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Originally Posted by TheRitsman
He's very progressive, but as one of if not the highest paid staff member in the city, he is bound by the politics of the city. I'm surprised and glad he has stuck around this long. Many of his calibre would leave to somewhere that would appreciate his views more, but I'm incredibly glad he aims to stay and work on the city he loves.
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Yeah I think one of the challenges of any of those types of "committee" jobs is that you have to know when to push and what to fight. He seems quite progressive and committed to many of the evolving principals of New Urbanism that I think would work well in Hamilton but we have to keep in mind that him and the city planning committee is constantly battling in between city councillors like Terry Whitehead, developers like Brad Lamb, litigatious neighborhood associations like Turkstra and a boatload of NIMBYs. You probably have to pick and choose your battles and the right time and the right place.