There are no upcoming events right now.
Why not post one?
Recent Articles
- Justice for Indigenous Peoples is Long Overdueby Ryan McGreal, published June 30, 2021 in Commentary
(0 comments)
- Third-Party Election Advertising Ban About Silencing Workersby Chantal Mancini, published June 29, 2021 in Politics
(0 comments)
- Did Doug Ford Test the 'Great Barrington Declaration' on Ontarians?by Ryan McGreal, published June 29, 2021 in Special Report: COVID-19
(1 comment)
- An Update on Raise the Hammerby Ryan McGreal, published June 28, 2021 in Site Notes
(0 comments)
- Nestlé Selling North American Water Bottling to an Private Equity Firmby Doreen Nicoll, published February 23, 2021 in Healing Gaia
(0 comments)
- Jolley Old Sam Lawrenceby Sean Burak, published February 19, 2021 in Special Report: Cycling
(0 comments)
- Right-Wing Extremism is a Driving Force in Modern Conservatismby Ryan McGreal, published February 18, 2021 in Special Report: Extremism
(0 comments)
- Municipalities Need to Unite against Ford's Firehose of Land Use Changesby Michelle Silverton, published February 16, 2021 in Special Report
(0 comments)
- Challenging Doug Ford's Pandemic Narrativeby Ryan McGreal, published January 25, 2021 in Special Report: COVID-19
(1 comment)
- The Year 2020 Has Been a Wakeup Callby Michael Nabert, published December 31, 2020 in Special Report: COVID-19
(0 comments)
- The COVID-19 Marshmallow Experimentby Ryan McGreal, published December 22, 2020 in Special Report: COVID-19
(0 comments)
- All I Want for Christmas, 2020by Kevin Somers, published December 21, 2020 in Entertainment and Sports
(1 comment)
- Hamilton Shelters Remarkably COVID-19 Free Thanks to Innovative Testing Programby Jason Allen, published December 21, 2020 in Special Report: COVID-19
(0 comments)
- Province Rams Through Glass Factory in Stratfordby Doreen Nicoll, published December 21, 2020 in Healing Gaia
(0 comments)
- We Can Prevent Traffic Deaths if We Make Safety a Real Priorityby Ryan McGreal, published December 08, 2020 in Special Report: Walkable Streets
(5 comments)
- These Aren't 'Accidents', These Are Resultsby Tom Flood, published December 04, 2020 in Special Report: Walkable Streets
(1 comment)
- Conservation Conundrumby Paul Weinberg, published December 04, 2020 in Special Report
(0 comments)
- Defund Police Protest Threatens Fragile Ruling Classby Cameron Kroetsch, published December 03, 2020 in Special Report: Anti-Racism
(2 comments)
- Measuring the Potential of Biogas to Reduce GHG Emissionsby John Loukidelis and Thomas Cassidy, published November 23, 2020 in Special Report: Climate Change
(0 comments)
- Ontario Squanders Early Pandemic Sacrificeby Ryan McGreal, published November 18, 2020 in Special Report: COVID-19
(0 comments)
Article Archives
Blog Archives
Site Tools
Feeds
By lawrence (registered) - website | Posted November 29, 2013 at 14:49:40 in reply to Comment 95269
I get that. But if you are engaging citizens in such a manner, you should accept the results. They wonder why only a few hundred fill these out and then they make a passive statement like that, basically saying to more or less ignore the results because we don't trust them. This decision simply needs to wait until a new term to broaden the discussion. They rushed this in one month but really this should be held off until all ARC reviews have been completed. We need as much representation as possible not less through these reviews and hopefully with how everyone has been following Trustee the past year or so, more people will be eager to either run themselves, or pay more attention to who they vote for.
As for Trustees value, I believe in it but not in it's full current context. I don't have the answer but one suggestion might be to lump Trustee wages on top of a councillor's budget. Those that hold these two positions should be working together because placement of new schools, school closures, partnerships, etc., are all part of the planning of our city and for council to have no control over this is absurd. Have less money from our taxes go to education and take that money and apply it to Trustee wages and have them paid by the City instead of the board.
We complain about councillors all the time and in some cases it's well justified, but at the end of the day they should be the one leader we turn to for everything involving our Wards. School issues could then be filtered to the Trustee to research and report back to the Councillor.
I have thought a lot about running for Trustee myself the past 6 months or so but I am not sure I would want to handle Ward 2 and Ward 3 together. A smaller focus I believe produces better results and Ward 3 is my home and I want to advocate and work to make it better.
I think about the role and as I see it, it's a position that could either be rewarding or stressful based on the relationships with other leaders and a very close working relationship with the Ward councillor and one that shares the same or very similar vision for the future of their Ward. Ideally I would be able to run on the premise that if the candidate for the councillor who I am pulling for, one whose values and vision are in line with my own, wins than it's a position (Trustee that is), I would love to fill.
I see it as just another thing I can relate to sport. Look at Ron Lancaster or now Kent Austin. Players and coaching personnel are eager to follow great leaders because they like working under them. They share the same vision of how to coach/how they liked to be coached/led. Both these coaches brought early results to Hamilton and they did so by bringing some coaches/players with them.
The problem I see with taking on a position voted on by the public, is that you don't know who your leader will be. I'd rather see as in the case with a head coach, a councillor follow the campaigns of the Trustees and upon being elected, hire who he/she feels will best assist them in representing the schools in their Ward. There are likely other positions Ward related that could be appointed by the Ward councillor(s) such as BIA heads perhaps?
Ward 3 Trustee for HWDSB.
Permalink | Context