tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.comments2023-07-04T09:54:15.920-05:00Our Town and Its BusinessEvelyn Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283458715658096750noreply@blogger.comBlogger22985125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-46405610932250942572020-07-01T11:09:40.899-05:002020-07-01T11:09:40.899-05:00Wow, just wow! In all your years at council, can y...Wow, just wow! In all your years at council, can you remember any real estate transaction that the town benefitted? I could be wrong, but in the 25yrs that I've been here, I can't think of one. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-70138715562942484232020-06-17T21:41:31.925-05:002020-06-17T21:41:31.925-05:00Miss those weekly Bricks and Bouquets. Don't k...Miss those weekly Bricks and Bouquets. Don't know how the Metro land papers are still in business. They have a hard time getting last weeks news on their online news platform. I was so ticked when you didn't get reelected. But then after looking at what you had to work with on that council and again with those in this term, it was a blessing. Facinating little history post. You most have hundreds that you can share! :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-66744673128752510262020-06-15T21:51:55.470-05:002020-06-15T21:51:55.470-05:00Evelyn a fiction writer? Maybe in your next life �...Evelyn a fiction writer? Maybe in your next life ��. We've never met, but have followed you for a very long time. Love your writing. But don't know if could ever enjoy a fiction book written by you. I read or heard somewhere, that good writing is the successful communication of truth. Most of your working life was to find truth and communicate it. You are a truth writer and communictor.Nothing I've read or heard you say sounded imaginery. I'm one of those people who would love to read more about your childhood. The little bits that you've written, including the one in this post about your great grandfather is really nice. But I understand and respect your privacy. Please keep writing!!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-79410185798157745392020-05-30T18:07:38.503-05:002020-05-30T18:07:38.503-05:00I know nothing about fires or firefighting, but ca...I know nothing about fires or firefighting, but can imagine that every fire is different. I would hope that the captain of chief or whoever the senior ranking person on scene could have made that type of decision to stop using resources including pulling back firefighters to fight a losing battle? In this particular fire, there were no other homes nearby, there was nobody in the home. What made them continue to fight this fire? I suppose we would have to ask the commanding officer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-9676209769241514102020-05-30T12:26:33.312-05:002020-05-30T12:26:33.312-05:00Your argument for putting out the fire versus lett...Your argument for putting out the fire versus letting it burn for this case maybe has some merit. What happens if that same house was occupied? With hundreds of thousands of dollars of property? Perhaps living beings (people and pets)? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-9028043788043416022020-05-29T21:15:20.944-05:002020-05-29T21:15:20.944-05:00The truth is that it wouldn't have mattered wh...The truth is that it wouldn't have mattered which government was in power when the 407 was leased out. Each one of them would have done the same thing.<br />Government practice proves amalgamation doesn't work. Private business can prove it does work in most cases. Government buying, leasing of property are dismal deals and capital projects are always shameful fails. What would the economy look like if every private business practiced the same way? What's really mind boggling is how we accept these practices from the people we elect. I miss my Young and the Restless show. The cast perform with a higher level of integrity with their story lines than the cast of characters in our governments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-73857087879989426682020-05-26T09:10:15.214-05:002020-05-26T09:10:15.214-05:00https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/worst-deal-ever-...https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/worst-deal-ever-the-407-is-worth-30-b-today-ontario-sold-it-for-31-b-in-1998-181642680.html<br /><br />Check your facts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-53814900291218146962020-05-24T23:31:34.860-05:002020-05-24T23:31:34.860-05:00Interesting proposal. I don't recall reading a...Interesting proposal. I don't recall reading about it anywhere. It certainly would have been the reason you didn't get elected if that got out to certain people in the town. Fire and police departments are pretty powerful at election time. Great idea, certainly something to think about considering the finiancial state of all municipalities. Although that would mean we had some strong leaders for politicians in these council chambers, and I don't see that in this Town or the Region. The Region just turned down yet again the possibility of Fire amalgamation. Each individual town may consider to pair up and share services like Aurora and Newmarket has, but that's about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-80575768996784505072020-05-23T20:33:15.886-05:002020-05-23T20:33:15.886-05:00You're posts are never tedious. You are always...You're posts are never tedious. You are always so very informative, more then most councillors of past and present. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-30666228497503724692020-05-18T11:50:17.269-05:002020-05-18T11:50:17.269-05:00Given all your years in politics, why is it that p...Given all your years in politics, why is it that people are less engaged with politics and their representatives? Voter turn outs are always astonishing low during an election. Which means during the 4 yr term, nobody besides interest groups are engaged to what's happening in their riding or municipalities. I could be wrong, but I don't believe that was the case 30+ yrs ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-59017693086345393642020-05-13T21:10:02.901-05:002020-05-13T21:10:02.901-05:00Being on council for all those years you must have...Being on council for all those years you must have some idea how all this crap happened or why? That Hydro building virtual free lease and the purchasing of their old mold asbestos building clearly benefitted the federal government or someone at the federal government. Who benefited in Aurora? Nothing is done in government because it's a nice gesture. The CAO and his environmental friend went over to Richmond Hill and have recently disappeared. Many more director heads have disappeared in Towns all over the Region. They use to stick around for at least a full election term, and have a replacement fairly quickly. Not anymore. All this money spent on so many plans and projects...and no money to finish or start them because of this Virus. Taxes will be raised to God knows what, increases being planned for goods and services to God knows what. The very near future will be a tell all to these politicians that we"ve elected. