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Back at you: Assaff responds to Carrier's media release

15 April 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m..., Admiral Collingwood development
I won't comment on this, the latest broadside in the ongoing war of words between Carrier and Assaff over the repeal of the approvals for the downtown Admiral Collingwood development. I have not changed anything of the following, merely reproduced what was sent to me by email.

Suffice to say the text in bold is Steve's response to the...

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Tags: Chris Carrier, Steve Assaff, albatross, mayor, Admiral Collingwood, Collingwood Municipal Madness 1 Comments


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War of words: Carrier vs Assaff continues

15 April 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m..., Admiral Collingwood development
Got an email late yesterday with the mayor's comments in response to Steve Assaff's comments on the mayor's comments about the Admiral Collingwood development... got that? Anyway, I got the press release the mayor sent from an outside source, since it appears council and staff wasn't copied with it.

The mayor sent out his...

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Tags: albatross, mayor, Admiral Collingwood, Collingwood Municipal Madness, Steve Assaff 7 Comments


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Referendum: 2010

11 April 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood's municipal m..., Election 2010
I plan to bring a notice of motion to the table, Monday night, asking for a referendum question to be added to the 2010 ballot.

My motion will be to request that the 2010 ballot include the question, "Should Collingwood implement a ward system for future municipal elections?"

Given the refusal of the mayor (and his supporters) to allow...

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Tags: Collingwood Municipal Madness, election, ward system, democracy, openness, accountability, mayor 3 Comments


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Throwing stones?

09 April 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Election 2010, Collingwood's municipal m...
You have to shake your head and wonder, some days. Today was one for me. There on the front page of the EB is a quote from the mayor aimed right at me:
[quote]"We can in this election campaign, members of council can throw stones at each other, or we can...

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Tags: transparency, openness, name-calling, hypocrisy, mayor, Collingwood Municipal Madness, accountability 0 Comments


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So the mayor's now a blogger...

23 March 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick in Collingwood's municipal m..., Uncategorized
After three years of enduring frequent, snide and insulting comments from our mayor about local bloggers (me included), our mayor has decided to join us. That's right - the mayor has a blog.

Is his imitation the sincerest form of flattery? I doubt it.

As Scoop comments on...

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Tags: blogger, mayor, Collingwood, municipal madness 4 Comments


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The contentious budget

22 January 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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Collingwood's budget process has started and, as usual, the smallest amounts have proven the most contentious. Most of the larger items...

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Tags: taxes, Collingwood Municipal Madness, spending, budget committee, mayor 13 Comments


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Where's the '10 budget?

27 December 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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One of the last questions I asked in our final 2009 council meeting was, "Where's the preliminary budget for 2010?" Sometime in...

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Tags: municipal madness, council, Collingwood, mayor, budget 1 Comments


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EDC battle lost: OMB turns down appeal

15 December 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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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
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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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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