
Lone NPA Councillor Suzanne Anton is going to be changing her footwear for the remainder of her term.
I have always said that changing your mind in politics shouldn’t be as big a deal as it is usually portrayed – if, that is, it is handled correctly.
And that is why I am not inclined to immediately jump down Suzanne Anton’s throat when I read this about her changing her mind on supporting the Hornby bike lane. Rather, I am open to listening to her reasoning and then assessing whether it is politics or principle that has motivated her decision.
Well, after reading her release from yesterday, it is clear that she has changed her mind because of the shit kicking she has received from opponents of the bike lane and her core constituencies rather than the reasons she so desperately tried to get across in her release.

Not everyone within City Hall is up in arms about the internal change that is currently occurring, as some might have the public believe.
Frances Bula wrote a story about the changes that are going on at City Hall, which is fascinating enough in its account of how those within the Hall are reacting to the way in which things are being shaped by the Vision administration. But then there was this comment left at her blog, which I for one don’t find surprising in the least:
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“Perhaps it was my silk dress or the new perfume I’ve been wearing lately. When I asked Suzanne Anton what her New Year’s resolution was, she replied, “To kiss a pretty girl!” and pecked me on the cheek.” – Writer Emily Barca describing her encounter with the lone NPA City Councillor on New Year’s Eve.