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City Hall can’t see beyond its own internal cubicle walls, resulting in red tape and absurd fees that frustrate, delay, and block new businesses, developments, and get in the way of Hamilton’s revival.
Absurd rules mean even the simplest of good ideas must deal with archaic rules and regulations with costly unexpected fees to “compensate” City Hall for creating economic vitality in Hamilton.

I’m going to be offline for most of Saturday and Sunday, and don’t expect to update the website until Sunday afternoon.
I’ll be returning gear used for Friday’s event, working on the front end of the patron monthly support system, and reading the couple thousand pages of City Hall agendas for the coming week.
Last night was a lot of fun, thank you to everyone who made it happen!
If you see me in a coffee shop reading agendas, please say hi!
Enjoy your weekend everyone.

Welcome to the TPR Notepad, where Joey Coleman writes what he is covering in the day, posts draft notes, and uploads full audio interviews that will form the base for the next morning’s daily podcast. Today: Following the Bus Lane story interviewing Terry Whitehead and Chad Collins. Getting ready for tomorrow night’s conversation event with […]

City Council will have to increase taxes this year or make drastic cuts to municipal services.
There are no other short-term options for them to avoid this reality, except selling Jackson Square.