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Golden Shadows – Despair and the Music of the Companionship of the World
The Lost Arias of Henk van Strijk, my third manuscript of poetry, was completed in July, 2011, in Peace River, Alberta. It was begun in the summer of 2009 when I returned to Vancouver after having spent three years as … Continue reading
Posted in Golden Shadows, Writing
Tagged Aristotle, Canada, Charles Dickens, Gareth Davies, Golden Shadows, Gustav Mahler, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Music, Norman Lebrecht, Poetry, Rainer Maria Rilke, San Francisco, Shostakovich, St. Stephen New Brunswick, Vancouver, W. Somerset Maugham, Wendy Lesser
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Tax Dollars and Sense
Civil Thoughts Series, No. 20 Courier Weekend (St. Stephen, NB), 31/41, A-5, 28 November 2008 . Municipalities obtain very little cash from the province. In fact, only about 9% of municipal revenues derive from transfer payments. The bulk of municipal … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Thoughts, Taxation
Tagged Canada, Chief administrative officer, Democracy, fiscal gap, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, International bridge, Jean-Guy Finn, Local government, Municipal revenues, NAFTA, New Brunswick, Property tax, property tax revenues, Provincial grants, St. Stephen New Brunswick, Transfer payments
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People and the Place They Work In
Civil Thoughts Series, No. 27 The Saint Croix Courier (St. Stephen, NB), 144/27, A-5, 7 April 2009 I am often asked two questions relating to municipal staffing: (1) how are people hired? and (2) what can they expect? How … Continue reading
Government: Who Does What?
Civil Thoughts Series, No. 3 The Saint Croix Courier (St. Stephen, NB), 143/19, C-5, 12 February 2008 . When it comes to their government, citizens are sometimes unsure who is responsible for what. An essential difference is between what a … Continue reading
Posted in New Brunswick, Public Service
Tagged Accountability, Canada, Chief administrative officer, Citizenship, Council–manager government, Democracy, Direct democracy, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, liberal democracy, Local government, New Brunswick, Policy, Pools, Public service, Public works, representative government, Roads, Saint Croix Courier, Social capital, St. Stephen New Brunswick, Water transmission
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Powers of Local Government & their Limitations
Civil Thoughts Series, No. 2 The Saint Croix Courier (St. Stephen, NB), 143/14, B-8, 8 January 2008 We live in a province that uses legislation to regulate its municipalities that was enacted in 1966, over forty years ago. That … Continue reading
Posted in New Brunswick, Public Service
Tagged Campobello Island, Canada, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Chief administrative officer, Constitution Act of Canada, Cultural Revolution, Franklin Roosevelt, Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Henry Kissinger, Indira Gandhi, Leonid Brezhnev, Local government, Lyndon Johnson, Mao Tse-tung, Municipalities Act of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Politics, Public service, Richard Nixon, St. Stephen New Brunswick, Viet Nam, Zhou Enlai
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Population Growth and Municipal Demographics
Civil Thoughts Series, No. 4 The Saint Croix Courier (St. Stephen, NB), 143/20, B-11, 19 February 2008 There’s been a lot of discussion about how to increase the population of New Brunswick. Immigration is one of the keys. Canada’s ethno-cultural profile shows a … Continue reading
Should Municipalities Tax Income and Sales?
Civil Thoughts Series, No. 24 Courier Weekend (St. Stephen, NB), 31/52, A-5, 13 February 2009 Municipal revenues continue to shrink, but demand on government continues to expand. The main source of municipal revenues is the real property tax; but, … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Civil Thoughts, Taxation
Tagged Hendrik Slegtenhorst, Canada, St. Stephen New Brunswick, Local government, Saint Croix Courier, Chief administrative officer, Property tax, property assessment, Jean Perrault, Council of Europe, Taxes, Income tax, Sales tax, Payroll tax, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, User charges, Development charges
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