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Nancy Henry
10 Twigg Drive,Ajax, ON L1Z 1G4E
-mail: nancy.henry@rogers.com
Nominated: 28-July-10 at 3:45 p.m.

Ward 2 is now a 3 person race, never heard of this person either.I can’t wait till the debate!

This is where I am going to stop into tonight , just out of curiosity.  http://www.townofajax.com/AssetFactory.aspx?did=9479

The land at the corner of Salem and Mandrake across from an existing neighbourhood will be developed.  

Hopefully they can have a right out shortcut to the lane close to the 401 westbound onramp bypassing the corner of Angus and Mandrake.

for Mayor?   I will vote for Councillors and if I decide to not vote for Mayor can I do that? does that spoil my ballot if I don’t fill in all my choices?

 Just wondering. 

If you are a regular bottled water drinker then everyday is probably bad for you but I am a tap water drinker and most days it is fine and I drink it.

My favourite tap water days are in the winter when it is really really cold out and water is just as cold as coming out of the fridge.Today and the day before or so I was outside and came in for a drink– could not even drink a few mouthfuls.If this happens every time it is warm out then I better keep a few bottles of Dasani on hand– that is the only bottled water I drink.

For years , not sure how many but I have driven past the Mayor’s law office and would cringe at the exterior and the peeling gray paint.   When exterior’s of buildings are not maintained it just makes the whole area look a little run down.

 I drove by the other day and could not believe my eyes!  It is painted and looks so much better! 

Nice Curb appeal , it’s about time.   No this is not an important Ajax issue but I live in this neighbourhood and the office is one of the commercial buildings in this little stretch.  

The following is what I received in my Email today.

Like Ajax Home Week Festivities on the waterfront, the Town of Ajax Canada Day celebrations cost many $25 to attend. Why you ask? Two reasons really. Firstly, not enough available parking at Rotary Park, and secondly, the failure of the Town to realize that maybe they should have turned off the parking bylaw enforcement, at least until the celebrations were done. So many of those that parked on the streets surrounding the Canada Day party received a $25 parking ticket. The Town’s web site stated that parking on the street would be permitted, but some restrictions would apply. Why have any restrictions for such a festivity? Accept for blocking driveways, emergency lanes, intersections, and such, why would the Town allow ticketing to be done for those just parked along the road to enjoy the Canada Day celebration. Even those that volunteered to help the Town out were getting ticketed.

If I was council, I would be embarrassed. Promoting and getting people to come down to join in the celebration and then to ticket them while they are there is ridiculous. I can just imagine if it happened to those that were visiting Ajax! Won’t they have a nice memory of us.

For most of the day the Rotary Park parking lot was either full or people were not allowed to park there. So where else are they supposed to park?

The Town’s web site was misleading and not detailed enough, and the Town should have had notices up in the areas people were not supposed to park on this special day.

Again though, they should have not been any ticketing while the celebration was going on. I hope all that received tickets fight them.

As Ward One Councillor I will do my best to ensure that this kind of mistake does not happen again.

Robert MacArthur
Candidate for Ward One Councillor
2010 Town of Ajax Municipal Election, Durham Region
www.votemacarthur.ca
Robert@votemacarthur.ca
905.424.0155

The following is a copy of an email I recently sent to the CAO of Ajax- Brian Skinner and the Director of Finance, Rob Ford. Read the rest of this entry »

Just read this on metroland .  No comment from councillors or questions .  Approved. 

Rob Ford, the Town’s director of finance, says the $2.55-million tab was a high-level estimate done in the space of two weeks to meet the stimulus funding deadlines and it was done without the necessary due diligence to figure out exactly how much the project would cost in order to meet the stimulus funding deadlines.

“We really had no choice if we wanted to tap into the funding,”

Ok , it’s another level of governments fault.   Now I feel better.    Read the rest of this entry »

It was such a shock that it caused the ground to shake! 

The problem is — this person is brave but who the hell are they?  A google search brings up nothing, no community involvement, no advisory committee, nothing.

The person to win has to run,  perhaps loose, stick around,  be involved and then run again !  

There must be a new writer of the report cards!  This is the worse our council has ever received collectively. 

I have not been to a council meeting all year so I can’t really comment on anything but the overall environment. Now that my Mother’s house is sold and she is doing well in her apartment I can begin to follow things a bit better when the new term begins.  

I agree that our council does not debate enough– there is a difference between grandstanding and debating the issues.   The residents need to see councillors stand on things and if an issue is debated at the untelevised GGC meeting the same views should be expressed at the televised Council meeting.

This is due to having a long standing Mayor,  Mississauga suffered from the same type of environment before their Parrish came to the table.  

We have no challenger for Mayor and that is sad.  

Someone told me our Mayor was in a meeting with a Cabinet Minister in the Harris Government and other Mayors ,  he did not like what he heard and got up and left.    Isn’t that a bit hot headed ?   Not very diplomatic.    Our Mayor may stand against others in the Region but I still feel Ajax suffers from his personal relationships with those around us.   A kindergarden teacher probably put on his report card  “Does not play well with others”.   It is possible to oppose what you don’t believe in and still be respected by your peers.