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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. Our MP had already sent out an information flyer about Canada Day events mentioning the pancake breakfast. She's wrong, but I can understand the confusion. For the past decade or two, it has been held here. And hundreds of residents and visitors have enjoyed a low-cost breakfast courtesy of the town. Helena usually joined us at the grill for an hour or two.

Now it isn't happening and I have...

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:



Okay, it does see a bit obfuscatory. Let's see if I can untangle that.

Councillor Edwards made the motion to keep the patios next to the buildings. I seconded his motion. Mayor Carrier and Deputy Mayor Cooper also voted to keep the patios beside the buildings. So the four of us were IN FAVOUR of keeping the patios where they were last year: beside the buildings. We lost.

Councillors Jeffrey, Sandberg, Labelle, McNabb and Foley voted against Mike's motion. They want to move the patios to the...

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 mayor's media release comments, which are in Roman text.

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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 public input into the debate over a ward system or into the debate over the method of balloting (mail-in versus walk-in) when both were brought to the council table, earlier, I don't really expect it to be passed. After all, the majority of members of council, including the mayor, owe their success at the table to the efforts of special interest group lobbying. That sort of effort would be...

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 the Eastend Underground...