Vote…

Here is a link to pictures I took on Saturday at the First Openhouse of the Kawartha Miniature Project.   Select slide show to see the images larger. 

My friend Peter Elliot was moved to create something for Peterborough after hearing about the closing of Cullen Gardens.   All the buildings have history in the Peterborough- Kawartha area.

It has been opened for one season and the buildings are beautiful,  more are in the works.  

Normally the Riverview Village is only able to be viewed while riding on the train in the zoo, the Open House was a chance to see the buildings up close.   M.P.P. Jeaf Leal was there to present a plaque from the Trillium Foundation. 

If you get a chance to go to the Peterborough Zoo , make sure you ride the train to see the village.

This is a volunteer endeavor and they are hoping to recruit more members.

Edit:  Peter did not build the miniatures in this set, the members of the group be formed did,  Peter is working on a building for it now though.  

This is going to tick some people off but in my true natured self…. I don’t care.

 In the 90’s when they uploaded education to the Province it was done I guess to make things more equitable across the Province, make all school boards poor so at least the child from Rosedale will be as bad off as the kid from Kapuskasing.

 Whatever your thoughts on this does not matter because it will never be reversed and I bet most municipalities are happy to be rid of dictating tax increases for education.  It is easier to point and blame the province for all things education and the Boards do the same thing– “we don’t get enough money” , there will never be enough I think.

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I am working on some “misinformation”  where I have I heard that term before???  I get the feeling that if residents know something Council/Staff does not — we are misinformed

Pavilion:  Those are my tax dollars at work so I want to be able to access the area and not feel like an interloper but I don’t want to be where I am not welcome, please find a solution and work with the community.

Citizens of Ajax, there has been a few issues I have read about in the paper that have residents trying to be heard.  The most important day to be heard is election day and we still get less then 30%, way less then that coming out to vote.   Take those feelings and remember them in November 2010!  Is it fair that about 23% are voting in the 7 people that are charting the course for this town??? 

 No it is not.   Read the rest of this entry »

I came across this post on muniblogs written by a councillorin the Simcoe County area.  Theme is spending money without council input.

I have been busy lately so it has been a bit quiet on this blog I know.  Monday’s council meeting will be interesting to go to and perhaps I will be inspired! 

On an unrelated note- I went to a local Tim’s to meet a friend coming in on the GO bus from Whitby and my son and I rode our bikes, took over 5 minutes to find somewhere to lock our bikes!  I asked the staff to pass on the comment to the manager about bike racks.  

I would like to see existing business’s acquire bike racks for those that choose to use a bike as a method of transportation in Ajax and need to park them outside YOUR BUSINESS where we are deciding to spend some money! 

I received a letter in the mail a while ago, it was from my Doctor’s office.  She never writes so I was immediately concerned about the contents of this letter. 

She is leaving her practice at the end of May and has offered a few choices,  enrol in her practice somewhere in the core of the city, find a new doctor and pay to have my files transferred.  I managed to get in a final appointment before she leaves.    This also leaves the hospital with one less Doctor. Read the rest of this entry »

With all the doom and gloom around, Hospital issues and GM , here is something positive for a change.

Saturday May 31st is the Lancaster Ball, a fundraiser for the hospital.  Brian Johnson is the organizer of this event.  $200.00 per ticket , a worthy cause. 

I am not sure of contact info so if you want to be contacted regarding tickets, email me and I will forward it on.

The Hospital rally had a good turnout then I read about the incident of the Sr. Parish not letting Joe Dickson speak.  Petty to bring possible personal issues into something that affects a lot of people.    Mr. Dickson while on local council was never known to be a Jr. Parish foot soldier.

I still think Lottery payouts should be reduced and more money for the hospitals from Ontario Lottery money.
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Unrelated note: With the nice weather here I have seen so many kids out riding bikes with no helmuts, all ages.   Please remember it is the law for kids under 18 to wear a helmut.  My kid never rides his bike without it and neither do I.    

With all this hospital trouble we need to do everything we can to stay out of it!

I gave my delegation, members of the Ontario Ombudsman office were there and no one even bothered to ask them any questions,  councillors that voted to spend OUR tax dollars in the event there is an investigation at a cost of $1,250.00 per day plus expenses— no minimum or maximum are the following.
The Mayor, Colleen Jordan— no it is not the $300 per year that is the problem! — Joanne Dies, Pat Brown and the new guy– Renrick Ashby.  

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I have been busy and with the weather being nice I will be slowing down my posting schedule of which I never really had one, I write when I feel like it, the day this blog becomes a burden to me is the day it gets shut down.

I am making a delegation again to our Council on Monday in regards to the Closed Meeting investigator and hopefully someone from the Ombudsman office and LAS will be in attendance.

Please read this previous post if you are unsure about what this issue really means.

I have no idea how this will go but I feel strongly the issue needs to be looked into again.

If you can come to the meeting that would be great.  

The following notice was received recently  in an email. 

Please be advised that Ms. Mary Flynn-Guglietti, solicitor for Whitetail, will be making a delegation before this Thursday’s meeting of General Government Committee. She will be making a request that Council grant relief from the current conditions of draft approval as they pertain to construction access requirements. Essentially she will be requesting, on behalf of Whitetail, that residential construction traffic be allowed by way of Horton Street. 
 
This item will be discussed in Open Session at 2:00 pm this Thursday April 24, 2008 in the River Plate Room of Town Hall, 65 Harwood Avenue South.
 
Please call if you require any additional information, or if you wish to speak to this matter.

Geoff Romanowski
Senior Planner
Town of Ajax
Planning & Development Services
905.619.2529 ext. 205
geoff.romanowski@townofajax.com

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April 14th Council meeting had a notice of motion by councillor Shaun Collier to reopen the closed meeting investigator service contract to LAS.  April 28th is the Council meeting and there may be a guest from the Ombudsman office - I am not 100% sure however and a representative from LAS is also suppose to be invited, again just going on what I was told. Read the rest of this entry »