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Tuesday March 3, 2015

March 2, 2015 by Graeme MacKay

Tuesday March 3, 2015Editorial cartoon by Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Tuesday March 3, 2015

Shovegate commemoration as a possible city beautification plan

Sanctions or no sanctions, Sam Merulla wants city council to rescind fellow councillor Lloyd Ferguson’s appointment to the Hamilton Police Services Board.

Merulla issued a notice of motion Sunday, seeking a second opinion on a report released last week by the city’s integrity commissioner, Earl Basse, into a pushing incident involving Ferguson at City Hall last year.

In the report, Basse determined Ferguson had violated council’s code of conduct when he pushed independent journalist Joey Coleman.

Merulla calls it “outrageous” that the integrity commissioner didn’t recommend sanctions against Ferguson.

He’d also like a “third party police service such as the Ontario Provincial Police” to investigate the matter.

In the meantime, he’d like to see Ferguson — who is chair of the police board — step down as chair of the board.

“Anyone that admits assault I don’t think is deserving of being on the police board,” Merulla said Sunday, referring to Ferguson’s apology the day after the incident.

But Ferguson — who represents Ancaster — says it was not assault and he did not admit to any assault. (Source: Hamilton Spectator)

Meanwhile, the plaza at the entrance to Jackson Square was reimagined by a group of digital designers participating in the first Embrace UX conference in Hamilton on the weekend.

UX stands for user experience and the sold-out conference drew more than 110 participants from near and wide to talk about how to better connect products and services with those using them.

Groups of designers spent hours at the Pearl Company on Sunday pondering the important piece of real estate at the corner of King and James. They were told they had to incorporate the large concrete pillar that once held the Birk’s Clock but now stands forlornly at the base of the stairs to the underused rooftop patio on top of the mall.

Jackson Square leasing manager Jocelyne Mainville talked to the groups about the existing use of the plaza and aspirations for the entrance to the mall.

“They all zeroed in on the same problem, which is that this is a high-profile intersection but the mall entrance is so understated as to be invisible,” said workshop leader Ryan McGreal, editor of Raise the Hammer.

“Then there is a staircase that goes to a place you can’t see, which is intimidating.”

Suggestions included adding a canopy or archway that would define the entry. One group suggested the concrete pillar could become a water feature. Another suggested it should be an interactive way-finding tool that could provide maps or restaurant information.

Another group recommended the pole be programmable so would activate lights and music as pedestrians travelled the staircase. (Source: Hamilton Spectator)

 

Ferguson says a #shovegate cartoon from @mackaycartoons w everyone piling convinced him that this was distracting council & had to end

— Samantha Craggs (@SamCraggsCBC) March 4, 2015

Posted in: Hamilton Tagged: #shovegate, Andre Marin, code of conduct, earl Basse, Hamilton, Jackson Square, Joey Coleman, Lloyd Ferguson, Public Art, Sam Merulla

Thursday, April 17, 2014

April 16, 2014 by Graeme MacKay

Thursday, April 17, 2014By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Thursday, April 17, 2014

McHattie wants to immortalize Frankie ‘Venom’ with a statue

Mayoral candidate Brian McHattie wants the city to build a $200,000 memorial statue to Teenage Head singer Frankie “Venom” Kerr in Victoria Park.

Friday, October 25, 2013The money for the project has already been budgeted from Councillor McHattie’s $1.6-million area-rating fund for Ward 1. The city’s tourism and culture division is expected to issue an official “call for artists” proposal in June, with a winning submission ultimately selected by a citizen jury.

“The decision has been made,” McHattie said in an interview Friday. “We’re moving ahead. I can’t see any substantive problems.”

McHattie said Thursday he’d like to see at least a prototype completed in time for the 2015 Juno Awards in Hamilton next March. A public meeting will be held to gather more input this Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Zion Korean United Recreation Centre, 69 Pearl St. N.

“I really like the idea of commemorating important Hamilton musicians using sculptures,” McHattie said. “Frankie would be the first one, the first of many we would have across the city. It fits in with the new music strategy of the city.”

According to a city staff report, the project, initiated by McHattie two years ago under the city’s “art in public places” program, was “enthusiastically supported” by a meeting of the Strathcona Community Council in November. “(Kerr) was one of Canada’s most influential punk rock musicians and inspired a generation of local and international musicians,” reads the city staff report submitted to the community council.

The proposed location for the memorial is in Victoria Park at the northwest corner of King and Locke streets on the city’s west side.

Thursday, November 28, 2013Kerr, who lived his later years near the park, died of throat cancer at the age of 52, in October 2008.

As the band’s front man, Kerr personified Canadian punk rock in the late ’70s and early ’80s with his notoriously raucous stage antics.

Teenage Head, which played its first show at Westdale High School in 1975, enjoyed popularity across Canada in the early ’80s with hits such as Let’s Shake and Somethin’ On My Mind. (Continued… Hamilton Spectator)

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Posted in: Hamilton Tagged: Area Rating, Brian McHattie, Editorial Cartoon, Frankie Kerr, Frankie Venom, Hamilton, Mayoral Race, Music, Public Art, statue, Teenage Head

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