Our Town and Its Business

I read the transcript from the Ontario Municipal Board hearing on the Westhill Golf Course development; all 211 pages. It cost almost $3 tho...

" Anonymous " posted the following comment to my "Navel Gazing" blog. I have added my response below the comment: Evely...

The most likely occupational hazard in blogland is probably navel gazing. Writing is a solitary occupation. Authors who do it for a living e...

When I started this enterprise sixteen months ago , I had no idea where it might lead. I start a post and the theme takes its own directio...

The following email was received from a young resident of Aurora who first contacted me when he was in high school. Now he's away at uni...

I have been cheerfully emailing colleagues for months. I spend more time at that than I do blogging. I feel emails provide a great opportuni...

A scene out of a Monty Python movie comes to mind. Black Knight assails Arthur (the White Knight) in the forest with a stream of insults and...

Following the council meeting, the other newspaper reported I voted in favour of the Westhill Development proposal. In the interest of keepi...

Anonymous said: The majority of council seems to be of the opinion that your constant emails are a destructive force. It seems that your neg...

I have chosen to post my reponse to Anonymous' comment here instead of in the comments window. Anonymous said: If you are aware of curre...

The applicants did what they were required to do. The Planning Department meticulously followed the law. As did the Regional Planning Depart...

Tuesday's meeting was particularly weird. Few are normal but this one was a doozy. It started with a portrait photographer from Georgina...

I came home from council last night and thought about what happened there. I considered it the worst of conduct. I thought about other occas...

The last Blog reminded me of October 22nd, 2003. I was a spectator at council. One among many. Not unusual for a meeting held during an elec...

The town has property for sale on Leslie Street. It was purchased for the Recreation Complex seven or eight years ago. It cost $4.6 million....

~This one's from Heather S. ~ I have finally finished reading "Aurora 1945 - 1965" by Elizabeth Hearn Milner. I thought I'...

HEATHER'S NOTE: This post is a letter to the editor that was published in The Auroran 's January 29th edition. ~HEATHER SISMAN This ...

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...