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Gobbledygook
Author(s)

Robert Ashe

Publisher

Formac Publishing

Publication Year

2025

ISBN: 9781459508071-32

Categories:

  • Sociology & Anthropology → Activism & Social Movements
  • Geography → Nova Scotia → Halifax
  • History → Canadian History → Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Media & Communications → Journalism
  • Political Science → Canadian Politics → Municipal Policy
  • Public Policy → Planning & Urban Development

 
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Gobbledygook

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In this chapter, Ashe describes the aftermath of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” specifically highlighting the experience of senior bureaucrat and event promoter Bob Geraghty. The event was denounced by the city’s leading residents but the public ultimately demanded better transparency and better governance from provincial and city officials and institutions.

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Robert Ashe

Robert Ashe is a Halifax native who has worked as a sportswriter, street columnist and crime reporter. For twenty-five years he worked as a communications specialist with the national defense research and development agency. He is the author of five books, including Halifax Champion: Black Power in Gloves, They Called Me Chocolate Rocket, Seven Days in Halifax, Even the Babe Came to Play about a New Brunswick baseball team during the Great Depression, and a collection of columns about life in Saint John entitled, Just Enough Fog to Keep It Cool. He lives with his wife Brenda in Ottawa.

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