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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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Downtown patios, again

09 March 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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An impassioned presentation on the benefits of moving the downtown restaurant patios to the curbside, last night, failed to move me. I still think it's a bad idea and I haven't heard any comments from the restaurant owners...

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Tags: patios, municipal madness, council, Collingwood, downtown 3 Comments


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A rushed budget?

08 March 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick
[indent]The vote on the 2010 budget comes up tonight (March 8). While it's long overdue (it should have been presented in late 2009), I'm concerned that two of its foremost critics - Councillors Edwards and Foley - are both away from the table tonight.

I realize that, because of jobs, personal demands and other...

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Tags: budget, Collingwood, municipal madness, council 2 Comments


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A confederacy of dunces

03 March 2010
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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I'm stupid. Or perhaps, if you want to split semantic hairs, my decisions are stupid. But I'm not at all sure how I can be separated from my decisions, intellectually speaking. Non...

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Tags: Collingwood, council, Sonny Foley, stupidity, municipal madness 2 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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Misconceptions about libraries

22 December 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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I normally don't engage in he-said-I-said-he-said with other bloggers. That's a bit incestuous for each of us...

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Tags: council, books, debenture, Collingwood, municipal madness, library 4 Comments


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Requesting staff reports

22 December 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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There are times at council when I imagine that, in the Tuesday morning department heads meeting following a council session, eyes are rolled and heads shaken when our...

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Tags: Collingwood, municipal madness, cats, staff reports 2 Comments


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2010: running for deputy mayor?

19 December 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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Well, I guess the cat's out of the bag, metaphorically speaking. I was asked by John Edwards of the Connection if I planned to run next year, and my comments were at the forefront of...

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Tags: 2010, Collingwood, election, municipal madness, deputy mayor 7 Comments


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User fees: the hidden taxes

19 December 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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Every year council votes on the rates for fees and services for the coming year. Sometimes we even debate them, assuming that...

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Tags: council, municipal madness, Collingwood, user fees, taxes 2 Comments


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Damn the iceberg, full speed ahead!

16 December 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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If a couple of our councillors were captain of the Titanic, I suspect they'd still chart a course full speed ahead after being told about the iceberg. That would be "new information" after all,...

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Tags: procedural bylaw, Collingwood, council, municipal madness 3 Comments



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