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Why I didn't sign the 'code of conduct'

09 September 2006
Posted by Ian Chadwick
[indent]Council was reminded, Tuesday, that those who had yet to sign the 'code of conduct' could do so in the clerk's office.

There was a bit of an embarrassed silence at the table — I understand several have not signed (including the councillor who drove the issue) — then I spoke, voicing some of the concerns I have...

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IGAP: Regional restructuring or responsibility?

26 August 2006
Posted by Ian Chadwick
[indent]Perhaps the least publicized issue facing council is also the most important: IGAP, the Inter- Governmental Action Plan for Simcoe County, has serious implications...

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Networking and relationships

16 August 2006
Posted by Ian Chadwick
[indent]Perhaps the greatest benefit of attending conferences such as the recent AMO conference is not the work sessions, not the exhibitors' booths, not the speeches or the meetings with ministers, but rather the networking.

It's the establishment of ties and connections with your peers, it's meeting people who you...

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Defining sustainability

16 August 2006
Posted by Ian Chadwick
[indent]The combination of attending sessions at the AMO (Association of Municipalities of Ontario) conference in Ottawa the last few days, and some pithy opinions made in a book* I bought from the Chapters near the hotel, made me wonder a bit about the definition of the buzzword...

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TThe Talisman Protocol

12 August 2006
Posted by Ian Chadwick
[indent]Back in 2004, when this council was less than a year old, we met as a group, with the CAO, senior staff and consultants at Talisman Resort for a three-day retreat. The intent of that retreat was to define many things, including council's and staff's roles, strategic goals, process and modes of operation.

One of the...

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What can we do about sprawl?

06 August 2006
Posted by Ian Chadwick
[indent]I can't imagine that anyone ever wakes up and says, "Today I'm going to buy a house that looks just like all the other houses on the block, too far away from shopping for me to walk, too far from schools for my kids to walk, too far away from work for me to spend less than two hours each way getting there and...

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Humbled and chagrined by the media

09 July 2006
Posted by Ian Chadwick
[indent]One of my first lessons in politics was humility. I learned that - contrary to what I had thought when I was reporter and later editor of the local paper - I really didn't understand or appreciate fully the complexities, difficulties, and challenges our local councils faced.

I was humbled to discover my own naivete, as...

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Bermology 101

15 June 2006
Posted by Ian Chadwick
[indent]I wasn't at the table when this all got started, but I was on the periphery in my capacity as reporter and later editor as the story of the CSL property-Shipyards development unfolded. I may not know all the inside details of the initial negotiations, may not remember all the he-said she-said conversations, so anything I...

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Blinded by science

08 June 2006
Posted by Ian Chadwick
[indent]Would allow any of these minerals or metals to reside in the soil that forms the base for a park on which you and your children might some day play:
[code]Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Zinc, Copper, Boron, Manganese, Iodine, Pantothenic Acid (calcium pantothenate), Chromium, Selenium, Molybdenum, Vanadium,...

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The self-branding exercise

27 May 2006
Posted by Ian Chadwick
[indent]Does a town need "branding" in the same way a product, service or company does? Is branding merely a marketing fad which replaces substance with new signage?

Branding is a commercial tool. It is used to help identify or position a company’s products and services as unique or at least individual, so they don't...

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