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12Stupidity wins.
22- Onlooker
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25Out of 450 municipalities in Ontario,,, 43 had opted to grab as much cash as possible from its residents,, Explain the stupidity??, ´, Well over 400 municipalities opted not to rip off their residents !!
6- Grouchy
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10Stupidity reigns supreme. No one should be surprised, just disappointed.
16- Glen Morehouse
COLUMN: Orillia's 'forced sprawl' comes with a huge price tag
26I’m surprised that Mark Bisset missed the point of the problem. The issue is the low revenue from industrial commercial tax base. Developers keep building residential because that’s where the profit is while the city needs to provide the schools and rec centres etc. We need to limit residential growth until the industrial commercial tax base can catch up to cover more of the city costs.
- GMetz
Council OKs three projects, sending proposed tax hike up to 2.85%
242.85% is already above the inflation rate, and we still have to add policing and Simcoe County costs. Shouldn’t we get those before okaying these expenditures? Why would they ok the budget before these numbers come in?
1- Dennis Woodman
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10If it saves children’s lives, is it still a rip off?
15- Carleton
COLUMN: Lessons from Finland, a nation that chose to end homelessness
17It does seem like the issue isn't can we but more like will we. We could easily redirect funds from legacy and vanity projects like tunnel studies and closing beer stores and out thst funding into government projects to build affordable housing. Can we? Yes why not do it. But will we? Well not in Ontario with this government that's for sure. Maybe Manitoba. It's a national disgrace that we have hungry children and unhoused people.
6- we'll see
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15Of course the mayor considered it a success. He has the same attitude as Trump. Everything he does is not for the people or Orillia, it is for his ego. That money he conned from local residents in the middle of summer was a disgrace. Using the excuse it is for the kids which is malarky. .
7- whoknows
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7I'm curious if we can charge Ford with criminal negligence causing injury if ANYONE gets hit by a car in any of those spots in the next 6 months?
15- Brad Mathews
Council OKs three projects, sending proposed tax hike up to 2.85%
20Make business pay for there own recycling and then get rid of Doug Ford’s terrible representative Jill (photo -op) Dunlop.
1- lashlarue
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13🥳
8- Wondering Why
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8I guess if you’re okay with the ambulance or fire truck taking a little longer…. then okay intall speed bumps. Personally, I , like the majority prefer cameras. However in Ford’s world…. it’s all about cars. It’s too bad we can’t rely on people to follow the law of the road. The volume of tickets for speeding proves the point.
13- Bob Dean
Council OKs three projects, sending proposed tax hike up to 2.85%
11More than 7 years into his reign and Doug Ford still can't get a proper recycling program in place. Abject failure!And who foots the bill? Municipal taxpayers of course. "Producer Paid" is just lipstick on the downloading pig. Talk about a cash grab.
8- Onlooker
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9Happy Days
9- T69
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16Carleton: I really think infrastructure that forces people to slow down is a better choice. Ignorant drivers will not be significantly deterred by tickets. Speed bumps can do significant damage to a car if not obeyed.
2- Danny Galea
COLUMN: Orillia's 'forced sprawl' comes with a huge price tag
16Excellent analysis by Mr. Bissett. We have been continually conned into believing that growth and expansion are good for all Canadians when it is clear that developers are the ones who have lined their pockets (as well as contributing to like minded politicians) at the expense of the municipal taxpayers. The other aspects of continual growth, excessive traffic, pollution, stress on finite services are also important factors that have often been overlooked.
2- Frankensense
BREAKING: Mayor uses veto power to cut tax increase to 0%
14If there was any doubt this mayor is running again in the election - here is your answer. This is basically the start of his campaign.
4- terror adagio
BREAKING: Mayor uses veto power to cut tax increase to 0%
9I think some councilors have forgotten the cost to taxpayers to clean up their property after the major ice storm. In some cases property owners paid out thousands of dollars that they did not expect to pay out . In some caes the icestorm clean up cost was more then their total tax bill for the year .
8- Mel St.Onge
COLUMN: Orillia's 'forced sprawl' comes with a huge price tag
15A very enlightening article. This statement pretty much sums it up; "If everyone’s OK with a model where costs escalate endlessly, services diminish, the environment is eroded and farms vanish while a few people get very rich and a growing majority struggle to pay for groceries and housing, well, OK." Hopefully, the Mayor and council of Orillia can see the downside as there really isn't an upside. JMO.
1- Shelle Hossack
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10Too little too late McIsaac.It’s going to take more than that to win over votes
6- HolidayG
