Our Town and Its Business

Council started at six, finished at 11. 30 p.m.It was a marathon. By the time I got home I needed turn my mind off. Twenty  minutes of Lett...

A family of  four adults died in a  house fire in E ast  Gwullimbury. The community was in shock. Four members of a family died in a fire. ...

Toronto  will provide  $6 million to Arts and Culture. The money will come from billboard revenue not taxes. Toronto has a population of 2...

'Tis a tale told by an  idiot full of sound and fury signifying nothing. Tonight Council will consider a review of the remaining ...

Last week, a comment was made to a  particular post. I responded to it accordingly Turned  out the comment was referring to  a different  ...

I  sent a letter to The Auroran. It's my second  on the budget. Approval was given  at the last Council meeting without note or comment...

When  he made the  assertion that  he  had documented proof of improper spending, Councillor Bountiful was  challenged to produce it. He di...

Documentation provided for discussion of publication of  Councillors' expenses  included  the 2012 statement of the Mayor of Newmarket  ...

Due to the mal-function  of my P.C. I've lost a couple of comments that came in this afternoon. If the writers notice them missing plea...

Councillor Ballard said he had documentation to prove improper spending under expense allowance policy. It was catalyst for  strong reaction...

I am  slowly and clumsily learning to appreciate the ipad. Comments are an essential part of the blog. I need them. Unfortunately I am rec...

Sly sniveling cowardly wretch. Sanctimonious pr--k Liar.liar pants on fire. Particularly malodorous fart. Master of the Art of  Sleaze. ...

I do not yet know how  to cut and copy on I-pad.  So I must make the reference. A comment yesterday pictured Mormac crew  dancing in the st...

It's forty years since Council adopted the policy of appointing a citizen committee to review C ouncillors' remuneration to get over...

A plea this morning to add paragraph breaks caused me to read the last blog. It is not the way I wrote it. Things have not been great for...

A purple crocus blooms at my door. Cardinals in my garden are no longer hiding in the cedar hedge Black-capped chickadees have bent to th...

First period over. Players identified on the ice by the media were were the Mayors of Burlington and Mississauga. The two municipalities s...

The story continues.Yesterday the chairman of OGLA,Paul Godfrey, attended on the Premier in her office.When he left he told the press OGLA w...

If you think about it ,Toronto has everything to offer a casino resort. Major league sports ,theatres, concert halls ,  beautiful hotels, ...

I am learning a new skill.  With i-pad and keyboard. Bear with me .I am doing it out of necessity.  Latest figures from an “outside ex...