tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post6716799929271107237..comments2023-07-04T09:54:15.920-05:00Comments on Our Town and Its Business: You were saying TimEvelyn Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283458715658096750noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-66918916178093794792014-06-03T18:15:13.802-05:002014-06-03T18:15:13.802-05:00How about if we create our own “Diversion Merit Ba...How about if we create our own “Diversion Merit Badge”….and award it to ourselves. We can all pat each other on the back. Heck!....pick someone to be the “diversion hero” and give them an award too! Organization do it all the time!!! Instead of “diverting” our money to someone else, we get to keep it!!! How’s that for a plan?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-24194053608158739572014-06-03T08:20:55.262-05:002014-06-03T08:20:55.262-05:0019:38
Perhaps if you contacted Canada Post, they ...19:38<br /><br />Perhaps if you contacted Canada Post, they would provide you with the press release that came out to explain WHY the Aurora PO was being closed. <br /><br />Of course, you can blame the mayor or council, but Canada Post is a Federal thing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-17159897062474448002014-06-03T07:10:33.423-05:002014-06-03T07:10:33.423-05:00Tim...Stop making so much sense! It's infuriat...Tim...Stop making so much sense! It's infuriating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-58451405319957826712014-06-02T20:18:21.579-05:002014-06-02T20:18:21.579-05:00There have been good ideas, mainly from the public...There have been good ideas, mainly from the public, that do not affect the bottom line. The church fund-raiser after the fire makes perfect sense, the tennis bubble was a no-brainer & the afternoon of gospel in the park was a winner. The Chamber of Commerce has a year's worth just from the street sale.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-34916539757421557032014-06-02T19:38:53.274-05:002014-06-02T19:38:53.274-05:00We should not forget the Post Office as a centre o...We should not forget the Post Office as a centre of information. Anyone moving into a new town would have been wise to establish a box & get to know all those who came during the day.<br /> No one have ever explained why Aurora lost its PO & sorting hub. Gormley still has an active PO & you could miss that town [?] if you sneezed driving through the place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-81763826960005690982014-06-02T18:39:30.206-05:002014-06-02T18:39:30.206-05:00How about " If it ain't broke, don't ...How about " If it ain't broke, don't fix it ?"<br /> No navel-gazing about stuff like garbage or tree treatment or removal when residents appear to be doing their best<br /> No codes of conduct for Anything including neighbourhoods<br /> No addition of expensive projects like parks not Needed<br /> Yadda yadda yadda.........<br /> <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-38346592538071621572014-06-02T16:09:08.202-05:002014-06-02T16:09:08.202-05:00
There are two of us in our household and we follo...<br />There are two of us in our household and we follow the recycling directions to the letter.<br /><br />Initially blue boxer were meant to keep paper separate from glass, plastic and metal objects so we use one box for paper and another for the rest. The green bin is supposed to be, in theory, that which is compostable.<br /><br />There were separate sections in the garbage truck into which were to be thrown the contents of the two blue boxes and the green bin.<br /><br />But I have since seen the garbage truck up close and there are no separate sections and everything gets thrown in together.<br /><br />Our other garage, that is collected every other week is in plastic garbage bags and amounts to one and one half such bagfuls. I see some of our neighbours with two and sometimes three times as much garbage as we generate; their household population is not of a size proportional to their garbage.<br /><br />Some municipalities require garbage bags to have tags on them, that have to be purchased, probably a dollar or two each.<br /><br />How would something like this work in Aurora?<br /><br />Frankly all this council debate about garbage bags is CRAP and a huge waste of time, but then time is money and our council sure likes to spend money.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-64645548818672342622014-06-02T16:08:11.259-05:002014-06-02T16:08:11.259-05:0014:56
I do not know if your question is import...14:56<br /> I do not know if your question is important but Council were told last Tuesday that the clear bags were not covered by the current by-law. I think that would have been Mr S. in reply to a question from a councillor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-65857207945036558802014-06-02T14:56:37.287-05:002014-06-02T14:56:37.287-05:0013:05
When are clear bags an infraction of the cu...13:05<br /><br />When are clear bags an infraction of the current by-law...<br /><br />From the new Ton web site:<br /><br />Plastic Bags for Waste<br />Must be securely tied;<br />No loose grocery/kitchen catcher bags;<br />Do not place sharp objects inside bags. Place these materials in a separate, sealed and labeled cardboard box;<br />Maximum weight 22 kg (50 lbs)<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-69219147322846376282014-06-02T13:53:55.051-05:002014-06-02T13:53:55.051-05:00May 30 Auroran - Clear bags binned until 2015
&qu...May 30 Auroran - Clear bags binned until 2015<br /><br />"According to Mr. Simanovsis, the entire program is dedicated to increasing Aurora’s Diversion rates. Current contracts with Green For Life peg the costs of handling recyclables as higher than garbage. At this point, the actual cost of switching over remains hypothetical."<br /><br />Oh I see. <br />So it is all about the pursuit of a Diversion Merit Badge after all.<br />And it would appear we have to pay extra for the "bragging rights".<br />Is the contest wide open or is there a current Diversion Champion we're trying to unseat?<br />In that case - why wait?<br />Game on!<br /><br />Phew!<br />For a second there I thought my tax dollars, not to mention valuable thumb-twiddling council time were being wasted.<br /><br />BTW - The "I've been using clear bags for two months now" confession sure SOUNDED like Mr. Abel. <br />(At about 107.44 of the movie)<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br />Tim the Enchanternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-67695707818876442072014-06-02T13:05:00.802-05:002014-06-02T13:05:00.802-05:00The street telegraph has been replace by e-mails ,...The street telegraph has been replace by e-mails , blogs & a bit of talking to those neighbours who still actually reside full-time in their homes. I have some whose kids go to school out of town, who work out of town and travel & spend the summer at their cottages. We truly are a bedroom community now. We are certainly not Markham.<br /> A foot-note to Tim: I believe it was Cllr Gallo who confessed to using the clear bags despite that being an infraction of the current by-law.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com