Jun 26, 2011 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
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...
Jun 4, 2011 | Debbie in the Community
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...
May 16, 2011 | Debbie in the Community
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...
May 16, 2011 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
There are now two active cases in Ward 1 which appear to be very small in terms of numbers; but, one as to ask whether the impact, the long term strategic impact is small? Two houses here, three houses there on lands currently not zoned for residential housing and...
Apr 29, 2011 | Debbie in the Community
Federal Election on Monday May 2nd. Remember to Vote! If you are still undecided here are two sources of more information which have just came to my attention. A debate has been organized to focus on agricultural issues. Its on Saturday, 4/30 1-3 PM in...
Apr 29, 2011 | Debbie in the Community
Many readers of these posts are aware of the transition we are going through with our Boards and Committees. But as not everyone is up to date I would like to review the transition and where we are at. Our committees and boards can be divided broadly into two...
