tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post9080727617422565528..comments2023-07-04T09:54:15.920-05:00Comments on Our Town and Its Business: The Saga Of Melting Snow. Now You See It. Now You DontEvelyn Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283458715658096750noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-47641128212618425062015-02-28T14:27:34.842-05:002015-02-28T14:27:34.842-05:00Richmond Hill lucked out with the cost of this sno...Richmond Hill lucked out with the cost of this snow melter filter thing. Environmental Canada helped them out with the building of it because they wanted to "study" it. The maintenance cost of this snow melter has been pretty much a secret. Its been buried in the parks and recs budget and of course asking for the break down is like asking for the impossible. Aurora did luck out in dodging that money sucking project. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-11597433021048698802015-02-28T09:28:05.461-05:002015-02-28T09:28:05.461-05:0022:35
But they got stuck with the snow treatme...22:35<br /> But they got stuck with the snow treatment facility. Thank largely to Evelyn & maybe even the Blog, we dodged that one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-23020350495845959682015-02-27T22:35:58.561-05:002015-02-27T22:35:58.561-05:0019:27- Good God... That's another Town run by ...19:27- Good God... That's another Town run by staff. Their mayor and 2 Regional councilors should have been tossed in the that election. But yet again, another example of catering to the 1/3 of the electorate who get catered to and vote. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-10099754239024035882015-02-27T19:27:23.573-05:002015-02-27T19:27:23.573-05:0013:59
Maybe we should ask Richmond Hill how th...13:59<br /> Maybe we should ask Richmond Hill how that is working for them ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-66682511758345364522015-02-27T13:34:25.328-05:002015-02-27T13:34:25.328-05:00Anonymous 9:27 you never know just what may happen...Anonymous 9:27 you never know just what may happen in four years. Theresa Bucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-74779496367398308662015-02-27T09:27:44.529-05:002015-02-27T09:27:44.529-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-26788624484894812532015-02-26T21:55:10.637-05:002015-02-26T21:55:10.637-05:00They believe their own bullshit because the majori...They believe their own bullshit because the majority of voters don't quite give a shit. Look at the percentage of voter turn out, it speaks volumes! Theresa bucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-12376715757488320482015-02-26T21:17:19.078-05:002015-02-26T21:17:19.078-05:00Snow melting BS treatment. And you wonder why the ...Snow melting BS treatment. And you wonder why the Region is $2.5 billion debt. Just read the BS article "Understanding the Region's 2.5 billion debt" in that so called newspaper. Who are they kidding. Funny thing...I think they might really believe their own BS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-13159432074959513462015-02-26T15:56:31.574-05:002015-02-26T15:56:31.574-05:00There were some good ideas that got lost along the...There were some good ideas that got lost along the way. Petch could have been brought up to spec without costing a lot . The pet burial ground that the town actually owns,.<br /> And what about what seemed like a great idea about having a new kind of outdoor rink ? That one vanished into closed session for legal talk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-21860641775568956972015-02-26T15:45:06.270-05:002015-02-26T15:45:06.270-05:00I was reading that Councillor Bisnaz in Newmarket ...I was reading that Councillor Bisnaz in Newmarket was trying ot get the dumping of snow at the Twinney complex stopped because of the noise of the trucks. <br /><br />Seems that they are dumping it there because the snow melt treatment is there.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-72689202709944734192015-02-26T13:59:19.402-05:002015-02-26T13:59:19.402-05:00In his annual State of the Town address last week,...<br />In his annual State of the Town address last week, Mayor Dawe's opening remark was:<br /><br />"Taking risks - calculated risks - is an integral component of success."<br /><br />This may be true if all the research has been expertly done. <br /><br />On the snow storage project, lacking even the most basic common sense, it would have been cancelled before huge amounts of taxpayer money were squandered.<br /><br />Who was or who were responsible?<br /><br />Does anyone know? Does anyone care?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-50044866371251027882015-02-26T13:54:10.542-05:002015-02-26T13:54:10.542-05:00The weird thing is that it might crop up again. So...The weird thing is that it might crop up again. Sometimes a dumb idea just keeps turning up at the table.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com