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Does Donald Trump have a planning mind, or a future-oriented mind? It seems not

David King November 29, 2020 0

Donald Trump isn’t smart enough to have a plan (and neither are those around him), but from within his own world-view he sees: • opportunity in the not well-explored and
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There has been a serious collision at the intersection of Trump and America

There has been a serious collision at the intersection of Trump and America

David King November 22, 2020 0

It baffles me that American legislators and citizens, commentators, and observers from around the world identify two entirely different, and irreconcilable, perspectives of the Trump/American intersection — and then conflate
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Does any Faculty of Education Acknowledge the Uniqueness of Public School Education?

David King December 5, 2018 0

In considering teacher preparation programs, the question is asked – Does any Faculty of Education illuminate the unique characteristics of teaching in a public school system as compared to any other?

Democracy, Proportional Representation, and Extremism

David King November 15, 2018 0

Proportional representation does not give rise to extremism. Thick democracy is more than an electoral system.

I am voting for proportional representation

David King November 12, 2018 0

I benefitted from the first past the post system of electing representatives. For almost 30 years I was a political, and very partisan, insider. I ran in five provincial elections,
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We need to reform our electoral system, with proportional representation

David King June 4, 2018 1

As someone who spent 15 years in a government caucus the make-up of which was determined by the ‘first past the post’ (winner take all) electoral system, I have a
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Public school education, the citizen fully alive, and democracy -uLead, too

David King April 16, 2018 0

I am in Banff, with about 1,100 teachers, researchers and academics from at least 10 countries around the world. We are brought together for uLead. This conference, organized by the
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Oak Bay’s Official Community Plan — Why Mediocre?

David King March 25, 2018 1

Oak Bay’s Official Community Plan (O.C.P.) – why “mediocre”? I have expressed the view that the current Official Community Plan (O.C.P.) for Oak Bay is ‘mediocre’ (of only moderate quality;
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Some of the challenges facing Oak Bay — Part I: staff shortage and shortage of resources

David King March 14, 2018 1

The citizens of Oak Bay now face significant challenges, with more to come in the next 4 years. For probably more than 20 years we have allowed our District Council
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the challenge that Oak Bay Watch poses to citizens

David King September 13, 2017 5

On Tuesday evening, September 12th I attended the kind of community meeting familiar to many of us, a meeting hosted by Oak Bay Watch. Oak Bay Watch is an ad
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