Our Town and Its Business

Habitat for Humanity has been back to Council seeking a donation of "surplus" land for a site. A Notice of Motion has been filed....

The Farmer's Market was started before I came back to Council. It was a creation of former Councillor Nigel Kean and promoted as a way o...

The issue was an item on the agenda of a closed door meeting. I declared it had been contrived to allow continued harassment of Aurora Cabl...

On a television chat I referred to Councillor Doug Holyday of Toronto. I was talking about a complaint filed with the Toronto Integrity Comm...

I have served on many councils over the last forty years. I was the last Reeve of Aurora and served on the last County Council .. I held the...

I started blogging in the hopes that people would join the chat about our town's affairs. A year ago, I had no idea how it might evolve....

Season's Greetings and Merry Christmas Everybody! Click this link for a wee bit of Christmas Cheer. Wishing you health and happiness. ...

A comment on my Blog asks why I missed the last council meeting. Was I asked not to attend? Could I be made to resign? I was not feeling up ...

The following link will take you to a Media Release dated Tuesday, November 20th, 2007. Media Release My response, submitted as an email to ...

York Region Transit made a second presentation to Council on Tuesday night. It had been done the previous week and repeated because it was t...

I spent the morning in quiet contemplation of everything I saw and heard last night. I am moving in uncharted territory and need to choose m...

TOWN OF AURORA SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES NO. 07-28 Council Chambers Aurora Town Hall Tuesday, November 6, 2007 ATTENDANCE COUNCIL MEMB...

People had such high hopes for this fresh new council. I still do. But it's taking so long. Too many indefensible decisions have been ma...

Bonanza night included another give-away. We had a presentation of a new and ambitious plan to regain the purity of Lake Simcoe. It involves...

This year we awarded a contract for $991,000 give or take a dollar for a new road on Knowles Crescent. There are 51 homes on the street. Th...

In other places, the U.K. to be specific, theft of electricity is a common offence. People rig the wiring to bypass their meters. In Aurora,...

Pandering is alive and well and flourishing and not just in Aurora. For the first time, I am close to accepting that politics is the second ...

I understated the role of the Mayor in a previous blog. I said there was prestige and a heavier work load but no power over council. It'...

I had the opportunity to be Mayor early in my career. Since then, I have found it interesting to observe how succeeding Mayors have handle...

HEATHER'S NOTE: We've just learned that The Auroran is now online. I'm thrilled, because this means I can read the paper online...