Oct 2, 2012 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
I attended the 3 sessions to hear input from the public as to their ideas about how to proceed with the Schomberg Community & Agricultural Arena (a.k.a. old Schomberg arena). As one of the general options is to re-purpose the arena, Staff did have the building...
Oct 2, 2012 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
One complaint/concern I receive regularly is about speeding vehicles. (And occasionally there are complaints about posted speeds being too slow.) The seriousness of the complaints is amplified of course by the number of vehicles. The problem is not going to...
Sep 24, 2012 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
We have a $1.2 million hole in our budget; your input as to how to fill it is being requested. Specifically: the funding of the Trisan Center in Schomberg included revenues of $1.2 million from the sale of the old Schomberg arena. (The rest of the funding came from...
Sep 21, 2012 | The Issues
The sorry state of municipal infrastructure across Canada is regularly reported on; in the 2012 King Township budget the 10 year capital plan shows $91 million expenditures of which 65 % ($59 million) is for roads and waste water projects. Given this the expiration...
Sep 9, 2012 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
The Transition Panel has released their interim report in response to the announcement to end the slots at race track program. Very importantly it concludes that the “right” answer for Ontario’s economic well being is not an out right cancellation of the program...
