It’s been an exciting week. At the beginning of the week I submitted nomination papers, duly confirmed, but except for rumour was unable to ascertain who else might be standing. On Wednesday, three of us were running. The canvassing has…
An aspiring politician also needs to practice ribbon cutting and award ceremonies. Never one to shirk a dinner and aspiring to be a good Alderman, this event looms next week: Systems in the City Awards 2013 Prof. Michael Mainelli and…
Don’t all politicians prattle on? Where do they practice? Well this one is practicing at Gresham College tomorrow night – The event is free and open to the public, including Broad Street electors who wish to assess a potential Alderman’s…
To the Natives of the Parish of St Margaret Lothbury and the Broad Street Ward Club. You are desired to meet the rest of your parishioners and club members on Thursday, 23 September 2004 at 18:00 at the Guildhall and…
I thought we should start with a campaign photo. When the family took a skiing trip to Jackson Hole earlier this year, I wanted my daughters to see New York City for the first time. Naturally, as my firm, Z/Yen,…
This morning I went round to the Election Office at the City of London Corporation to submit nomination papers for the Broad Street Ward Aldermanic election. All successfully registered and the campaign is now on. I am honoured to have…
This week’s ESMA & EBA report, “Principles for Benchmark-Setting Processes in the EU”, garnered headlines such as “EU plots to grab control of Libor from London”. Such sensationalism simultaneously leads to over-reaction and under-reaction. Libor is a known problem, but…
I have decided to submit a nomination form to run for Alderman of Broad Street Ward. The Wardmote is scheduled for 3 July. If there is an election, then the vote will be on 4 July – hopefully auspicious. I…
After many happy, though quiet, years running our own site using FrontPage, Mainelli.org migrates to WordPress with high hopes.
SIR – You began an article with the old saw “that half of all advertising budgets are wasted—the trouble is, no one knows which half” (“Change of track”, June 9th). The remark is frequently attributed by Britons to Lord Leverhulme,…
