Our Town and Its Business

Anonymous entices me to talk about amalgamations  and  why voters tolerate political behaviour. Political conduct is not tolerated ,it’s dic...

I’m encouraged by response to my last blog. Anna’s was first responder.  She provided  the link to my blog , in her blog. An anonymous frien...

A magnificent mansion ...under construction ...atop a hill ....in Aurora burned this week. Three fire departments attended, three pumpers f...

Anonymous: “  Given all your years in politics, why is it that people are less engaged with politics and their representatives? Voter turn...

We learned something new from a comment. Condo buyers pay $10.20.30 thousand dollars extra for a parking space. If they discover they don’t ...

I just had a thought. What if...zoning was changed from a requirement of X number of parking spaces per unit of residential housing units to...

Another story perfectly illustrates a problem with our town’s business operation. It happened during the Dawe administration but was a carry...

In the stats, views are down. Obviously because I wasn’t critiquing Council’s zoom meeting. Y’all know I need no encouragement to be wicke...

In again. ..out again...on again ...off again. Round and round the mulberry bush....0n and on it went , the non- debate about an imponderabl...

This blog was started more than twenty years ago. At the back of my mind, I always felt lack of comments meant slight interest in the subjec...

The story of a mother, ticketed in the park, was published in the Toronto Sun yesterday. Today, Premier Ford commented, the by-law officer c...

Alright now...to pick up the thread...there was  little  meaningful exchange with  the treasurer at last night’s meeting.No-one asked how st...

Try as I might I can’t move far from our town’s business. After  my last post , a request came to write more stories of my childhood. I’ve ...

Having personal support workers visit twice a day provides a whole new insight into other people’s lives and  experience. A number of ladies...

My daughter and I drove through the new industrial park on Leslie Street on Monday. It was a beautiful day. The sky was high, wide, incredib...

The immediate response to my last post was so slight, I got discouraged. I monopolized Anna Lozyk Romano’s blog instead. I know Anna doesn...

Less by design than accident , I retrieved the Regional Publication from the re-cycling box at Christmas. It’s the first one I’ve seen. To-d...

A Councillor is not allowed to impugn the motives of another Councillor. Rightly so. According to rules of debate, it compels focus on the q...

A poll in one of the town’s weekly publication poses a patently foolish question about municipal autonomy and gun control. It arises from a ...

The late Jack Layton had a highly successful career in Toronto politics before he became Leader of New Democrats. He didn’t keep his party a...