Homelessness, a towering tower, campaign donations, wider drive ways and a look ahead to the early days of the 2026 campaign. This episode is a milestone episode of sorts - depending how you count it, we’ve just passed 30 episodes for this podcast. As we head into spring, this podcast is making its way towards its first anniversary - we’ll celebrate that at the end of June. I don’t want to count any chickens at this point, but surpassing 30 episodes, with a growing audience is something most start up shows like this experience. That’s all because of you and many excellent guests, too - so thanks to everyone involved for that. One thing I’ve learned is that a good podcast needs great guests and I am so grateful for all of the guests who have joined us for the past 30 plus, episodes - this included community leaders, frontline workers, past members of city council and even 3 members of our current council. Spoiler alert, by the end of March that number of sitting council members joining the show is going to grow to 4. And to the other 11 members, if you’re reading this, please know that you're more than welcome to share this space too. Drop me a line if you have something you want to talk about and we’ll find the time to hear what you have to say too. We’ll stick to the facts and make sure we’re looking at issues of the day from as many different perspectives as possible. Speaking of great guests, local journalist Mike Donachie joined me this week on Newsmakers - That’s a news program I host over on Rogers Television. The episode today is an abridged version of that conversation and if you want to catch the whole thing, you can do so over on Roger Television. Mike is watching City Hall closely and he’s reporting what’s happening there on a regular basis for a start up that he has just launched, It’s called “London City Hall notes” and he publishes it using the Substack platform. As the municipal election, scheduled for late October, approaches - you can expect to hear more from Mike in the weeks and months to come. Today, he’s here to tell us all about what’s going on at City Hall - So let’s go.