Friday, September 30, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
QUARRY STORY
If you want to see an amazing site, visit Portland Ct. USA. There you will see an abandoned brownstone quarry. It is visually massive and yet it is only 37 acres by 80 feet and it is filled with water now.
From Wikipedia:
"Quarrying on this site began in 1690 by James Stanclift, who contracted with the town of Middletown to build stonework in exchange for a deed of land. Commercial quarrying started in 1783 when the Brainerd Quarry Company began operations. During the peak of the brownstone era, more than 1500 workers were employed by the quarries, which shipped stone on their own ships for eight months out of the year.[5] Proceeds from the quarrying business were deeded to Wesleyan University from 1833 through 1884, and stone from the quarries was used to build many campus buildings.[6] As tastes in buildings shifted, and concrete became the material of choice, the demand for brownstone declined. A flood in 1936 and a hurricane in 1938 flooded the quarries, ending their operations.[5] All efforts to drain the flooded quarries have been unsuccessful; one theory is that the floods opened some underground springs, making it impossible to effectively drain the quarries.[6]"
Wikipedia needs to be updated because the Managing Director of Brownstone Exploration & Discovery Park advised recently that they have come to the understanding that the quarry flooded when the Connecticut river came up and over the 500 year flood mark (the road) during the 1938 hurricane. They have seen pictures that show the quarry flooded within 30 minutes from the time the water breached the road.
I am SURE Baupost, aka Klarman, aka Highland Companies knows about this because Portland Ct is just a stone's throw from Boston.
Now we all know what can happen.
From Wikipedia:
"Quarrying on this site began in 1690 by James Stanclift, who contracted with the town of Middletown to build stonework in exchange for a deed of land. Commercial quarrying started in 1783 when the Brainerd Quarry Company began operations. During the peak of the brownstone era, more than 1500 workers were employed by the quarries, which shipped stone on their own ships for eight months out of the year.[5] Proceeds from the quarrying business were deeded to Wesleyan University from 1833 through 1884, and stone from the quarries was used to build many campus buildings.[6] As tastes in buildings shifted, and concrete became the material of choice, the demand for brownstone declined. A flood in 1936 and a hurricane in 1938 flooded the quarries, ending their operations.[5] All efforts to drain the flooded quarries have been unsuccessful; one theory is that the floods opened some underground springs, making it impossible to effectively drain the quarries.[6]"
Wikipedia needs to be updated because the Managing Director of Brownstone Exploration & Discovery Park advised recently that they have come to the understanding that the quarry flooded when the Connecticut river came up and over the 500 year flood mark (the road) during the 1938 hurricane. They have seen pictures that show the quarry flooded within 30 minutes from the time the water breached the road.
I am SURE Baupost, aka Klarman, aka Highland Companies knows about this because Portland Ct is just a stone's throw from Boston.
Now we all know what can happen.
Monday, September 26, 2011
DO THE PCS DESERVE YOUR VOTE IN DUFFERIN CALEDON?
Gravel Watch's question to all leaders in the October 6 provincial election:
Will your party commit to undertaking a comprehensive and transparent review of the aggregate policy and regulatory framework in Ontario if you were to form the next Provincial Government?
...in a nutshell, lots of verbage from everyone except the conservatives who's official message was: declined to answer.
http://www.gravelwatch.org/orig-gw/misc/Answers-from-political-parties.pdf
If you think Sylvia deserves YOUR vote, please read this again and again.
Will your party commit to undertaking a comprehensive and transparent review of the aggregate policy and regulatory framework in Ontario if you were to form the next Provincial Government?
...in a nutshell, lots of verbage from everyone except the conservatives who's official message was: declined to answer.
http://www.gravelwatch.org/orig-gw/misc/Answers-from-political-parties.pdf
If you think Sylvia deserves YOUR vote, please read this again and again.
NO WARNING
This is an article about a system gone wrong and more importantly about a system that doesn't seem that hi-tec or infallable:
However, several business owners in a commercial strip mall about a kilometre downhill from the gravel pit said Mid-Island Aggregates makes a habit of warning them when blasting is scheduled, but issued no such advisory this week.“Normally they’ll phone us the day before to tell us they’ll be blasting, but this time they didn’t, which is unusual,” said Doug Nestor, who owns a Nutri-Lawn franchise in the mall. Steve Cross, owner of South Shawnigan Auto & Marine a few doors away, said previous blasting in the gravel pit has been preceded by, and followed by, a warning signal he described as “three loud beeps,” something that did not occur on Tuesday.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/no-warning-signal-heard-before-shawnigan-lake-gravel-pit-blast/article2174216/
Well no wonder Highlands has been burning and blasting the housing stock in Melancthon, that many less people to put on their speed dial to "warn" them eight times a day, seven days a week (NOT stat holidays) between the hours of 10 and 3 about an impending blast.
