Metrolinx Report/Presentation to King Council

Of interest to current users and would-be users of public transit…… there is a special Committee of the Whole on Monday July 11th at 5PM in King Council Chambers. Speaker:  Mr. Leslie Woo, Vice-President, Policy, Planning and Innovation, Metrolinx....

Mark Your Calendar!

Hold this Date Monday, September 5 noon-10PM at Memorial Park, King City King City End of Summer Bash Stay tuned for more details about fun for all, live music and food.
Sustainability…what our new houses could be

Sustainability…what our new houses could be

There is so much we could do IF we had the political will and/or if as individuals we would accept our responsibility to act.  There are solutions “out there.”  What has precipitated this rant on my part?  I took a tour of the Green Home in Richmond Hill (213 Coon’s...

Earth Rangers Centre

In a separate post I talked about visiting the Green Home in Richmond Hill.  I was well primed for seeing it –a real actual house in a subdivision with “green” features– as a week earlier I was given a tour of the Earth Rangers Centre on the Kortright...

Roads: building new ones

Has a new road ever really solved a traffic congestion problem?  No.  And despite that this is proven over and over we continue to create new rivers of pavement and pour million of dollars into first building new roads and then maintaining them with the goal of...

Unexpected Rich Experiences

When I decided to run for a Councillor position I had a pretty good idea about the “work” although the specifics were a little vague.  One aspect I did not appreciate was the amount and variety of “extracurricular” activities to which I would be invited. To date my...