Bits and Bytes
Haven't posted much on here lately, but there are a few things over the past while that I need to comment on.
Congratulations to Dave Levac on being elected speaker for the Ontario Legislature. Dave gets a hefty raise and a swanky apartment in Toronto. The voters of Brant are left without a voice in debates or anyone to raise our concerns.
Odd how the City needed to buy the former strip club on Dalhousie St. so that the adult entertainment designation could be removed, and then sold it at a considerable loss. Then on New Years Eve a show featuring strippers is held in the city owned Sanderson Centre. Somethings are only suitable on a certain side of the street it seems.
Strange how the number of people in Brantford with jobs hardly changes but the unemployment rate continues to fall sharply.
Why is there even a Municipal Act to govern the way the city conducts it's business if there are no consequence for contravening this Act? And aren't these the same people who expect us to follow the rules that they enact?
Anyone else find it ironic that there is a land occupation occurring on the Six Nations Reserve by a group of disgruntled native youth? Wonder where they learned that tactic?
Doesn't it go to prove Gary McHale's contention that there are two sets of laws being used in Caledonia every time that he is arrested there?
Why are we told that the only way to cut the excessively large increase to Brantford property taxes is with service cuts, yet there was $300,000 available as a grant to the Arts Block? Of course, their building is located in the downtown, the grants capital of Canada. Also, there was $108,000 available to change signs at the WGSC.
Strange how a mayor who ran on a platform of openness and transparency is anything but.
How can the city expect to enforce it's snow clearing bylaw when such laws have been ruled illegal by the Ontario Court of Appeal and it only applies to certain properties with sidewalks anyway. (Many city owned properties have no sidewalks in front of them). Would most likely not survive a Charter of Rights challenge either. (Also see Municipal Act compliance above).
Maybe the city could save money by requiring homeowners to shovel the street in front of their house as well.
Is Brantford really a city, or just a Brand?
Congratulations to Dave Levac on being elected speaker for the Ontario Legislature. Dave gets a hefty raise and a swanky apartment in Toronto. The voters of Brant are left without a voice in debates or anyone to raise our concerns.
Odd how the City needed to buy the former strip club on Dalhousie St. so that the adult entertainment designation could be removed, and then sold it at a considerable loss. Then on New Years Eve a show featuring strippers is held in the city owned Sanderson Centre. Somethings are only suitable on a certain side of the street it seems.
Strange how the number of people in Brantford with jobs hardly changes but the unemployment rate continues to fall sharply.
Why is there even a Municipal Act to govern the way the city conducts it's business if there are no consequence for contravening this Act? And aren't these the same people who expect us to follow the rules that they enact?
Anyone else find it ironic that there is a land occupation occurring on the Six Nations Reserve by a group of disgruntled native youth? Wonder where they learned that tactic?
Doesn't it go to prove Gary McHale's contention that there are two sets of laws being used in Caledonia every time that he is arrested there?
Why are we told that the only way to cut the excessively large increase to Brantford property taxes is with service cuts, yet there was $300,000 available as a grant to the Arts Block? Of course, their building is located in the downtown, the grants capital of Canada. Also, there was $108,000 available to change signs at the WGSC.
Strange how a mayor who ran on a platform of openness and transparency is anything but.
How can the city expect to enforce it's snow clearing bylaw when such laws have been ruled illegal by the Ontario Court of Appeal and it only applies to certain properties with sidewalks anyway. (Many city owned properties have no sidewalks in front of them). Would most likely not survive a Charter of Rights challenge either. (Also see Municipal Act compliance above).
Maybe the city could save money by requiring homeowners to shovel the street in front of their house as well.
Is Brantford really a city, or just a Brand?
posted by The Grouchy Old Man at 4:36 PM
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