Wonder who calls when something goes wrong?
Sunday, September 25, 2011
HILL OF BEANS AND KNOWLTONS MORE SPECTACULAR MEDIA CAMPAIGNS
If you aren't sure who Hill of Beans and Knowlton are, they are the PR guru's who replaced Daniher.
Big stupid and insane projects takes big spin, takes big PR, and takes big money. Like the American government OR someone with more money, like Seth Klarman.
Here are some hi-lites/low-lites from Hill of Beans and Knowlton's campaigns:
Excerpts from Mother of All Wars
"If and when a shooting war starts, reporters will begin to wonder why American soldiers are dying for oil-rich sheiks," warned Hal Steward, a retired army PR official. "The US military had better get cracking to come up with a public relations plan that will supply the answers the public can accept."71http://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy10.html
Steward needn't have worried. A PR plan was already in place, paid for almost entirely by the "oil-rich sheiks" themselves.
The man running Hill & Knowlton's Washington office was Craig Fuller, one of Bush's closest friends and inside political advisors. The news media never bothered to examine Fuller's role until after the war had ended, but if America's editors had read the PR trade press, they might have noticed this announcement, published in O'Dwyer's PR Services before the fighting began: "Craig L. Fuller, chief of staff to Bush when he was vice-president, has been on the Kuwaiti account at Hill & Knowlton since the first day. For more click here: http://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy10.html
Hill & Knowlton's Maldives Role Still Generating Heat
H&K's lead consultant on the account, Tim Fallon, is saying nothing. It appears that Fallon, who posted a blog in October 2006 defending his work for the regime, blogs no more.
http://www.prwatch.org/spin/2008/01/6882/hill-knowltons-maldives-role-still-generating-heat
Risky Business: The World According to Hill & Knowlton
"Risk communication is about two things," Buckmaster said (Chairman and General Manager Thomas Buckmaster) "scaring people into action and trying to reassure them into inaction." Although corporate crisis management focuses on "reassuring into inaction," he noted noted that PR firms are sometimes hired to inflame rather than downplay fears. http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/1997Q1/risky.html
Corporate Think Tank Dives into Water Policy
"I have, for many years now, believed that water is the greatest environmental challenge facing the world in the 21st century," Whitman stated, in a speech at WPI's inaugural meeting. The Water Policy Institute's chair is former New Jersey governor and Environmental Protection Agency head Christine Todd Whitman. After leaving the EPA, Whitman founded her own public relations firm. The Whitman Strategy Group's clients include FMC Corporation, a chemical and pesticide manufacturer; the oil company Chevron's Environmental Management Company; and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), an industry lobby group. Since 2006, Whitman has co-chaired the NEI-funded and Hill & Knowlton-managed Clean and Safe Energy Coalition, a pro-nuclear front group. http://www.prwatch.org/news/2009/04/8347/corporate-think-tank-dives-water-policy
Hill & Knowlton Uses Environmentalists to Peddle Coppertone
The thinning ozone layer leaves us exposed to increasing Ultra Violet (UV) radiation, increasing skin cancer deaths, cataracts and damaged immune systems. Bad news? Not if you are the drug transnational Schering-Plough, or its PR firm, Hill & Knowlton.
Hill & Knowlton's Nina Oligino has persuaded some national environmental groups to add their names to the "Partner" letterhead, including Friends of the Earth, National Resources Defense Council, and the Sierra Club. http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/1994Q3/coppertone.html
Way more, click here:
http://www.prwatch.org/search/node/Knowlton
And thanks to rabble.ca for the lead on this.
Big stupid and insane projects takes big spin, takes big PR, and takes big money. Like the American government OR someone with more money, like Seth Klarman.
Here are some hi-lites/low-lites from Hill of Beans and Knowlton's campaigns:
Excerpts from Mother of All Wars
"If and when a shooting war starts, reporters will begin to wonder why American soldiers are dying for oil-rich sheiks," warned Hal Steward, a retired army PR official. "The US military had better get cracking to come up with a public relations plan that will supply the answers the public can accept."71http://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy10.html
Steward needn't have worried. A PR plan was already in place, paid for almost entirely by the "oil-rich sheiks" themselves.
