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Requesting staff reports

22 December 2009
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There are times at council when I imagine that, in the Tuesday morning department heads meeting following a council session, eyes are rolled and heads shaken when our...

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Tags: Collingwood, municipal madness, cats, staff reports 2 Comments


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2010: running for deputy mayor?

19 December 2009
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Well, I guess the cat's out of the bag, metaphorically speaking. I was asked by John Edwards of the Connection if I planned to run next year, and my comments were at the forefront of...

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Tags: 2010, Collingwood, election, municipal madness, deputy mayor 7 Comments


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User fees: the hidden taxes

19 December 2009
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Every year council votes on the rates for fees and services for the coming year. Sometimes we even debate them, assuming that...

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Tags: council, municipal madness, Collingwood, user fees, taxes 2 Comments


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Damn the iceberg, full speed ahead!

16 December 2009
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If a couple of our councillors were captain of the Titanic, I suspect they'd still chart a course full speed ahead after being told about the iceberg. That would be "new information" after all,...

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Tags: procedural bylaw, Collingwood, council, municipal madness 3 Comments


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EDC battle lost: OMB turns down appeal

15 December 2009
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I'm sure I'm not the only one saying "I told you so" this morning. The headline on the [url="http://www.theenterprisebulletin.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2222266" ]Enterprise Bulletin...

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Tags: OMB, Collingwood, EDC, municipal madness, education development charges, mayor, tax dollars 4 Comments


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Santa Claus parade highlights council dysfunction

07 December 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
[indent]I participated in the annual Santa Claus parade through downtown Collingwood, yesterday. It was a good event this year - a huge number of floats, great weather, and the streets lined for block after block with people...

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Tags: dysfunction, council, mayor, municipal madness, Collingwood, Santa Claus 2 Comments


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The mayor is politicking in the media

03 December 2009
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There's a very interesting letter on the...

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Tags: Collingwood, municipal madness, mayor, warden, Simcoe County, reputation 6 Comments


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Six hours, patios and procedural morass

01 December 2009
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[size="4"][b]Six gruelling...

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Tags: municipal madness, procedural bylaw, mayor, Collingwood, council, heritage park, downtown, patios 4 Comments


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Downsizing council versus democracy

28 November 2009
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This week it was my turn to get a piece in the Enterprise Bulletin as the guest council columnist. Imagine that: me writing for the EB again! Well, it wasn't a paid contribution, just an...

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Tags: participation, Collingwood, mayor, municipal madness, council, democracy 0 Comments


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Five hours at council again

24 November 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
[indent]Almost five hours last night. More than half of it spent in-camera, wrangling over issues that really didn't deserve that amount of time in debate. Issues that were, for the most part, not new, merely continuation of outstanding affairs. But we all have to have our say. Some us have to have it a few times...

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Tags: in camera, council, mayor, municipal madness, Collingwood, sustainability 0 Comments



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