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Rules bind us, but not the county...

28 October 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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It will be interesting to see how some members of Collingwood Council handle...

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Tags: Collingwood, County of Simcoe, municipal madness, mayor, image, process 0 Comments


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Stalemate over Cranberry

22 October 2009
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It seemed such a simple thing....

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Tags: Cranberry Resort, liquor licence, municipal madness, council, Collingwood 6 Comments


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Drive-throughs versus active transportation

10 October 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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Drive-through* businesses have been around in...

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Tags: drive-thru, sustainability, municipal madness, Collingwood, drive-through, active transportation 0 Comments


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Six hours at the table. Again.

06 October 2009
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Another six-hour council marathon last night. And even with that amount of time, by the end of the night we still had not covered everything on the agenda. We...

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Tags: municipal madness, effectiveness, meeting, council, Collingwood 3 Comments


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Buying a cultural centre

02 October 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
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Council has bought the former Cinema 4 building on Huron Street for $1.4 million. While that's a lot of money, consider that half of...

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Tags: municipal madness, culture, property purchase, Collingwood 0 Comments


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A little courtesy was all it needed

30 September 2009
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A certain level of professional courtesy is required to keep things civil and fair at the council table. We should, in a perfect...

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Tags: Collingwood, courtesy, l'etat c'est moi, mayor, deputy mayor, municipal madness, control, civility 2 Comments


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Rethinking downtown patios

26 September 2009
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When the designs for the downtown revitalization were first presented, it seemed like a good idea...

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Tags: Collingwood, BIA, patios, downtown, municipal madness 5 Comments


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Tax dollars to repair our reputation?

24 September 2009
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Do you think politicians should spend your tax dollars to make their image cleaner and sweeter? Basically to buy a makeover at...

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Tags: taxpayers, secrecy, collingwood, mayor, reputation, county, municipal madness 2 Comments


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Preferential treatment?

22 September 2009
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Number of times the audience applauded for speakers who spoke against the proposed zoning bylaw that would allow commercial vehicles...

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Tags: Collingwood, mayor, interruption, style, municipal madness 0 Comments


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Parking cost increases proposed

19 September 2009
Posted by Ian Chadwick
[font="Verdana"][indent]Our parking committee has made several suggestions that will both affect the downtown and future development throughout the town, and I think many are bad for Collingwood.

On page 136 of [url="http://www.collingwood.ca/files/Sept14_CouncilAgendaPkg.pdf" ]Monday's...

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Tags: committee, parking, municipal madness, collingwood, mayor, downtown, development 4 Comments



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