… for here, anyways… No, I haven’t left the paper, much to the chagrin of, uh, everyone it seems these days. I’ve decided to move the Underground to my own URL, at http://www.morganianadams.com. It will give me a chance to plug my personal writing, along with my musings on local
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Hull motion on the money…
… too bad it’s about six months too late… On Monday night, Councillor Keith Hull introduced a notice of motion to strike a task force to examine the future of the Eddie Bush Memorial Arena, including an examination of the historical and current economic impact to the downtown and community;
Continue readingHmmm… final edition of the day…
… only cuz I’m, well, tired. In more ways than one… But can someone tell me how I had a thousand page views today, but only one visitor?
Continue readingHmmm, part three — taking your quotes out of context edition…
… ah, crumb, sorry, can’t help you on that point…
Continue readingHmmm, part two — spit out your coffee edition
“Why have 4 of your last 5 blogs, been about………..me?”
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“Will ANYONE from the local media sit down with me, one on one, and explain to me why stories like this are NOT being covered.” Geez, I dunno — why should they?
Continue readingContext watch, Sprung edition…
Another notation of the pile Sprung emails jumped out at me. Here’s how it’s portrayed: August 7 – Department Head meeting w/ Mayor Cooper & Kevin Lloyd re: benifits of Sprung structures at Centennial Pool/Central Park. Some concerns about Sprung are pointed out re: Insulation & Leed certification. Here’s the
Continue readingTo everything, context…
I’m sure Steve Berman is seeing a significant uptick in hits this morning as a result of publishing some of the details he’s gleaned from six months worth of emails on the town’s rec facilities and the municipality’s dealings with the eventual supplier of the structures for the pool and
Continue readingAnd now, the truth…
… actually, I assiduously try to avoid using ‘truth’ in my blog post titles. I’ve also given myself 24 hours on this one, given my propensity to swear like a sailor. I don’t usually do that in print, but this time, it was getting pretty darn close. I’m also posting
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OK, fine, Steve Berman wins, as evidently I’m one of the bad guys. He can have the Innernets…
Continue readingIf you can’t say something nice…
It may be best to say nothing at all… at least, that is, until July, 2014… So Councillor Keith Hull isn’t happy with the decision to buy two Sprung buildings. Yeah, I get that. I — and the E-B — were not particularly impressed with the direction the town council
Continue readingFor reasons that shall become clear…
… I recognize that I will likely be scooped in the next day or so on a hot story happening in town. I have some of the same documents; however, in the interest of not being accused of being someone’s mouthpiece or ‘shill’, cuz it’s getting kind of tiresome, I’ve
Continue readingSeriously…
… or not seriously, because I can guarantee things will get pretty serious on Monday. Don’t ask me why, but I just get this sneaky feeling… In the meantime, The Peak’s Matt McLean, the hardest working guy in radio… oh, wait, I’m being told the ‘hard-liest’ guy working in radio…
Continue readingDarn it…
… jeez, and I joked to someone last September about doing this, tho’ my script was slightly different… Mine was more of a ‘Hitler reacts to council’s decision to sole-source rec facilities’. “We could put bubbles here, here, and here…” I was trying to find the one The Admiral did
Continue readingSounds very Star Trek-y
The Wrath of Ian, with me in the role of Khan Noonien Singh, Colin Wills in the role of James T. Kirk, and… Wait-ta-minute, this isn’t a happy story at all! It seems I’ve become target for the local pajamadeen in this Pretty River Academy story, what with taking direction
Continue readingHappy new year…
… the reason I haven’t posted much, evidently, is because I’m waiting on my marching orders from town hall… Odd, that… If I question how Steve Berman arrives at potential vote numbers, I’m obviously trashing him. But it’s perfectly reasonable for him to question my ethics? OK, as long as
Continue readingCalculating the ‘silent majority’
I may have to get fellow blogger Steve Berman a calculator for Christmas; his manipulation of numbers the last week or so has even my math-challenged brain weeping for a sense of perspective. Let’s start with his listing of the expense accounts of council members. First off, there’s no context
Continue readingAn immodest proposal for council’s legacy
Collingwood council has hit the halfway mark in its term, and aside from the bump (bubble?) in the road that was the rec facility debate, there’s not much to point to where our local politicians have gone off-tangent from the course set following the 2010 regime change . Municipal spending
Continue readingTime to let residents in on secret for grain terminals
This is my column in Friday’s edition of the E-B – and after reading the agenda for Monday’s council meeting, it’s even more appropriate given the town is now thinking of declaring the yacht club property surplus… Ontario’s Municipal Act is pretty clear. Municipal councils, under Sec. 239 (2) may close a meeting if the […]
Continue readingApropos of nothing…
… other than my own curiousity. Simcoe-Grey MP Kellie Leitch’s spending is about 21% less than the spending of our former Member of Parliament, based on the latest figures released by the House of Commons’ Board of Internal Economy. In 2010-2011, Helena Guergis spent more than $522,000; in her first year in office, Leitch has […]
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