In the aftermath of the election a lot of people are left wondering if Joe Fontana can deliver on his promise to “freeze” taxes for 4 years. It’s a question that became even more pronounced after his successful campaign to unseat Anne Marie DeCicco-Best from the mayor’s chair than during the campaign itself.
If he had [...]

One of the advantages of having lived in London for almost all my life has been the opportunity to get to know the local movers and shakers and watch them in action over a sustained period.
In the interests of fair disclosure, I count both Anne Marie DeCicco-Best and Joe Fontana as friends even though I [...]

Over the past few days I have been asking people self-described as uncommitted voters “what would Anne Marie or Joe have to do to nail down your vote?” There have been a number of suggestions but the one that surprised me the most by far popped up several times from people with widely differing levels of political interest.

Anne Marie and Joe (come on, you don’t really need their last names, do you?) were guests on my daily NewsHour on am980 radio this past Wednesday.
As a friend to both, I wanted to stay as neutral as possible, though it was and is no secret that I believe London has not been as successful [...]

The cat was let out of the bag last night when it was leaked that Bell Canada may be pulling out of London and taking 700 jobs with it. There is a lot of misinformation about the situation, so here are the straight goods:

Bell’s lease at 100 Dundas (the Bell Building) expires in 2012
Bell can [...]