Politics

If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard a candidate say, “There are too many unanswered questions,” or “We must wait for the environmental report,” I’d be a [Continue]

After nagging council wannabes for looking and sounding like a bunch of unschooled deer caught in the headlights of tough questioning from voters, I must compliment them for [Continue]

There’s a passage in Charles’ Dickens’ Oliver Twist in which Mr. Bumble is accused of stealing some jewelry. Mr. Bumble, not a particularly sympathetic character, [Continue]

Right about now, civic election candidates must feel like noodles at a spaghetti-pulling factory. Not only do they have to fill out media questionnaires and attend a packed [Continue]

Some of the answers, or non-answers, provided by candidates at election forums make me squirm — they are so vacuous or based on not the slightest fundamental understanding [Continue]

For those who haven’t seen them for themselves, here are some of the signs I wrote about a few days ago. The Messmer Mess, as you can see, takes some solid fundamentals [Continue]