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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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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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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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Should Mayor Carrier seek a second term?

29 June 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood's municipal m..., Election 2010
Vote on the Peak FM's poll here: thepeakfm.com/home/default.aspx

No surprise, but I voted no. Last time I checked (late Tuesday night), it was 85% against.

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


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No pancake breakfast on Canada Day

23 June 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m..., Collingwood life
I just learned that the traditional pancake breakfast will not be taking place downtown on Canada Day this year. Council wasn't informed of this change, nor was council even asked whether or not we wanted to participate. It was just cancelled.

I only found out because an email meant for Helena Guergis' office was misrouted to my inbox....

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Tags: Canada Day, mayor, council, pancake breakfast, downtown, Collingwood's Municipal Madness 8 Comments


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Grand opening of the Collingwood Public Library

31 May 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood's municipal m..., Collingwood life
I attended the grand opening of the Collingwood Public Library, noon, Thursday, May 27, just before I drove t the FCM convention. It was a glorious day, and not merely for the weather, but because it was the culmination of years of effort by library boards, ongoing ever since I was first appointed to the board, back in 1991. All of the years of...

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Tags: Collingwood Municipal Madness, library, mayor, grand opening, speakers 0 Comments


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Newspaper story confusing about patio move

06 May 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Pointless legislation, downtown-BIA, Collingwood's municipal m..., Collingwood life
I've been getting some calls about the headline story in today's Collingwood Connection. Seems to some people the opening is murky about who voted for what. Unless you were there, it may not be very clear. The newspaper reported:

[quote]It appears patios in...

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Tags: Collingwood Municipal Madness, mayor, patios, downtown, BIA, newspaper 11 Comments


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Public input on ward systems shut out again

27 April 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m...
[font="Trebuchet MS"][size="2"]The chance for public input into the local election system was shut down last night by Collingwood Council in a 7-2 vote. The mayor and Councillors Edwards, Sandberg, Jeffrey, Foley, McNabb and Labelle voted no.

I had proposed a referendum question for the 2010 municipal ballot that read,...

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Tags: mayor, openness, public input, Collingwood Municipal Madness, council 0 Comments



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