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
Metrolinx Plans for King
As the details we hear usually about Metrolinx and “the big move” are interesting but rarely provide insight into how our daily needs for public transit in King are being addressed, it was great to hear their presentation at Council 7/11. To my mind effective public transit (reliable, adequate frequency, easily accessible) is a critical enabler for us to be sustainable. Secondly, it is almost...
Seeing “Sustainability” Today
Have you ever experienced the phenomenon of declaring what you want without knowing how your dream will be fulfilled and then, all of sudden, the possibilities start to appear? That has been happening to me these last couple weeks. So what is my wish? A sustainability plan for King which truly drives and influences King’s evolution over the next 20 years. And what are the possibilities I am...
Greenbelt Expressway is not the way!
I am delighted to tell you that the Greenbelt Alliance has categorically criticized the recommendation for a new highway in Vaughan as being the way to address the congestion between the urban growth centers as part of the GTA West Corridor. Click here to read their statement. In an earlier posting I told you that the stage 1 of the EA was completed and that a new highway was being proposed. ...
Road Maintenance—poor decision making
How do you set priorities when you don’t have enough money to do everything? Like many municipalities King has a huge backlog of road maintenance projects; I suspect our situation is particularly acute as we are responsible for a lot of local roads but our population base is small. Over the years road maintenance in King has been ignored as long as possible. To enable our priority setting we...
Hello Bert, I agree totally with your point that there is the legislative means to ensure that designated properties are…
Under the Ontario Heritage Act Building standards by-law 35.3 (1) If a by-law passed under section 15.1 of the Building…
My thoughts: buildings with significant historical and architectural value deserve protection from loopholes in law. Lack of funds or will…
I agree with you that Council needs to address this demolition by neglect so that it cannot happen. This should…
I'll be there! And some of my friends too. Enjoy! Last year was an experience of a different kind, and…