Tag: General nonsense

… 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;

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

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

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

… 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

… 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

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

… 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

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

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 […]

… there’s, uh, more smoke… Jeez, it’s getting smoky in here… So, I’m reading Steve Berman’s latest blog post on Five Questions Collingwood Should Ask About Ed Houghton, thinking eventually I’ll get to the question of what shade of Just For Men is in Ed’s medicine cabinet (here’s a hint:

… E-B reporter Emily Innes will be hitting tonight’s Christian Heritage Party meeting protesting the casino proposal; I’m certain there will some interesting fodder for discussion, especially as the owners of a resort in Collingwood will appear before town council asking for support to put the slot machines in their

Guess what’s got councillors’ goats this morning? It seems the Central Park Steering Committee were informed in September, 2011 that the YMCA lost out on a provincial/federal grant it was hoping to obtain — that’s that $3 million grant referred to by Y CEO Rob Armstrong in a letter on

Here’s my, uh, rather ‘brief’ recap of last night’s Friends of Central Park meeting. And here’s just a few of my other thoughts: Thumb’s Up: Acting-CAO Ed Houghton gets a lot of props in my book; he walked into a n0-win situation and… um, well, I don’t know if he