I have offered all new candidates the opportunity to send me stuff and I will post what they write. The following is an email I received from Robert MacArthur. He is running for Ward 1 Councillor.
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Lisa Patel
26 Hirons Drive
Ajax, ON L1S 7N6
Home: 905-426-5958
Business: 416-826-6446
E-mail: info@lisapatel.com
Nominated: 30-Jul-10 at 10:30 a.m.
Lisa was on or is on the Land Division Committee , Linda Everson went before the committee for a planning issue she was involved in. There is a relationship here of some sorts. If you are a homeowner and you want to sever part of your land to sell , you have to go to the land division committee.
Lisa ran against Pat Brown in the last election , people may know her from Rogers Television also.
Okay, now the election is getting a bit more fun!
As a new realigned ward 3 resident , I am not happy about the location of the Candidates debate, I have to go all the way to Lakeside Park School, Ward 4 goes all the way up to Highway 2 and their debate is at Southwood Park school. Right off the bat , the new areas of these wards, don’t matter.
If we were At Large, I would not care but we cling to the ward system here. Ward 3 or 4 debate should be north of the 401.
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!
I read in the Friday edition of the Advertiser that Nancy Henry is part of a residents group opposing a Condo building development on Rossland and Harwood. I wish the residents well. I usually advocate for higher density , especially on arterial routes, Rossland is a cross Regional road and therefore has higher order transit planned for it. This plot of land sat for too long in my opinion and everything around it is houses. In this case I don’t think it would work.
My comments about this issue can be found here– not the main post but I wrote a comment and mentioned it. I asked to be emailed in regards to information on this project and I received nothing to date.
Low rise maybe but not a highrise this location.
I had sent an email asking Nancy what brought her to the election and have not heard back yet , then I read the paper when I got home. I look forward to following this issue and hearing from her. The developer is going straight to the OMB also. The Town claims it is waiting for more documentation and the developer blames the election. Not a good working relationship from the sounds of it and that will not be good for residents.
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