Mayor Peter Kelly Misses his Chance to Demonstrate Leadership with Occupy Halifax

Great article at the Haligonia website by noted Nova Scotian author and journalist, Silver Donald Cameron. He says Mayor Peter Kelly missed the chance to demonstrate leadership when he evicted the Halifax Occupy camp on Remembrance Day after they had relocated willingly from the downtown Parade Square to facilitate the veterans' ceremony. (He chose to send in police and make arrests rather than speak to, learn from, and cooperate with the youthful protesters.)

I absolutely agree.

How many other mayors across North America could benefit form this sound advice? Are you listening mayors of Vancouver, Toronto, Oakland, Portland, New York? It's almost too late to choose your place on the right side of history. If you doubt the wisdom of this look at the numbers of people taking part in November 17th's Day of Action. I was watching livestream of the New York City protests all day on a few channels. There were 40,000 watching on two channels and over 500,000 unique viewers on one channel alone. They are all voters now, even if they weren't before. I can almost guarantee it.


Read the article Mayor Kelly Muffs his Moment: at haligonia.ca.