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Some questions about downtown displays

04 agosto 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

Another hiccup on the patio front

23 julio 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

Licensing bylaw gets its second reading, sent back for changes

17 junio 2010

Posted by Ian Chadwick in Pointless legislation, Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m...

The proposed "comprehensive licensing bylaw" was the main - and oft contentious - topic of debate at council, Monday night. We had been given a draft version to consider and discuss with our constituents, 10 days earlier. But the version we got in the agenda package, Friday, was very much altered from the previous draft (which in turn...

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

Brother, I Can't Spare You the Time

16 junio 2010

Posted by Ian Chadwick in Pointless legislation, Music and ukuleles, Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m..., Uncategorized

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime is one of the most memorable songs of the 1930s, written at the height of the Great Depression, by the son of Jewish immigrants, Yip Harburg, with music by composer - and another Jewish immigrant - Jay Gorney. It was written in 1931, and later included in a musical, New Americana, in 1932. I thought it might...

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Tags: bylaws, patios, Collingwood's Municipal Madness, council 2 Comments

Are you being a nuisance? Here's your ticket...

04 mayo 2010

Posted by Ian Chadwick in Social values, Pointless legislation, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m...

What's a nuisance? Maybe you are. Here's your ticket, pay at the counter.

A nuisance is "a person or thing that causes annoyance or bother," say several [url="http://www.ianchadwick.com/forum/nuisance"]online...

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