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Downtown merchants call for free holiday parking to be reinstated
OrilliaMatters
11Downtown merchants may want to look at creating and paying into a fund throughout the year to cover the costs of the downtown parking for the months of November and/or December as a way to draw in more customers. However, asking tax payers to absorb the cost associated with your private business is ridiculous and not a good business model
5- M.Frank
Downtown merchants call for free holiday parking to be reinstated
OrilliaMatters 4Krampus, that is a fair point but it is also the point being made in the article. When the parking is made free its not always used by paying customers and benefitting the stores. I appreciate that rent/taxes are higher for commercially owned locations, but its still unacceptable to expect tax payers to absorb a businesses expenses. Would you find it acceptable for tax payer dollars to go towards the mall or walmarts parking? I know I am not okay with it
5- M.Frank
Recycling pickup in Orillia moving to every other week with new carts
OrilliaMatters 5I hope the bins have animal locking devices and that the trucks will fit into the townhouse complexes all around town. People wont be pulling massive bins that are 4' tall out to the main roads
1- M.Frank
'Very upset': Residents fume after 40 trees cut down at Orillia park
OrilliaMatters 5They are being removed across Orillia. My community lost over 20 trees last summer, having to be cut down due to Emerald Ash Borer. A simple google search could provide more details on how it destroys trees and spreads.
- M.Frank
Over 4,000 tickets issued in Orillia as speed cameras nab fast drivers
OrilliaMatters 5Do you often make up scenarios to justify your opinion? Political leanings and parties had nothing to do with people being held accountable for their speeding. The cameras and the speeds were posted well in advance, city employees who generate speeding tickets will be held accountable through their employer, the same as anyone caught speeding in a work vehicle.
- M.Frank
'Money grab': Petition challenges fairness of Orillia speed cameras
OrilliaMatters 3San, we are already being tracked by AI. Have a cellphone? Fitbit/smart watch? Your being tracked and all stats are being gathered. I appreciate your concern, but its a day late and a dollar short in 2025. Warnings about the cameras were posted well in advance and many believe that people need to pay the piper when they break our community and societal rules.
- M.Frank
Over 4,000 tickets issued in Orillia as speed cameras nab fast drivers
OrilliaMatters 1You are absolutely correct, it is easy to say obey the law. Laws exist for a reason. Should they follow your advice and keep those areas at 40, at all times, you can rest assured some people will still speed, breaking the law. If you don't like the cameras either drive on another road or drive the speed limit
2- M.Frank
Weird and wonderful: Inked Circus Tattoo Expo a hit (12 photos)
OrilliaMattersWhat a rude and inappropriate thing to write. Please look up the meaning before using such defamatory word.
2- M.Frank
Money-losing TOK Transit seeks more cash from city, wants to build new facility
OrilliaMatters 1@MG920 not sure why you believe that the those in the city paying to take the bus to work, facing the same economy as everyone else should some how subsidize others. Especially those on social assistance, they are already receiving assistance off the backs of the working class. The bus is my only source of transportation to go to work, grocery shopping and doctor appointments so I guess in your estimation some fictional benefactor should pay for my pass too.
- M.Frank
Downtown merchants call for free holiday parking to be reinstated
OrilliaMattersNoMore, Unfortunately I do not know of any parking revenue program meant to help create more spaces, but I think that would be a great idea. What I do know is that the the bus going up to the mall is a shared cost. What I do know is that on Wednesday, March 06, 2019 the City of Orillia postes the breakdown: "The total cost of running transit service to the mall is $47,500, which was historically paid by the mall annually, and will now be divided between the mall ($15,000), the Township of Severn ($15,000) and the City of Orillia ($17,500)." This was done in order to retain employment opportunities for our community and to ensure that our seniors were able to safely make it to the grocery store, as it is a geographical food desert. As a tax payer I am not happy we are subsidizing it, but the outcomes seem to warrant it. Just one persons opinion though
- M.Frank
Money-losing TOK Transit seeks more cash from city, wants to build new facility
OrilliaMattersThree to four riders? I am not sure what times you ride the bus but as a blue collar family going to work, my household uses it daily. Does it need work? Yes. It needs to run on time, redirect some route funding into Owls vehicles so those going to work, thus paying for the discounted seniors and all the free student passed, can actually get to work on time. But short buses and vans as our transit system for a community of over 35k? Get real
- M.Frank
Orillia reacquires 'landmark' train station property for $1.2M
OrilliaMattersNo Ellen. No one is going to be okay with a heritage property that cost over $1 million being turned into a structured encampment.
- M.Frank
County councillors reject punitive organics collection policy
OrilliaMattersPunitive measures even being considered is ridiculous. I rarely put out organics, but that doesn't mean I am putting it in my garbage. People have their own compost piles, some people have worm farms and its no ones business how and what others throw out.
- M.Frank
