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Arbitrary decisions have no place at council

11 January 2011
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m...
It wasn't about the food. It was about the process. And that process was wrong.

That was my first argument, Monday night, when a motion was read to end our pre-meeting meals. That motion read, "THAT Council herein authorize discontinuing the provision of meals prior to meetings of Council for Council and staff that attend, in an effort...

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Tags: Collingwood's Municipal Madness, mayor, council, budget 12 Comments


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The strangest thing to say...

26 November 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m...
There's a front-page article in this weekend's Collingwood Connection about the mayor, titled, "Carrier proud of accomplishments." Pretty much the expected thin, self-congratulatory analysis of his past four years. But what struck me is a bit at the end.*

John Edwards asks Carrier about his "tumultuous" relationship...

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Would there have been 21 candidates for mayor instead?

01 November 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m...
"If I had run again, would there have been six people running for mayor? Who knows?"

That's what Mayor Carrier told The Enterprise Bulletin, last week, when asked to comment on the results of the municipal election that saw five incumbent councillors lose their seat, all of who had been his supporters during most of his term,...

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A big change in Collingwood!

26 October 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m...
What a night. What a change! The pundits were right in their predictions that a wave of change was coming, but I don't think many realized it would be this big. Collingwood came out in tsunami-strength force to vote - a record-breaking number just shy of 50 per cent turnout - and firmly repudiated the current administration in favour of...

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Tags: mayor, council, Collingwood's Municipal Madness, election 2010 9 Comments


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Twelve hours left to the regime change

25 October 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood's municipal m..., Election 2010
Only twelve hours left before the polls close in Collingwood and we see how the council changes for 2010-1014. I know the media are predicting a significant sea change - up to five new members of council elected say some. Others in town suggest a complete change of council, a sort of baby-out-with-the-bathwater election that sees seven new members...

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Tags: Collingwood's Municipal Madness, team, teamwork, election 2010, mayor 2 Comments


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Some thoughts on teams and teamwork at the table

24 October 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Social values, Collingwood's municipal m...
[font="Verdana"][size="2"]In a municipal election, you don't elect a team. You elect individuals. Teams and teamwork may come later, and will coalesce around the mayor - if, of course, the mayor sets the appropriate tone. The mayor needs to set the example that encourages and nurtures a culture of teamwork. That didn't...

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Tags: mayor, election 2010, teamwork, team, Collingwood's Municipal Madness 4 Comments


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Wifi motion the mayor's Waterloo?

30 September 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in technology, Social values, Science, Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m..., Collingwood life
Mayor Carrier announced a week earlier that he intended to make a motion about discontinuing municipal wi-fi services in the town of Collingwood, starting with the Library. That caught everyone off-guard because not only had it never been raised as a municipal issue this term, but he never discussed it with either town staff or his colleagues...

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Tags: wireless, wi-fi, Collingwood Municipal Madness, mayor 8 Comments


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Local businesses give failing grades to council

22 September 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Admiral Collingwood development, Collingwood's municipal m..., downtown-BIA, Election 2010
I got a copy of a recent report from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) today that reviewed how some of its Ontario members saw their local governments. The good news is that Collingwood was not perceived as the worst. The bad news is that in every category surveyed, we failed to live up to expectations.

While the survey is...

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It's all been my fault...

09 September 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m..., Admiral Collingwood development
I'm always to blame. Now it seems the reason council was "divisive" this term is because I failed to work with "the council the public chose and not the council they wanted." "They" being Deputy Mayor Cooper and me.

Thus sayeth the mayor in an article in today's Collingwood Connection, headlined "Carrier...

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Tags: Collingwood's Municipal Madness, council, mayor, leadership 4 Comments


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The mayoralty race kicked off by Sandra Cooper

29 August 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood's municipal m..., Election 2010
The mayoralty race got started today (Sunday) when Deputy Mayor Sandra Cooper held a meet-and-greet at the Legion. And if that meeting was an indication of the trend among local voters, I'd suggest Sandra already has a lengthy lead against her competition.

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Tags: Collingwood Municipal Madness, mayor, election, council 6 Comments



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