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Orillia girl challenges age rule after being denied ride on bus
OrilliaMatters
24Here's a question... How was the driver able to immediately tell what age the riders were? Did he I.D. them? That would be really weird. Sounds like Mr. driver here needs to take a chill pill and do his job which is driving the bus. Also, they never said that the adult has to be related to or even know them, so does that mean this driver is going to see an adult with a child and just automatically assume that everything is on the level? That's not helpful either...
3- Chris Mercer
COLUMN: Sobering reality is city made right choice about alcohol
OrilliaMatters 5They have absolutely no problem with people buying beer and drinking at their beer tents during the summer... What's to stop someone from getting too intoxicated there and causing a problem within the park?
3- Chris Mercer
Loblaw’s body camera pilot rolls out, raising privacy concerns
BayToday 6Unfortunately, there's no such thing as PRIVACY in a PUBLIC SETTING. If you go where people are, they're gonna see you. If they happen to be recording... Deal with it.
1- Chris Mercer
GUEST COLUMN: West Orillia is not right place for the new hospital
OrilliaMatters 1I think of RVH in Barrie: very hard to get to or even find if you're not familiar with the geography of the area.
2- Chris Mercer
Bench policy, downtown parking fees on city council's agenda Monday
OrilliaMatters 3They haven't offered ANY specific reason why the benches were moved. I'd like to hear ANYTHING about it... No matter how misguided they may be.
- Chris Mercer
We 'need to get this right': County stepping in to help tackle food insecurity crisis in Orillia
OrilliaMatters 2I keep saying to people... It's less about the fact that we don't make enough money... Everything is ridiculously expensive. If things were more affordable, we wouldn't need as much money. But as the wages increase, so does the cost of living (apparently the prices go up at a quicker rate too, according to certain articles I've read recently...)
1- Chris Mercer
Orillia's automated speed camera program ends tonight
OrilliaMattersIf you want to save taxpayer money, stop hospitalizing people who hurt themselves by being stupid drivers.
2- Chris Mercer
'Worst year': Orillia business owner calls for downtown parking changes
OrilliaMatters 1Since when do we have a problem with Amazon? Almost everything A Liquidation Auctions is directly from Amazon...
- Chris Mercer
'Worst year': Orillia business owner calls for downtown parking changes
OrilliaMatters 1@MM314 I'm saying that just because a store is "local" it doesn't mean they don't constantly get deliveries from online suppliers. I really don't think you can blame parking prices on people not frequenting any store. People are going to find deals that are affordable and don't end up quickly wearing out. I have seen some of the shoes for sale there, and I can confidently say that some of those were subpar quality. Either way, my point is that Amazon isn't necessarily stealing business from people down here, considering half of their stuff is sourced from random online places. Especially all these specialty stores that focus on a particular interest or hobby. How do we expect these people to continue owning businesses if they can't get the merchandise they need? And what is a practical solution moving forward? It certainly isn't confusing everyone with one way streets.
- Chris Mercer
Trash talk: City's clear garbage bag program shows clear success
OrilliaMattersHow about emptying out the full and overflowing garbage cans on the main street? That would be cool.
- Chris Mercer
COLUMN: Sobering reality is city made right choice about alcohol
OrilliaMattersCan you provide me with more details that describe the process of "dealing with" the intoxicated?
- Chris Mercer
COLUMN: Sobering reality is city made right choice about alcohol
OrilliaMattersWell then, they broke the law when I was there because I left drunk.
- Chris Mercer
