Welcome to my blog! MY primary objective is to alert my constituents and others in King Township about issues being reviewed at the upcoming Council meetings. I do this as I believe the quality of Council decisions is enhanced when the public is engaged. I hope that residents will make deputations and/or send emails to Council to express their opinion and/or to ask important questions. Also, I include notice of meetings and events which I think are particularly important. I welcome your comments, whether you agree or not with me, and only edit to eliminate inappropriate language.
Recent Posts
Bill 5 Must Be Stopped
If you have not already written your MPP to express your opposition to Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy, please do so. It's important that the elected officials understand that their constituents do not believe that the way to protect Ontario is to devastate our precious environment. If passed, Bill 5, will: Keep Ontario dependent on imported fracked gas from the U.S. by...
New On Farm Diversified on HWY 27
On May 26 Council agenda there is a recommendation to approve a zoning bylaw amendment to enable an agricultural event venue on a property on Hwy. 27. As reviewed in the report the application has been deemed to be “on farm diversified use.” The specifics of the plan and the site at 14855 Hwy 27 has been carefully assessed against several policies including the PPS which identifies permitted...
Finance Reports
On May 26 Council agenda there are 7 reports from Finance. I suggest you look at the council agenda to see which ones interest you; as indicated in the various reports these reports are required and once reviewed at Council they will be published on the website. I believe that Finance makes a real effort to be transparent and very importantly to help the public understand where the Township's...
Presentations at May 12 Council
At the beginning of the May 12th council meeting there are two very interesting presentations Altaf Stationwala, President & CEO, Mackenzie Health Re: Mackenzie Health Annual Update Michael Braithwaite, Blue Door Re: The Housing for All Land Trust
Hi Bruce, I anticipate that my query about why three years will lead to understanding about factors other than the…
Debbie, this is a good question. Three years does seem like a very long time to complete a review. I'm…
The super powers granted to Mayors serve to disallow the Mayor to hide behind the excuse that Council won't approve…
Amen to you Debbie. I couldn't agree more.
It was different. I think one’s evaluation of it being better or not is highly influenced with one’s previous experience.…