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

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Tags: Collingwood's Municipal Madness, council, meetings 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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Local food: it seemed like a motherhood issue, but...

12 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick
In his book, The Local Food Revolution, Canadian author Gordon Hume wrote, "Food is a key part of community's reputation, image, the buzz created, and the local flavours and textures of the region... Food will continue to feed and shape our creative communities. It is also a crucial component that ties together the creative economy and...

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Tags: Collingwood Municipal Madness, local food, council 0 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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What's with the BIA?

07 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m...
What's up with the BIA these days? As a previously ardent supporter of the BIA, the organization's latest moves have both confounded and bothered me. I'm still a supporter of the downtown merchants, but my respect for the executive has dropped a few notches of late....

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Tags: Collingwood Municipal Madness, BIA, council, mayor 0 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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Get Over It

24 July 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood's municipal m..., downtown-BIA, Election 2010, Pointless legislation
[color="#000000"][color="#000000"][size="2" ]Get over it. That's what Councillor Labelle wrote to me in an email when I recently suggested council might allow patios to open beside the buildings for the Elvis Festival, to let the restaurants capitalize on the crush of visitors this...

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Tags: Collingwood Municipal Madness, patios, downtown, council 7 Comments



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