Brian F. Kelcey

Vancouver, BC

Metrolinx sheds 400-plus consultants as agency grapples with growing mandate | Globalnews.ca Michael Lindsay was tapped to lead the Crown corporation in 2025, tasked with refocusing its mandate and bringing years-delayed transit lines into service for the first time.

Toronto Region transit

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Toothless policy, in Regina, SK

Fiscal maneuver, in New York City

But then it would lose the immediacy of "did Kelcey mean that stupid thing that the Mayor of Delano just said, or that strange policy that Gotham just proposed?'

Halifax, NS after a bit of a budget grinder, h/t @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social

I would not have handled it that way.

New York City

London, ON

Calgary mayor considers plebiscite on whether city is getting fair deal from Alberta government | CBC News Jeromy Farkas floated the idea of putting a question to Calgary voters about how they feel about the "transfer payments" they send to the provincial government, which administration said could cost $1...

Calgary, AB. H/t @lindsaytedds.bsky.social

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Tokyo commercial

Torontonians learned of his "serious error in judgement" (John's words) only shortly before he said resign, triggering what City Clerks called "the largest by-elxn in Cdn history." I'm struggling to see how it was anyone else's call but his. HE judged himself harshly - so now it's our fault he did?

ANALYSIS: Why John Tory wanted his old job back — and why he won’t seek it | TVO Today The former mayor is sitting out the upcoming election. Who will fill the void?

Often I post stories I don't agree with. This is an example. Mr. Paikin's charming but sometimes clubby approach to journalism has made him forget: the person who judged John Tory's affair harshly enough to drive him to resign was... John Tory. His call, his consequence.

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New York City

I'm @stateofthecity.bsky.social at the State of the City

Fair

Transit, in Medellin

Anyone who has a problem with this, remember: no less than two (2) US big city mayors have been arrested and prosecuted for felonies in the last ten years alone, for filing expense claims that were deemed to really be expenditures in support of romantic affairs with subordinates.

Thread, Minneapolis and law enforcement federalism in the US

Jesus

Calgary, AB

My real name is Conner MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod, and I was born in 1518 in the village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel.

what if I'm too tired for any of this

Field artillery & (civilian) truck driver

Toronto, ON

It's the only way to do it.

I would not have handled it that way.

(And I think clip 2 is more brutal than clip 1)

One of the best single segments from a congressional hearing I've seen in thirty-five years.

Call me a pettifogging lawyer type but I don't know how you authorize a sub to torpedo an enemy ship on the high seas 00s of miles from your target country and not call it a war.