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Orillia CAO taking top administrative job in Ramara Township
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27"implementation of the Orillia Recreation Centre, Hydro One’s community investment, the redevelopment of Orillia’s waterfront" More accurately- the 20 year bungling of the Rec Centre, the sell-off of our Orillia Power distribution (with no jobs added) and the destruction of Orillia's waterfront for a development nobody asked for.
4- OrilliaResident
'The town of no Halloween': City halts pirate ship construction
OrilliaMatters 6Absolutely. Nobody in the neighborhood wants the thing. A friend joked that it should have a building permit but it is that big.
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'The town of no Halloween': City halts pirate ship construction
OrilliaMatters 8Come have a look at it. It looks nothing like the picture and is indeed a hazzard. Not to mention the neighbors absolutely do not want it. Follow the rules like everyone else!
15- OrilliaResident
'The town of no Halloween': City halts pirate ship construction
OrilliaMatters 8Good luck telling bylaw to "get lost." It's easy to call people Karen's, but I invite you to come take a look at the monstrosity. Interesting they were "intending" to do the food drive. Had those intentions been communicated to anyone?
15- OrilliaResident
City to spend $6.6M to refurbish cooling system at Orillia rec centre
OrilliaMatters 14The Rec Center is a big money pit that has been mismanaged since it's inception. Orillia can't get anything right it seems...
8- OrilliaResident
'It's the safety': City exploring speed camera program for Orillia
OrilliaMatters 9Say no to traffic cameras. Despite what's being said, this isn't about safety and is all about money.
11- OrilliaResident
'It's the safety': City exploring speed camera program for Orillia
OrilliaMatters 12You'd think so. Policing is the single biggest line item on our city budget yet you only see them in West Ridge.
4- OrilliaResident
City of Orillia has 87 employees on 2024 Sunshine List
OrilliaMatters 9Absolutely disgusting.
7- OrilliaResident
'The town of no Halloween': City halts pirate ship construction
OrilliaMatters 6Danny Galea The article mentions "the community" multiple times, yet not one single quote from anyone "in the community" was the point of mentioning the neighborhood. They didn't even come out to take an updated picture of the thing in question; the one pictured isn't the one that was complained about. Why should people not follow the rules and then wonder why there's a problem?
10- OrilliaResident
'Atrocious' licensing fee puts several Orillia short-term rentals in peril
OrilliaMatters 9Well, like most commentors these STR people aren't getting any sympathy from me. After living next to one and contacting my councilor, the fee is the bare minimum and consistent other municipalities' rules. These STRs have exacerbated the housing shortage and greedy people ruined it for these seemingly legit ones. The biggest takeaway from this article is the enforcement clearly isn't being done if only 7 out of over 100 are complying. Get fining those not paying!
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'The town of no Halloween': City halts pirate ship construction
OrilliaMatters 5Danny Galea- It sounds like the bylaw people did try to find a common ground, but none was found. They built a structure way bigger than before, hoping to skirt the rules, and now they are relying on disingenuous pictures and statements to get their way. Now there's an article and petition to further their "cause."So by not bothering to get an updated picture or any other opposing viewpoints, what are we getting? Not "news" in the conventional sense at least.The bylaw department was quite clear. Again, despite the claims made, it still didn't pass the test.So, if you think you're right, based solely off this article, you're not getting the full picture so to speak.
4- OrilliaResident
Ontario’s ‘unofficial estimate’ of homeless population is 234,
OrilliaMatters 3That's pretty debatable. The government rarely does anything under budget. Anything "affordable" is usually highly subsidized.
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Open your wallets: City looking at potential 6.94% tax hike
OrilliaMatters 2There's about a half dozen officers in single person patrols on any given night, covering a huge area. Other than their overpriced salaries, higher ranking officers and support staff make up a stupid amount of the cost. We never should have got rid of Orillia Police.
3- OrilliaResident
Automated speed enforcement cameras coming to Orillia in 90 days
OrilliaMatters 1It is interesting they've decided to focus on such a small area. Considering our police budget, shouldn't they be able to at least enforce speed? Seems like a money grab from council.
4- OrilliaResident
Citizens help council pinpoint 3 policing priorities for Orillia OPP
OrilliaMatters 3I'm not seeing much input from other councilors. We aren't getting good value for what we pay the OPP. And now splitting their time in the outside communities has allowed the downtown to become what it has.
2- OrilliaResident
City of Orillia has 87 employees on 2024 Sunshine List
OrilliaMatters 4It says in the article...
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What priorities should Orillia OPP tackle in your neighbourhood?
OrilliaMatters 3Community policing. More units in Orillia. Less waste. Single patrols for all of our huge geographic area clearly aren't working.
1- OrilliaResident
'Safe place': Orillia library recognized for social worker initiative
OrilliaMatters 2Libraries used to be places of knowledge but now hand put snack, tents and supplies..
2- OrilliaResident
Hike in policing costs could handcuff Oro-Medonte at budget time
OrilliaMatters 3Perhaps the article should mention that the OPP contract specifies it's the highest paid in the province, regardless of jurisdiction? Also, what about the shared building (new West Orillia detachment) and resources with surrounding municipalities? What about the increases in crime and decreases in patrols (only one officer in each car and they have a larger area to patrol; Orillia, Severn, Rama, Oro, etc)?
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COLUMN: Silence isn't always golden when dealing with school board
OrilliaMatters 3Get rid of school boards entirely. From lack of transparency to fiscal mismanagement, we've been seeing how irresponsible these taxpayer-funded boards can be.
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