Apr 6, 2011 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
With the exception of Spring Hill (the condominium for seniors on King Road in King City), the reality of development has not hit Ward 5 yet….but it’s coming. And in the last few weeks, the importance of communication with current residents has been hi-lighted. As...
Apr 6, 2011 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
A creative idea has been presented to the Township: to utilize the eastern portion of our Museum for Genview’s sales office. (Genview is the developer for the subdivision east of the Museum.) The upside potential is sensitive renovation of parts of our Museum. ...
Mar 29, 2011 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
At 3/28 special King Council, Council voted 4/2 for a 5.66% increase on King portion of property tax. 2011 blended rate will be 2.62%; on residents with $514,000 assessment, increase is $139.90/year. I was one of the two not supporting this plan. The cost savings...
Mar 27, 2011 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
A letter initiated by Oakville citizens and signed by residents from several other municipalities, including me, has been sent to the leadership of all the provincial parties, asking for appropriate and reasonable buffer zones between generators and residences and...
Mar 24, 2011 | The Issues
The prospect of a gas fired generator in the Holland Marsh continues to really bother me. My anger about the “faulty process” was re-ignited recently when I read the John Spears’ article. (Toronto Star Business Reporter). You can read the whole article here. To give...
Mar 24, 2011 | Debbie in the Community, The Issues
Thanks to two excellent presentations during the past two weeks I have had my eyes & ears opened to some new concepts & issues about heritage—the valuing of it, the respecting of it, the learning from it. On 3/20 the Historical Society hosted a presentation...
