ...
Niagara has one, but we don’t May 07, 2012
The large museum in Niagara-on-on the Lake, which dates back to 1902 and now spreads over two buildings, plans a major exhibition this summer marking the beginning of the Ward of 1812. That’s someth...
 
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