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-13292750932804147862020-05-13T20:20:01.792-05:002020-05-13T20:20:01.792-05:00I think its brilliant. I do know that there many p...I think its brilliant. I do know that there many people who live in condo buildings that have parking spaces that are trying to sell these spaces, but can't! They purchased them when they purchased their condo for $10,20,30,000+. Many are getting rid of their cars especially those that live on main corridors with public transit. New condos haven't been able to sell parking spaces either. Uber, taxi's, inexpensive rental vehicles and awful public transit is growing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-89978625434328083912020-05-10T10:54:06.974-05:002020-05-10T10:54:06.974-05:007!!!! They don't make them like they use to! T...7!!!! They don't make them like they use to! The Happiest of Mothers Day Evelyn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-46104194035459694012020-05-10T00:33:42.910-05:002020-05-10T00:33:42.910-05:00Geez! I think if you count all of the councillors ...Geez! I think if you count all of the councillors children, it would'd add to 7! Degrees mean squat as far as running a business or managing anything for that matter. They are so over rated to someone's job performance or success. There's been many on council who have run businesses and haven't performed or lasted in politics as long as you. I think you "managed" better than most with a great deal of success. <br />You used to have a Martin Luther King quote just under your heading of "Our Town and Its Business". You were definately a politician who followed it. Love that quote. It should be posted in each municipality council chambers across the country and in all levels of government. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-12711171359269786632020-05-06T23:38:50.449-05:002020-05-06T23:38:50.449-05:00Oh well, so you missed a few. No apologies necessa...Oh well, so you missed a few. No apologies necessary. It was also a very busy time for you at the time. It was pretty amazing how you juggled all you did and went through and keep a blog going. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-64585528937420649532020-05-06T23:33:47.117-05:002020-05-06T23:33:47.117-05:00I remember that tree drama. I could be mistaken, b...I remember that tree drama. I could be mistaken, but wasn't that when they were exploring to designate the tree as heritage property? The time and money wasted on that whole performance was embarrassing. The Mayor was correct in regards to the development on Wellington. This is going to the board and the town will lose, and and lose any of the changes that the developer was offering. But maybe, just maybe that was the plan all along. But then again dumb, dumber and dumbest does seam to run through this council.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-66378485771972734822020-04-08T10:40:37.579-05:002020-04-08T10:40:37.579-05:00Hi Evelyn
Not sure if this request is appropriate ...Hi Evelyn<br />Not sure if this request is appropriate to ask, but you used to write these beautiful stories of when you were a little girl. I would love to read more of them, that is, if you would like to write about them again. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-40865823846060243102020-04-04T13:30:46.590-05:002020-04-04T13:30:46.590-05:00We certainly do have a legal system in this countr...We certainly do have a legal system in this country. Justice is long gone, if it ever existed.<br />I'm 54yrs old, and I've never seen it. Our legal system is like any other industry, just follow the money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-38258661553629429192020-04-03T16:07:56.416-05:002020-04-03T16:07:56.416-05:00Hi Evelyn. Hoping all is well with you. :)Hi Evelyn. Hoping all is well with you. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-85287116234932698832020-03-20T21:36:55.629-05:002020-03-20T21:36:55.629-05:00Wow. Great question! Great post.Wow. Great question! Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-28471029860633389072020-01-31T15:04:46.609-05:002020-01-31T15:04:46.609-05:00When eliminating a level of government or merging ...When eliminating a level of government or merging municipalities, what happens to the existing debt? York Region municipality has 3 Billion in debt. Newmarket and Markham are in debt. Exiting a corporation does not mean the debt gets eliminated. The Banks will want their money. I was surprised with Doug Ford's step back in reducing government in the Region. I'm surprised with many of his step backs since he's been Ontario's Leader. It will be interesting to see what happens with the Teachers contract. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-2935417526123570752020-01-20T15:58:17.035-05:002020-01-20T15:58:17.035-05:00Much ado about nothing then....Much ado about nothing then....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-37624225175615002952019-09-25T16:10:43.438-05:002019-09-25T16:10:43.438-05:00David Suzuki has made his career by flying in airp...David Suzuki has made his career by flying in airplanes hither thither and yon and telling the rest of us what to do - and having five children. I think he's part of the problem and until he acknowledges that his own carbon footprint is much larger than average, he has no credibility. Paying his carbon taxes started late and didn't include all the costs of having his face on TV.<br /><br />Glad to see you are posting on your blog again, Evelyn Buck. You give me good things to think about.<br />Elizabeth Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17108096598518457674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-59652703005028562322018-12-02T10:34:47.839-05:002018-12-02T10:34:47.839-05:00You may be out of sight, but never out of mind.
B...You may be out of sight, but never out of mind. <br />Be safeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-64349120760805775162018-10-19T19:43:32.036-05:002018-10-19T19:43:32.036-05:00Wow. Didn't know about that warm and fuzzy eve...Wow. Didn't know about that warm and fuzzy event. How you got through some of bullsh*t you experienced is beyond me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com