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The BIA's Titanic meets the town's iceberg

27 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Pointless legislation, Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m...
By now, most readers will be aware of the resignation of the BIA's chair over the ongoing dispute between the organization and the town. That head butting stems from a disagreement over the terms and conditions in an agreement jointly signed by the town and BIA and the province.

I've written about some of this previously, but, of course...

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Tags: BIA, mayor, council, downtown, Collingwood's Municipal Madness 2 Comments


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Six long hours and what do you get?

24 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Humour, Collingwood's municipal m..., Election 2010
To the tune of Sixteen Tons...*

Chorus:
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Six long hours, and wadda ya you get?
Dm.........C..............Bb...............A7
A little more debenture and deeper in debt
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Mayor dontcha call me in camera to...

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Tags: Collingwood's Municipal Madness, council, meetings 1 Comments


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Images of our downtown pond

23 August 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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Tags: Collingwood's Municipal Madness, Admiral Collingwood, election 2010, downtown 1 Comments


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Albatrosses and election 2010

20 August 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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My Election 2010 Web site launched

16 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m...
I just uploaded my first version of my Election 2010 Web site. It's a rewrite of my 2006 site, with updated content and issues. A bit of a quick job, but adequate, I think, and a chance to learn the new Expression Web 4 software I recently got.

It still needs some new photos, which I hope to get this weekend. Perhaps I could get one of me at...

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Tags: Collingwood's Municipal Madness, election 2010, web site 5 Comments


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Breaking news - a new mayor for Collingwood!

12 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m...
Mayor Chris Carrier is NOT running for re-election as mayor. Another "I told you so" moment. I've been saying he wouldn't run again for the last few months. In fact I had a long conversation with a local developer last night during which we debated this very issue.

I expect some of you are already breaking out in a chorus of...

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Tags: mayor, Collingwood's Municipal Madness, council 3 Comments


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BIA, town still at loggerheads over broken contract, BIA rep challenged

12 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m...
Just before we went in camera, Monday, I asked Councillor Jeffrey if she had voted to pull the the BIA out of the contract it signed with the town. She said yes and indicated it was a unanimous vote (although it was not made clear who was at that meeting).

At that point, the mayor took over and shoved the rest of the discussion behind closed...

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Tags: downtown, mayor, Collingwood's Municipal Madness, council, BIA 5 Comments


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Some questions about downtown displays

04 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Pointless legislation, Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m...
[font="Tahoma"][size="2"][color="#000000"]Yesterday, I was asked by a downtown merchant to get answers to a few questions re: the new licensing bylaw. He made some salient points I hadn't really considered during our debate on the bylaw, in particular about the merchant displays on the main...

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Tags: Collingwood's Municipal Madness, merchants, downtown, bylaws, council, tents 5 Comments


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Street art and patios, Orillia-style

26 July 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Pointless legislation, Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m..., Collingwood life
We took a road trip, Saturday, to Minden, and stopped off in Orillia on the way. Orillia was having a big downtown street festival - about six blocks of the main street closed off, with some side streets closed as well. Full of people, merchants, buskers, visitors. And here's what we...

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Tags: Orillia, council, patios, downtown, buskers, Collingwood's Municipal Madness 3 Comments


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Another hiccup on the patio front

23 July 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Pointless legislation, Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m...
Oops. This week council was asked to respond to an email that identified a few significant snags in our new licensing bylaw that affect numerous downtown restaurants and merchants just as they start to set up for the annual Elvis Festival. Seems we had a few more hiccups with out new licensing...

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Tags: council, bylaws, patios, Collingwood's Municipal Madness, licensing 4 Comments



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