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
Gas Pipeline Update
At Monday, April 18 Council meeting Enbridge will present an update on the gas pipeline construction project. The presentation is scheduled for early in the meeting; if interested be there around 6 PM. If you have questions about safety of the pipeline, forward your questions to me and I will ask them on your behalf.
Museum & Genview: critical questions
Recently I stopped at our Museum: not to view an exhibit but rather to look at it in context of the proposed Genview partnership. I came away more convinced than ever that this partnership represents an opportunity for positive change. To quote Councillor Mortelliti: “An opportunity to renovate and increase programming space. An opportunity to enhance the architectural features of the...
Re-vitalizing King City: ideas from others
How can we revitalize King City? Can we learn from other places who have found themselves “in the dark, before the sun comes up?” Newcastle, Australia has a very innovative solution: empty spaces are considered as “wasted opportunities” and they have established a process to enable temporary use of them to launch new businesses and projects and to incubate new ideas; the short term users...
Development Woes: serving constituents
With the exception of Spring Hill (the condominium for seniors on King Road in King City), the reality of development has not hit Ward 5 yet….but it’s coming. And in the last few weeks, the importance of communication with current residents has been hi-lighted. As all would agree, I think, developments which are not to one’s personal satisfaction are bad enough; but, not understanding what is...
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…