Our Town and Its Business

I swear I would not be able to imagine many of the scenarios we see in the Council Chamber. Last night's meeting was a prime example. I...

I wondered at a recent sumptuous banquet There were seventy-five tables in the room. Each seated ten. Tables cost $25ks. Guests were poli...

I talked about my problem of discerning between town business to be discussed behind closed doors and that which should not.It was never ...

Since the eighties, Aurora has provided a briefing for councillors at the beginning of every term. The last I attended was at Nottawasaga ...

Almost all the leaves are off the maple. It happened differently this year. All week long, night and day they drifted softly into place, i...

I wrote this last Sunday afternoon. I have spent the last hour re-reading' several times, an item on the Closed Session agenda for Tues...

I have challenged an item being on the agenda of an in-camera ,or closed session, as it is now called, to no avail. The Mayor simply dire...

Every one is the same. The colour in the light is so intense, it momentarily hurts my eyes when I look up at them.

I was doing that this morning and it occurred to me ther e is a bit more information I can provide on the litigation matter against Ms. Morr...

It's Saturday afternoon. I've just taken a second look at Tuesday's Agenda. Business matters for Council's attention become...

There's none. I am mindful of what I learned when I initially asked in 2008 for the town's legal costs from our former Treasurer. ...

When I realised I had mis stated Councillor Bob McRoberts's vote on the Mosaic lighting issue, I thought I'd better go back and che...

Mine was not the only vote against the Mosaic Lighting issue. Councillors Marsh and Collins Mrakas did vote for it . They were persuaded t...

A letter was circulated to Council recently from a former resident of the Mosaic Town House complex on Murray Drive. It was initially rece...

The name should be familiar. At the beginning of the term, Mr. Mestrinaro and two neighbours came repeatedly before council to argue they kn...

Green is fading as I write. Leaf tips are turning gold. That means they will fall without ever having been red. The red on the tree next d...

After the war, the U .K. government raised the school leaving age to 15. The significant aspect of leaving school was not the end of lear...

I started school in August 1932. Classes began at nine o-clock and ended at four in the afternoon. There were two ten minute recesses and a...

The Corporation is not invested in superstition. So I would say anyone who wants to change their house number can apply. It doesn't nec...

It isn't so. People in Aurora can not automatically change their house numbers to 4 because of a superstition. At some time in the nin...