From 2013: A City's Shame

The following was published in Hamilton Magazine in Fall 2013. A City's Shame CHARLTON HALL SIMPLY WANTED TO MOVE TO A NICER FACILITY. HOW IT TURNED INTO A BITTER, AND COSTLY, LEGAL BATTLE IS BOTH SHOCKING AND SHAMEFUL WRITTEN BY Joey Coleman Charlton Hall, a mental health treatment facility for…

As a Crown Ward, The Library was a Lifeline to University

I'm proud of all of Hamilton's social media communities for defending our Hamilton Public Library after recent comments by Ward 7 Councillor Donna Skelly. (You can listen to an audio recording [https://www.thepublicrecord.ca/static/Donna-Skelly-Hamilton-Library.mp3] or read a transcript [http://raisethehammer.org/article/3182/annotated_transcript_of_…

On Blogging - How Talking Makes For Better Posts

Seemingly random unscheduled conversations on the street, in the market, and in the food court are key foundations of good blogging. They serve as a form of editing for the ideas I write. I thought about writing this post earlier today, and I should've when I remembered more about the…