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City looks to tackle local poverty with new action plan, new staffer
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14The city of Orillia - reducing poverty one 47,500.00 municipal employee job at a time. Just what we need - an expanding civil service.Good grief!
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Canada Post using 'upsetting' tactics amid strike: Orillia union rep
OrilliaMatters 9We need to shutter the entire post office and rethink the system from top down. No more home delivery, period. Sorting should be automated. Privatization should be investigated. A crown corporation is an anachronism that no longer serves a useful purpose.
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'Bit of a weird thing': New city traffic circle gets mixed reviews
OrilliaMatters 12You are right about your assessment of roundabouts but this silly thing is just a traffic calming measure they have chosen to call a "traffic circle ". Never going to be anything but a huge source of complaints. It's a cheap attempt to fix something that needs a much bigger fix.
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Overcrowded Comfie Cat Shelter in danger of being 'shut down'
OrilliaMatters 11Bylaws should be enacted and enforced that make it illegal for cats to roam free. Stray cats should be euthanized.
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City council slashes tax hike by more than 1.3%
OrilliaMatters 12Council really needs to push back on the OPP levy of over 5%. That's unrealistic and unreasonable. We should be pushing hard for no increases on policing, fire and emergency services.
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'All efforts are being made': Council gets update on climate action
OrilliaMatters 9How about focusing on 0 based budgets and 0 tax increases and reductions in costs and spending. We already know how to track that and frankly we are no where near leaders by any.measurement in any of those categories. Everything else is just noise and distortion to divert our attention. Let's focus on what's important and impactful and what we can track.
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Could county forest be used to help tackle local housing crisis?
OrilliaMatters 11The county forest idea makes no sense at all. These people are homeless and can't afford even basic vehicles for transportation. Why do you think it makes sense to stick them in remote locations where they have no access to health care, food or employment sources.
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Lauer slams city decision to settle on Orchard Point development
OrilliaMatters 2The building under construction meets every aspect of the city's planning document and should never have been denied. It makes perfect sense.
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COLUMN: Provincial ban on 'road diets' would leave a sour taste
OrilliaMatters 6Let's not forget that owners of gas powered vehicles pay for those streets and their maintenance through pretty steep gasoline taxes. Until bicycles users start to pay a proportionate share forget the "road diet".
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OPINION: Carbon tax is working, not to blame for inflation
OrilliaMatters 5Interesting that our liberal acolyte didn't mention how much of the tax is being spent on the ever increasing civil service to administer wacko schemes like this. Typical liberal policy program - tax and spend. After all how can we trust those dumb wage earners to know how best to spend their money. That should be left to government. We know what's best.
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'It's the safety': City exploring speed camera program for Orillia
OrilliaMatters 7How many serious accidents have we had in these community safety zones? Make no mistake, this is a cash grab no matter how they disguise it.
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Council to consider if on-demand transit should be tried in Orillia
OrilliaMatters 8Should have been implemented years ago using extended Van's or small buses. Don't need 700,000 behemoths running empty on scheduled routes 7 days a week.
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'It's the safety': City exploring speed camera program for Orillia
OrilliaMatters 6That's almost 8 mos but still, it's a cash grab, not a traffic calming and safety issue.
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As Black Friday looms, Canada Post lays off employees over the phone
OrilliaMatters 7They already have both of those things and yet continue to want more. We need to eliminate home delivery everywhere and automate where ever possible to reduce costs or the post office will never be competitive.
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Go meat-free, at least on World Vegetarian Day: Sustainable Orillia
OrilliaMatters 7Ducks, geese, moose, bear, venison, rabbit, grouse, - go one better- the original "fast food" and it's all organic.
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Province 'denying' science on supervised consumption sites: city councillor
OrilliaMatters 5Absolutely disagree. Want harm reduction? Reduce access to illegal drugs and restrict safe injection to withdrawal treatment within addiction treatment centre's. No committed to quit- no help.
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Penetang residents upset by 'ridiculous' Canada Post closures
OrilliaMatters 4The answer is clear. Close all of the corporate post offices. Franchise the services in drug stores and grocery stores. Convert all mail delivery to superboxes and contract the services wherever possible. Perhaps then it won't cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars annually to subsidize this inefficient Dinosaur.
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COLUMN Cancel culture wants to put the brakes on biking
OrilliaMatters 2If cyclists are so passionate let them pay for and develop their own transit routes. Cars pay for the roads we drive on and rules of the road are enforced. Bikers pay for nothing and mostly ignore the rules of the road.
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What priorities should Orillia OPP tackle in your neighbourhood?
OrilliaMatters 4The cost of policing in orillia is too high. We need to send their request for funding back and tell them to look for opportunities for cost savings and reductions of a minimum of 10 percent.
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Hunt geese, give meat to less fortunate to stem bacteria issues: councillor
OrilliaMatters 2Canadians who hunt geese eat them. Properly prepared it is highly nutritious, organic red meat. The practice of donating harvested wild game to food banks is very well established in many parts of the US and it should be investigated here .
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