When a question is decided, it is not allowed to be considered again for a period of six months.
Unless and except if a motion to re-consider is brought forward by a member who voted with the majority and the motion is supported by two-thirds of the members.
No member who voted with the majority, there were five, put forward such a motion on Tuesday or referred to the poll.
Had the agenda proceeded to New Business, the Auroran Poll and the 87%opposition to the Youth Centre space might have been raised. Likely, it would have been ruled out of order by the Chair.
The statement has been made ,Aurora is not a small town any more.
I suggest, in the minds of some, Aurora is not a town at all. it's little more than a unit of the Region of York.
Maintaining the town 's character is generally a solemn commitment by candidates at the time of election. I doubt anything less would win support .
The population is 55,000. The election list is around 33,000. It's bigger than it was fifty-three years ago. Proportionately, Aurora is NOT a big town. Not too big for the people to understand the disproportionate level of spending and taxation.
$52. million operating budget is staggering.
Too big for people not to have a sense their interest is not being well served.
The Mayor is certainly not alone in his view the town no longer belongs to the people it serves ,
I am equally sure I am not alone in my view ,the town continues to belong to the people and Council is elected to serve the community at large.
Theoretically, we will not discover the numbers on either side until the next election.
In the meantime, I will continue to believe I know what this community expects of me.
I don't think this Mayor has anything to teach me that I need to know about the Town of Aurora
He most certainly doesn't believe he can learn from me.
I was here fifty-three years ago.
I am here now.
I have a better sense of change than the Mayor,
I've seen more of it.
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I moved here in 1960. I was a candidate for the first time in 1963. First elected in 1967.
Friday 16 August 2013
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I believe the people of Aurora believe we are a town standing alone. But…Unfortunately we are a very small unit of the Region and from what I can see, staff reports and the Mayor are reflective of that. Not only do we have to pay attention to Aurora council, but to the Region and it’s council to understand or to make sense of Aurora’s budget and growth plans. Unfortunately our Mayor is the only representative for our Town to the Region. I don’t think anyone really knew about the Region’s $2 Billion debt! And I really don’t think anyone really understands that Aurora is part of that debt!
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The Region's debt has been discussed on thisBlog on numerous occasions. Some comments have been very knowledgeable & specific about how & why this happened.[ Not from me as I had not known then.] And why it keeps getting worse. It is too warm out for me to start that ball rolling again. Maybe someone else has the energy. Suffice it to say that the debt is not new news.
"I moved here in 1960. I was a candidate for the first time in 1963. First elected in 1967."....
And you still think that we should run the Town like it was in the early 60s.
If Aurora is NOT a big Town, what is the point that it becomes a big town? 53 years ago I assume it was a small town? Are we still a small town? I know of cities in Ontario that are smaller than Aurora (by population).
Most people that I talk to think the Town is responsible to pick up their garbage (it says Town of Aurora on the blue boxes and green bins). Everything else is a York responsibility.
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