We sent the questions below to the four candidates for the HRM District 2 City Council seats. We asked them to keep their replies to 200 characters for the print edition of the paper, and unlimited space on our website For the print edition, we edited answers beyond this 200 character limit to fit. If you want to read the candidates' complete answers, then go to this document, where you will find their unedited answers.
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By Richard Bell
(September 20) The grassroots group Save Rural HRM won an unexpected short-term victory at their protest rally at Halifax City Hall Tuesday afternoon. More than 100 people from at least 5 different Council districts showed up to express their anger at how the Mayor and Council were abusing the rural residents of HRM. MLA Kevin Murphy supplied a bus that brought more than 30 people from the Musquodoboit Harbour area.
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The first debate of the 2016 municipal election in District 2 took place on Tuesday night, September 13, at the East Preston Recreation Centre. Three of the four declared candidates were there: left to right below, Councillor David Hendsbee, Shelley Fashan, and Gail McQuarrie.
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By Richard Bell
Summary: HRM's Planning Department has rejected the application from Kiann Management Limited (owned by Lawrence Belefontaine) to rezone a parcel of land on Highway 7 in Porters Lake for use as a construction & demolition debris (C&D) recycling plant.
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By Richard Bell
Summary: HRM's Planning Department has rejected the rezoning application from Lawrence Bellefontaine's Kiann Management Limited of a site on Highway 7 in Porters Lake for use as a construction and demolition debris (C&D) recycling plant.
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The Save Rural HRM protest at Halifax City Hall on September 20 was a rollicking affair that ended with promises from Mayor Savage to deal with the major issues that had spurred the protests. For a complete report, check out the full story on the protest and the Mayor's remarks. But the Mayor and Council now have to push through a number of legislative checkpoints, starting with the October 4th Council meeting, at which the Mayor promised some kind of temporary relief for landowners and builders who had been bushwhacked by HRM's surprise enforcement of a by-law outlawing development on lots without at least 100 feet of frontage on a public road.
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Halifax Regional Council received three succinct presentations on September 6, 2016 from opponents of HRM’s recent decision to start refusing to issue building permits for any lot without 100 feet of frontage on a public road. Kim Young, an owner of Birkshire Developments Inc. and a founder of Save Rural HRM, was also supposed to present to Council on September 6, but was unable to do so due to a miscommunication from Council.
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Halifax Regional Council received three succinct presentations on September 6, 2016 from opponents of HRM’s recent decision to start refusing to issue building permits for any lot without 100 feet of frontage on a public road. Andrew Robbins is a landowner who was shocked when HRM refused to issue a building permit on land he had purchased on Moser River Road, at the end of West Jeddore Road. Robbins spoke to Regional Council on September 6, 2016.
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Halifax Regional Council received three succinct presentations on September 6, 2016 from opponents of HRM’s recent decision to start refusing to issue building permits for any lot without 100 feet of frontage on a public road. Karen Mitchell spoke on behalf of the Musquodoboit Harbour and Area Chamber of Commerce and Civic Affairs (MHACCCA).
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