Matt Stickland's Take on City Hall, The Mayor, Taxes and Transportation
About this episode
Matt Stickland discusses the interconnectedness of traffic, housing, and taxes in municipal politics.
Traffic, housing, and taxes are not separate problems. They are one big system, and once you see the wiring, you cannot unsee it. Over beers, we sit down at Quinns Arm Pubwith journalist Matt Stickland, a former Navy tech who has spent years watching Halifax city hall up close, to unpack why municipal politics quietly shapes your daily life more than any other level of government. We talk about how council decisions steer the physical city through zoning, right of way, and service plan...
People in this episode
Host: Afternoon Pint
Guest: Matt Stickland
Topics covered
- municipal politics
- transportation
- housing
- taxes
- zoning
- city planning
Keywords
- municipal politics
- Halifax
- transportation
- housing
- taxes
- city hall
- Matt Stickland
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Quinns Arm Pub
Places: Halifax, city hall, Navy
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