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

Implementing a Open-for Business Bylaw in King

There is a second report on 1/14 Council agenda about Bill 66.  This report is written on the assumption that the Bill will be passed and that it is appropriate for Council to start considering implementation of a OfB.  As I consider Bill 66 to be very regressive I have great difficulty in contemplating implementation.  Changes may be made as a result of submissions to the Environmental Registry...

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Keele One

At last Council meeting (December 10) there was a report on Keele One.  Several residents made deputations citing concerns:  about process and some specific details.  I can appreciate that some citizens were somewhat surprised that we were at the stage of approving the plan  as it had been some time since the project had been at Council.  There was a lengthy hiatus due to new issues being...

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Official Plan Update

Staff report on 1/14 Council agenda provides an update on a new Official Plan.  Target is to release a working draft to Public in March.  Open houses will be scheduled for April.  As indicated in the report comments submitted earlier have not been lost!

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Bill 66 Section 10: why its bad for communities

Since my first post about Bill 66 which, if passed as currently written, enables municipalities to pass an "open-for-business" by-law, I have been learning more.  I am now even more concerned.  As written this Bill can impact every municipality in Ontario if the local Council so chooses; and those Councils who decide to implement such a by-law can do so without any notice to their citizens. ...

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Recent Comments

  1. Sounds interesting! What do heat pumps require to heat a home? Does it take any natural gas or strictly electrical?