Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "It's a Long Road That Doesn't Have a Turn":
17:48, your scenario describes the opposition to the SEHCD.
Posted by Anonymous to Our Town and Its Business at 4 June 2014 18:1
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You're right.
What does it mean.?
Have we turned a corner perhaps?
The election isn't for five months. What could we accomplish , if we put our minds to it.?
Could we make a decision on library square. All the reviewing and studying ,seeking public input and recommending is done? We just have to do it.
We can open the Petch House , schedule a few different events. Let staff do what they do .Just add it to all the other nice things that happen , Maybe we should rent it out on a monthly basis.
We could award the contract for the all season sports in the location identified.
if the Aurora tennis club doesn't want to pay maybe another club will and that would be for the operator to decide.
The $26.9 million joint facility could be put on hold.
We could talk to the United Church about plans for the Yonge Street site. Maybe we could swap
for the old library site.
We could acquire two vacant sites on Yonge Street near the library. Nobody's been able to come up with a plan for forty years. We set up a reserve with funds in lieu of parking . We can make it happen.
We could give the Culture Board Notice of termination and cut off their funding. Make them selff-suffieient.
Have the museum operating before the end of the term.
We could give notice of termination to the soccer bubble operator contingent upon responsibility for regional and education taxes being paid by the lessee.
The Farmers Market Bylaw could be changed to reflect the town's vision of what a market should be. Vendors with stuff to sell that people want to buy.
We could make an appointment with the minister of National Defence and put it to him straight. We need to take back our hydro building . They know how it is to have to make compromises. Giving up a Lease on a municipal building can't be that big a deal considering everything they have to manage.
We could thank volunteers and give early termination to advisory committees. See how the town business functions without them for five months. t would save a bundle,
It's an extensive list.
I think we could get most of it done before we ask to be re-elected.
We have enough people on the payroll that;s for sure.
Wednesday, 4 June 2014
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It could all be done if the will is there...
In the interim, Peace, Lady. You cannot do all the heavy lifting by yourself.
Okay, here's a challenge for everyone - try to come up with a stupider idea than this:
"We could talk to the United Church about plans for the Yonge Street site. Maybe we could swap
for the old library site."
I agree with most of your list.
The only problem is that these matters require decisions in favour by at least five of the nine.
This is unlikely to happen without deferral, referral and further study.
Some council members seem to have a problem deciding whether to get out of bed in the morning; they seem to require a committee.
20:43
You haven't been around much have you?
20:43...and don't forget a study!
A lot longer than you I'll bet, 21:18.
20:43
The only idea that more stupid is this one:
"We could make an appointment with the minister of National Defence and put it to him straight. We need to take back our hydro building."
I am sure the minister would be happy to discuss this. WTF ??
Two things that Aurora Council and the members of Aurora Council need to remember.
1. You should only deal with things that are within your area of responsibility.
2. Stop trying to go back and fix things that you feel are broken.
At the beginning of this term, council spent a huge amount of time and resources trying to do the second item above. Renaming streets, removing chicanes, etc. It appeared in the beginning that they were doing a lot of stuff. Fast forward to the second half of the term and all of those things are done and when it's time to do REAL work, things bog down.
Evelyn this council has not been able to achieve much in 3 1/2 years, it is fantasy to think that anything will be achieved in 5 months.
If someone is trying to figure out how long E's troll has been on site, it goes back at least as far as the last election. It attached itself then & seldom misses an opportunity to try to diminish her Blog and any who might comment.
Scott Johnston has another good article. I would love to see him run for council but am conflicted if that would mean losing him as a cartoonist & columnist. It would be great to have someone else at the table with a sense of the ridiculous to keep Evelyn company.
Cllr Buck, by posting this unrealistic (delusional?) wish list you expose what a fantasist you are. Maybe not the best course of action heading into an election.
@11:13
Do you not realize that Evelyn is having you on ?
11:13, she's having us all on.
12:56
Of course she is having us on... you would have to be daft to consider that anything can be achieved in 5 months.
Instead of doing, it's all about undoing.
During the last term a Freedom of Information request was filed asking to see the detailed costs of outside lawyers that the town had retained for a specific length of time.
This information had been sought by a question to the former and had been ignored.
Council is accountable to taxpayers for the expenditure of public funds.
Are we going to have to go through another FOI to get similar information not just on Councillor Abel's Motion, that was voted down, but on all legal costs associated with the former in whatever role she played?
If it is premature to provide this now, the Town Solicitor should state the time at which making this information public will occur.
14:46
u r blowing smoke - so sorry to hear about your losses with the SEHD & Heritage Park - not
All the residents of Aurora lost, 18:54.
The "loss" of the SEHD and Heritage park has saved the town and residents millions of $$$.
19:55
Just reached in my wallet... and my money is still there. What loss?
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