A Note to Readers and Supporters from NAL publisher Doug Draper
Niagara At Large is pushing the pause on posting news and commentary for the next three weeks while we do some retooling of the site. We will be back, with a renewed vigor, on Monday, February 3rd.
In the meantime, and while we do more to enhance the tools we use to reach a larger readership for this site, we will be reflecting on where Niagara At Large has been and where we want to go to fulfill a goal of being a more inclusive source of news and analysis for readers across our greater Niagara, cross-border community and for younger people who face a challenging present and future these days.
At the risk of inviting some to comment below that Niagara At Large should simply go away, we invite you to use the space below to give your ideas on what you would like to see in an online news and commentary site for this Greater Niagara Region.
During this pause period, we will continue to post comments of value to previous posts on this site and we encourage all of our sources to continue emailing in news tips and media releases as we have every intention of remaining the loop on what is happening in and to all of us who live in this region of ours.
This year – 2014 – is a particularly important one as far governance is concerned as we face a provincial byelection in a Niagara Falls riding that includes Fort Erie and Niagara-on-the-Lake and that may set the tone for a provincial election we may also face later in the year, should the Tim Hudak’s Conservatives and Andrea Horwath’s NDP decide to vote down the minority Liberal government.
This is also a year in which we, who live and pay taxes in Niagara, Ontario, should pay as close attention as possible to municipal politics and those we have sitting around council tables now, since we have municipal elections this coming fall. The results of those elections will have a major impact on the future of this region for many years to come.
(Niagara At Large invites you to share your views on this post. A reminder that we only post comments by individuals who share their first and last name with them.)
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It would be great to see some of the discussions forwarded to the applicable politicians for some form of response. It’s one thing for us to banter amongst ourselves, but if it doesn’t reach the ears of those responsible for the issues at hand, it aint time well spent. The feedback they receive should be useful to them. The feedback we receive from them, useful at election time and for the record.
Food for thought, if you already haven’t considered it. Cheers,
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