The man running Hill & Knowlton's Washington office was Craig Fuller, one of Bush's closest friends and inside political advisors. The news media never bothered to examine Fuller's role until after the war had ended, but if America's editors had read the PR trade press, they might have noticed this announcement, published in O'Dwyer's PR Services before the fighting began: "Craig L. Fuller, chief of staff to Bush when he was vice-president, has been on the Kuwaiti account at Hill & Knowlton since the first day. For more click here: http://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy10.html
Hill & Knowlton's Maldives Role Still Generating Heat
H&K's lead consultant on the account, Tim Fallon, is saying nothing. It appears that Fallon, who posted a blog in October 2006 defending his work for the regime, blogs no more.
http://www.prwatch.org/spin/2008/01/6882/hill-knowltons-maldives-role-still-generating-heat
Risky Business: The World According to Hill & Knowlton
"Risk communication is about two things," Buckmaster said (Chairman and General Manager Thomas Buckmaster) "scaring people into action and trying to reassure them into inaction." Although corporate crisis management focuses on "reassuring into inaction," he noted noted that PR firms are sometimes hired to inflame rather than downplay fears. http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/1997Q1/risky.html
Corporate Think Tank Dives into Water Policy
"I have, for many years now, believed that water is the greatest environmental challenge facing the world in the 21st century," Whitman stated, in a speech at WPI's inaugural meeting. The Water Policy Institute's chair is former New Jersey governor and Environmental Protection Agency head Christine Todd Whitman. After leaving the EPA, Whitman founded her own public relations firm. The Whitman Strategy Group's clients include FMC Corporation, a chemical and pesticide manufacturer; the oil company Chevron's Environmental Management Company; and the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), an industry lobby group. Since 2006, Whitman has co-chaired the NEI-funded and Hill & Knowlton-managed Clean and Safe Energy Coalition, a pro-nuclear front group. http://www.prwatch.org/news/2009/04/8347/corporate-think-tank-dives-water-policy
Hill & Knowlton Uses Environmentalists to Peddle Coppertone
The thinning ozone layer leaves us exposed to increasing Ultra Violet (UV) radiation, increasing skin cancer deaths, cataracts and damaged immune systems. Bad news? Not if you are the drug transnational Schering-Plough, or its PR firm, Hill & Knowlton.
Hill & Knowlton's Nina Oligino has persuaded some national environmental groups to add their names to the "Partner" letterhead, including Friends of the Earth, National Resources Defense Council, and the Sierra Club. http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/1994Q3/coppertone.html
Way more, click here:
http://www.prwatch.org/search/node/Knowlton
And thanks to rabble.ca for the lead on this.
HAUNTED
Most of us are haunted by Seth and Lowndes, with their absolutely stupid idea of a 2,300 hundred 200 feet below the water table open pit limestone mine, but apparently there are REAL ghosts in Badjeros.
Since I read this on the internet, I KNOW it is true.....but it is still pretty cool
http://www.torontoghosts.org/index.php?/20090629626/Central-Ontario/Badjeros-Haunted-Road.html
Since I read this on the internet, I KNOW it is true.....but it is still pretty cool
http://www.torontoghosts.org/index.php?/20090629626/Central-Ontario/Badjeros-Haunted-Road.html
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
TILSON CALLING FOR A FEDERAL E.A.
David Tilson, MP -- Dufferin - Caledon - Tilson tables petition calling ...
Tilson tables petition calling for environmental assessment on melancthon quarry project. September 20, 2011. Ottawa, ON – David Tilson, Member of ...
www.davidtilson.ca/.../tilson-tables-petition-calling-for-enviro...
Tilson tables petition calling for environmental assessment on melancthon quarry project. September 20, 2011. Ottawa, ON – David Tilson, Member of ...
www.davidtilson.ca/.../tilson-tables-petition-calling-for-enviro...
