Welcome to my blog! MY primary objective is to alert my constituents and others in King Township about issues being reviewed at the upcoming Council meetings. I do this as I believe the quality of Council decisions is enhanced when the public is engaged. I hope that residents will make deputations and/or send emails to Council to express their opinion and/or to ask important questions. Also, I include notice of meetings and events which I think are particularly important. I welcome your comments, whether you agree or not with me, and only edit to eliminate inappropriate language.
Recent Posts
Have you received the January Bulletin?
If you haven't registered for the Bulletin I recommend you do so. Click here. In it you can learn the 3 pathways which will now receive winter maintance. You can find out the plans for outdoor skating areas when/if we get the necessary cold weather. And much more.
GO Train: whistle cessation
At January 11 Council, we passed a resolution to once again state our expectation that the required infrastructure for whistle cessation will be installed at the 5 crossings in King as the GO expansion proceeds. That resolution is being sent to Metrolinx and Minister of Transportation. Since 2018 King, in collaoration with York Region has been prooviding input to the project. To date we do not...
King City: block plan virtual open house
Thursday, January 14 there is virtual open house to present and receive feedback on a preliminary comprehensive block plan for a development on north side of King Road between William and Dew Street. It begins at 6:30 with a presentation. If you register you will be sent a link to participate. Here is some more information. Here is email for registering. jfast@evansplanning.com.
Thinking About an Electric Car?
As some people know I made a big decision this fall: the purchase of an electric vehicle. We did so after being passengers in others' cars, doing some research, test driving a couple. Finally we made the choice: Hyundai KONA. We love it: its very comfortable and its very satisfying to know that while driving I am not adding green house gases (GHG). Making the decision was tough...
Hi Bruce, just yesterday somebody was telling me about Simcoe and the choices they had.
Hi Debbie, Of interest, Simcoe County has had the carts on wheels for recycling, organics and garbage for some time…
Hello John, good question. I cannot answer at this point; you can be sure I’m going to be finding out.
Since the township is saving on the recycling expense, will this savings be passed on to us the tax payers…
Such a timely missive! Those bins are the talk of the community. While I appreciate the cost benefits, I did…