Jul 25, 2011 | The Issues
A recent application for minor variances exposed significant weaknesses in the process for dealing with such applications. Very specifically, there was incomplete identification of the status quo and errors in the application. This resulted in individuals...
Jul 18, 2011 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
As the details we hear usually about Metrolinx and “the big move” are interesting but rarely provide insight into how our daily needs for public transit in King are being addressed, it was great to hear their presentation at Council 7/11. To my mind effective public...
Jul 18, 2011 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
Have you ever experienced the phenomenon of declaring what you want without knowing how your dream will be fulfilled and then, all of sudden, the possibilities start to appear? That has been happening to me these last couple weeks. So what is my wish? A...
Jul 4, 2011 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
I am delighted to tell you that the Greenbelt Alliance has categorically criticized the recommendation for a new highway in Vaughan as being the way to address the congestion between the urban growth centers as part of the GTA West Corridor. Click here to read their...
Jul 4, 2011 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
How do you set priorities when you don’t have enough money to do everything? Like many municipalities King has a huge backlog of road maintenance projects; I suspect our situation is particularly acute as we are responsible for a lot of local roads but our population...
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...
