Last post…
… 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…
General nonsense
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…
Context 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…
To 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…
And 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…
Sigh…
OK, fine, Steve Berman wins, as evidently I’m one of the bad guys. He can have the Innernets…
If 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.…
For 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,…
Darn 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…
Sounds 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…
Happy 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…
Calculating 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…
An 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…
Time 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…
Apropos 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…
Councillor blindsided by inability to use very, very important Points of Privilege…
Did you watch Monday night’s presentation of the Why Can’t We Be Friends Of Central Park (updated story here)? Did you wonder why councillors were hopping up and down in…
Where there’s smoke…
… 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…
Odds and sods for a Monday morning…
… 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…
Central Park craziness continues…
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…
Why can’t we all be ‘Friends’…
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…