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How council makes housing unaffordable
Season 4 Episode 105
This is a research deep dive episode where host Matt Stickland goes into the weeds to explain how low property taxes make housing less affordable. Di…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
The lies we tell about development fees
Season 4 Episode 104
Very sorry about the lack of show notes here. Personal life being what it was this past week proper show notes will be added (maybe). No one expects …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
The lies we tell about property taxes
Season 4 Episode 103
In this episode, host Matt Stickland goes deep on property tax policies and is forced to confront the fact that two of his long-held beliefs are, in …
5 months ago
Five minutes once a month
Season 4 Episode 102
You can take Halifax's road safety survey right here, if you want: https://www.halifax.ca/home/surveys
I can't rememeber what else I said I'd link in…
5 months, 1 week ago
An award winning podcast episode
Season 4 Episode 101
A slow week at city hall, but a big week for the podcast, as the Grand Parade is now (or will be on June 20) an award-winning podcast!
But you can ch…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
It's not corruption, it's the implication
Season 4 Episode 100
Did you know that show notes are like dinner? At first, they're super fun. You get to tell people about the show, but then it's like, eventually, you…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
What if we had a plan to integrate our mobility?
Season 4 Episode 99
If you are a subscriber, you may have noticed that this episode didn't drop early for ya on the website. This is because something that Substack does…
6 months ago
David Hendsbee progressive tax champion
Season 4 Episode 98
If this placeholder text is still here, that means something went wrong with the website swap over the weekend, and I've run out of time to fix every…
6 months, 1 week ago
Jurisdictional scan: Portland's transportation utility fee
Season 4 Episode 97
Things referenced:
This Strong Towns PDX post
Councillor Mitch Green’s Motion
The agenda page with links to all of the transportation utility fee rep…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Halifax's passable, mediocre, very mid budget
Season 4 Episode 96
Behold the episode in which host Matt Stickland recaps the glorious week that was March 30 until April 3, 2026, and be entertained.
Want to know what…
6 months, 3 weeks ago