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My speech at the Chamber AC meeting

27 septiembre 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Admiral Collingwood development, Collingwood's municipal m..., downtown-BIA, Election 2010
A friend recorded this for me and I posted it on YouTube today. The sound is a trifle murky but it's not too bad. The Rogers TV version is a little clearer (it's on TV again at noon, today). My speech is printed in a post below if you care to read it as well.

I note that Rick Lloyd...

Tags: Collingwood's Municipal Madness, election 2010, speech 3 Comments


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Survived the first all-candidates' meeting

23 septiembre 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m..., Admiral Collingwood development
I survived the first big public meeting for council candidates, yesterday afternoon. It's a misnomer, of course, to call it an all-candidates' meeting when only a portion of the candidates are present. Yesterday afternoon, it was only the council candidates - 20 of us (John Kitchen bowed out last moment over a family emergency out of...

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Local businesses give failing grades to council

22 septiembre 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Admiral Collingwood development, Collingwood's municipal m..., downtown-BIA, Election 2010
I got a copy of a recent report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) today that reviewed how some of its Ontario members saw their local governments. The good news is that Collingwood was not perceived as the worst. The bad news is that in every category surveyed, we failed to live up to expectations.

While the survey is...

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It's all been my fault...

09 septiembre 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m..., Admiral Collingwood development
I'm always to blame. Now it seems the reason council was "divisive" this term is because I failed to work with "the council the public chose and not the council they wanted." "They" being Deputy Mayor Cooper and me.

Thus sayeth the mayor in an article in today's Collingwood Connection, headlined "Carrier...

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Tags: Collingwood's Municipal Madness, council, mayor, leadership 4 Comments


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Images of our downtown pond

23 agosto 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood life, Admiral Collingwood development, Collingwood's municipal m..., downtown-BIA, Election 2010
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Just a reminder, in case anyone had not seen it recently, about the...

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Albatrosses and election 2010

20 agosto 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m..., Admiral Collingwood development
An uncredited photo from the mayor's news "blog": two election hopefuls and their albatross. Looks like a big, happy family. Once upon a time, it was. The two councillors beside him were ardent supporters of the mayor and pretty much followed his lead back when this council was newly elected. You could basically count on a six-three...

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Tags: albatross, council, mayor, election, AMO, Collingwood's Municipal Madness 5 Comments


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A modest tax hike in 2010

08 junio 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Admiral Collingwood development, Collingwood life, Collingwood's municipal m...
The good news is that Collingwood residents face only a very modest tax increase in 2010: 0.0030% according to a sheet provided by the treasurer, Monday night. On a house assessed at $200,000 that translates to a $0.08 increase over 2009's taxes. Whew. That's a bullet dodged for most of us.

The bad news is that it's not...

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Back at you: Assaff responds to Carrier's media release

15 abril 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m..., Admiral Collingwood development
I won't comment on this, the latest broadside in the ongoing war of words between Carrier and Assaff over the repeal of the approvals for the downtown Admiral Collingwood development. I have not changed anything of the following, merely reproduced what was sent to me by email.

Suffice to say the text in bold is Steve's response to the...

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Tags: Chris Carrier, Steve Assaff, albatross, mayor, Admiral Collingwood, Collingwood Municipal Madness 1 Comments


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War of words: Carrier vs Assaff continues

15 abril 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m..., Admiral Collingwood development
Got an email late yesterday with the mayor's comments in response to Steve Assaff's comments on the mayor's comments about the Admiral Collingwood development... got that? Anyway, I got the press release the mayor sent from an outside source, since it appears council and staff wasn't copied with it.

The mayor sent out his...

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Tags: albatross, mayor, Admiral Collingwood, Collingwood Municipal Madness, Steve Assaff 7 Comments


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