October 2011
6 posts
September 29, 2011 - Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi
When Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi walked in the room, we felt like we were meeting an Indian Mick Jagger. We had been told by many of our Calgarian friends as well as numerous mayors that we had already met that Nenshi was a rock star, yet still we were not prepared for charisma like this. He commanded the room, and before we knew what had hit us, we had smiles on our faces and white cowboy hats on...
A letter of support for Mayor Hobbs of Thunder Bay
A story about our meeting with Thunder Bay Mayor, Keith Hobbs, recently ran on CBC.ca. You can read the article here.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/story/2011/09/27/tby-hobbs-marijuana.html
We wanted to respond to our readers with a letter of support for Mayor Hobbs.
During our meeting Hobbs spoke candidly about his personal opinions on a variety of issues, one of which happened to...
September 25, 2011 – Cumberland Deputy Mayor...
In Cumberland we were really fortunate to hang out with 84 year old Deputy Mayor Bronco Moncrief. He served for decades on council and as mayor of the lovely village of Cumberland and is one of Canada’s longest serving municipal representatives. This video clip is a must watch. Bronco is a Mayor from another era and has the wisdom and charm to match. We quickly became friends and count him among...
