Cabot Links

Carl Potter is lately in The Notebook news cycle.

As incredible as it seems, Potter, the founder and proprietor of the region’s largest road builder, Dexter Construction, went up against the biggest global road builders on the planet  – and he bested giants with his sharper bidding pencil, leaving  behemoth contractors from France & Spain in the dust, when he was awarded the lucrative $300 million 104 HWY twinning work last Thursday.

Over my lifetime, I have met many legendary road builders and also the great engineers employed with the NS Highways department.

When I need to hail a Halifax cabbie, I call Gerry Horner, who often is perched in the heart of Halifax Downtown.

You might find him beside the park that once supported the much maligned statue of Edward Cornwallis.

Or, he is one of the preferred cabbies allowed to park outside the Marriott Harbourside Hotel, on the city’s waterfront.