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local news
GUELPH BEAT
by Adam A. Donaldson Who’s cool with GCL?
The Guelph Civic League (GCL) last week released their second
annual Voting Record Round–Up. The civic advocacy group
compiles data from councillor votes cast in the year 2008, and
ranks each member of the city council according to how closely
their vote aligns with the values of the GCL. Obviously, the GCL’s
values lean towards the progressive, but their main goal is to help
facilitate an informed and active local electorate. [ more ]
perspective
Watching Hiphop Evolve Before My Eyes
by Kobi Annobil In 2009, both hip–hop as a recorded art–form and I turn 30 years
old. It’s been a time filled with unimaginable highs and
unspeakable lows. Sugarhill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight, released on
November 30th, 1979. It was not the first hip–hop single, but it
was the lighting of the fuse. A moment that opened up a whole
new world of musical possibility. Eight months earlier, a boy was
born in a West London hospital. It wouldn’t be too long before
their paths would cross. [ more ]
letters to the editor
THE RANT LINE
by Kobi Annobil All the goose poop in Waterloo Park is really shitty.
I just wanted to thank all the people who went out to city hall on
June 22 to show their support for the parks and the expansion of
parks; that was a real bonus. Another thing I'd like to mention to
is why don’t they turn that little boarded–up storage space that
was burned out across from City Hall into a little park; that would
be ideal. I don’t think it should be allowed to have boarded–up
spaces be boarded-up for. [ more ]
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