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Council Doesn't Understand Impartiality
Or They Just Don't Care; Either Way, It is Not Good
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E.J. James
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The Shame of Victoria
City's first code of conduct investigation reveals rot in regime
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E.J. James
Can We Trust Council to Get It Done?
The Crystal Pool Replacement Project is the project of our generation
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E.J. James
What Susan Kim Taught Me
Looking for a positive way forward from the Susan Kim saga
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E.J. James
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The Susan Kim Saga (Updated)
How an open letter brought a distant conflict to the doorstep of Victoria politics
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E.J. James
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Perpetually Elbows-up is No Way to Engage in Meaningful Politics
How a dangerous form of political fundamentalism has hindered political discourse in our community
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E.J. James
2
The Erosion of Democracy and Discourse
A Guest Newsletter from a Reader
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E.J. James
The Purpose of a Municipal Code of Conduct
The second instalment of our BC Codes of Conduct series
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E.J. James
Municipal Codes of Conduct Primer
The first instalment of our BC Codes of Conduct series
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E.J. James
Victoria's Oath-of-Office-gate
Past councillors and one mayor have eschewed the monarch in the oath
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E.J. James
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