martinus | geleynse

I need to take a moment to applaud Hamilton’s Mayor Fred Eisenberger.

I was on Facebook a few minutes ago, and upon checking an update on the Mayor’s profile, I noticed that he had “become a supporter of Stephane Dion” (Dion is the leader of the federal Liberal Party of Canada.  I might remind you that Mr. Eisenberger notes his political views as “conservative”, and that he even ran for federal office as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada only a few years ago.

For his ability to cross partisan boundaries, I applaud our mayor.

Since coming to power in 2006, Mr. Eisenberger has devoted himself to renewing Hamilton in every way.  He is supportive of increased public transit (particularly light rail), he has broached the idea of pedestrianizing Gore Park, and has done much to bring about increased investment in the Hamilton area (investinhamilton.ca).  It is refreshing to have a mayor with the drive and ability to accomplish [tangible] improvements in our city.