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
Route 61 Update
Route 61, the local King YRT bus is off to a good start: there are regular riders using it to access the GO Trains. YRT is clearly determined to make it as useful as possible: to that end they have modified the route. And they are encouraging people to provide feedback. Here is the newest schedule. I encourage would-be riders to check schedules.
Large Scale Fill–how to be proactive
As I have written previously, many municipalities with rural countryside are dealing with the risk of their open spaces being selected as “hosts” for large scale fill derived from the big holes being dug in the City of Toronto. As there is a serious regulatory gap for the safe management of fill, the receiving municipalities often find themselves being very reactive and not necessarily well...
Walking For Seniors
This Saturday (1/26) I begin my walk to raise funds for CHATS (Community & Home Assistance to Seniors). I have committed to walk 40,000 steps (50 km) in the week beginning 1/26. Happily I am not doing it alone! Others have pledged to do same across York Region; and here at home, Mayor Pellegrini and Councillor Eek are doing so too. The three of us registered as a team: the King...
Adult life style condos in our rural lands?!
Monday, January 28 there is a very important public meeting in regards to an application to make various amendments to two Official Plans to enable the development of an adult lifestyle condominium community on lands south of King Road and west of Mill Road (which is between 7th and 8th concessions.) This is a statutory meeting as required by the Planning Act; it will be convened within the...
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