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
OMB Reform
The Province has initiated a review of the OMB and are seeking public input. The closest one to us is Tuesday October 18th in Newmarket at Trinity United Church 461 Park Ave. To learn more about the review process etc. see here. Changing the scope of the issues open to OMB decision making needs to be significantly reduced. I will be writing more about this later. You will see that RSVP's...
Celebrating Rosie MacLennan
Residents are invited to celebrate and congratulate Rosie MacLennan November 10 at 7PM at Cardinal Golf Course, 2740 Davis Dr. If you are planning to attend please RSVP Teresa Barresi, the Mayor's Executive Assistant at 905 833 4020 or tbarresi@king.ca. There is no charge to participate. Just in case you have forgot: Rosie is two -time Olympic gold medallist. She won the women's trampoline...
Electoral Reform
Want to learn more about electoral reform? If so, you will interested in this town hall meeting on Wednesday, October 12 7-9PM. It is being hosted by MP Deb Schulte. Guest speakers are Professor Wiseman (Political Sciences) from U of T and Professor Marc Menard, Political Science from Seneca College. Here is the flyer for more information.
“new” developments in King City
There are 3 development projects proposed for King City which are being presented in October. Two of them are public information sessions hosted by the developer. Purpose is to show interested community members the concept that the developer is proposing to build; and to give the public an opportunity to speak directly with the developer or its agent to ask questions, to provide feedback....
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