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
Mary Lakes Application: meeting
The 1/21 Council meeting dedicated to the Marys Lake Development application was well attended and very worthwhile. I think it was rich in content in terms of understanding points of view about the application’s consistency or lack thereof with the King City Community Plan (KCCP). It also was a good opportunity to review relevant history for this application. Mr. Lehman (Planner for Kingscross...
Marys Lake Estates Application
As I have indicated previously there is a special Council meeting on Monday January 21 at 6 PM. It will be held in the King City Arena. The agenda will be the development application for Marys Lake Estates. This is not a statutory public meeting. As it will be run as a Committee of the Whole it is necessary for anyone wishing to make a deputation to sign in with the Secretary when you...
Route 61 the King Local Takes Off!
Route 61 was launched Monday! On the second bus, the one timed to deliver passengers at King City GO Train station to take the 7:51 train, there were 6 happy passengers. For a brand new public transit service this is great! I know they were happy as I was on the bus along with Mayor Pellegrini to greet & welcome the users to the new service. We heard different stories. “Now, my Mother...
Budget 2013
We approved the 2013 budget at 1/14 Council. Cause for celebration is twofold: it is a responsible budget including a 2% property tax increase and it is a record to pass it so early. By achieving the latter Staff are now able to most efficiently implement their 2013 projects which means we will realize best value of our dollars. The budget report on the 1/14 Council agenda included some very...
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I'll be there! And some of my friends too. Enjoy! Last year was an experience of a different kind, and…