Thursday, September 22, 2011
ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO
"Do you care about the safety and integrity of Ontario's drinking water? We do and so should you. Check out this piece to get the facts on the Highland Companies' application for a mega quarry in the Hills of the Headwaters. The proposed quarry would be bigger than most cities and 1.5 times the depth of Niagara falls. The location is 1 hour outside Canada's largest city, at the source of Ontario's pristine watersheds. Please share this link widely and get people informed about this epic environmental disaster in the making. Spread the word and take action."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZJFO2HBGFw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZJFO2HBGFw
HUDAK QUESTIONED ABOUT MELANCTHON MEGA MINE
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/greenpage/hudak-cornered-by-anti-quarry-activist-calls-for-more-environmental-tests-130368123.html
http://www.680news.com/news/local/article/280344--two-weeks-until-ontario-election
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontariovotes2011/story/2011/09/16/hudak-quarry.html
http://swo.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110922/hudak-quarry-environmental-tests-110922/20110922/?hub=SWOHome
http://www.680news.com/news/local/article/280344--two-weeks-until-ontario-election
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ontariovotes2011/story/2011/09/16/hudak-quarry.html
http://swo.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110922/hudak-quarry-environmental-tests-110922/20110922/?hub=SWOHome
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
I MUST SAY
I must say, I have been pissed at Council(s) before, but I must say, I have never, ever been as pissed as I am now and surprisingly NOT with or at (a) Council.
I, two hours later, must say, am still shaking with anger.
I, two hours later, must say, am still shaking with anger.
MORE MEDIA ON THE MELANCTHON MEGA MINE
Across Ontario farmland is being paved over, dug up and converted to other uses by both citizens of Ontario and foreign companies. The proposed mega-quarry in Melancthon Township has caught the attention of both rural and urban residents concerned about the loss of farmland and our ability to feed ourselves down the road. With the increased awareness, this is an ideal time to bring the issues of aggregate removal and foreign ownership of farmland to the campaign trail.
htttp://sustainontario.com/2011/09/20/6611/blog/provincial-election-2011/protecting-and-keeping-control-of-our-farmland
The controversy surrounding the proposed mega quarry in Melancthon Township continues to grow, along with concerns over what kind environmental impacts the 2,316 open-pit crater could have on Simcoe-Grey.
http://www.simcoe.com/news/article/1107396--candidates-talk-agriculture
In the wake of the controversial mega quarry proposal in Melancthon Township, the Liberal Party of Ontario is making an election promise to review the Aggregate Resources Act (ARA). The announcement was made today by Lori Holloway, the Liberal candidate vying to unseat Progressive Conservative MPP Sylvia Jones in the riding of Dufferin-Caledon where the quarry would be located.
http://www.simcoe.com/news/article/1107291--liberals-promise-to-review-aggregate-rules
As expected, the candidates were asked to give their stance on the mega quarry proposal in Melancthon Township. Each candidate stated they were opposed to the quarry and that they fully support a full environmental assessment (EA) by the Ministry of the Environment.
http://www.simcoe.com/news/elections/article/1085131--candidates-square-off
NDACT is sure appreciative of the non-partisan support that the issue has gotten and thoroughly appreciate the Green Party’s stance on this and help on this, as well as appreciate the work Lori Holloway has done,” Cosack said.
http://www.orangeville.com/news/local/article/1085340--candidates-question-quarry-rules
htttp://sustainontario.com/2011/09/20/6611/blog/provincial-election-2011/protecting-and-keeping-control-of-our-farmland
The controversy surrounding the proposed mega quarry in Melancthon Township continues to grow, along with concerns over what kind environmental impacts the 2,316 open-pit crater could have on Simcoe-Grey.
http://www.simcoe.com/news/article/1107396--candidates-talk-agriculture
In the wake of the controversial mega quarry proposal in Melancthon Township, the Liberal Party of Ontario is making an election promise to review the Aggregate Resources Act (ARA). The announcement was made today by Lori Holloway, the Liberal candidate vying to unseat Progressive Conservative MPP Sylvia Jones in the riding of Dufferin-Caledon where the quarry would be located.
http://www.simcoe.com/news/article/1107291--liberals-promise-to-review-aggregate-rules
As expected, the candidates were asked to give their stance on the mega quarry proposal in Melancthon Township. Each candidate stated they were opposed to the quarry and that they fully support a full environmental assessment (EA) by the Ministry of the Environment.
http://www.simcoe.com/news/elections/article/1085131--candidates-square-off
NDACT is sure appreciative of the non-partisan support that the issue has gotten and thoroughly appreciate the Green Party’s stance on this and help on this, as well as appreciate the work Lori Holloway has done,” Cosack said.
http://www.orangeville.com/news/local/article/1085340--candidates-question-quarry-rules
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
MUST BE AN ELECTION COMING UP REAL SOON
Liberals promise to review Aggregate Resources Act
http://www.orangeville.com/news/local/article/1085340--liberals-promise-to-review-quarry-rules
Good for them, and about time.
Wonderful thing that close to 150,000 letters and petitions can do.
Wonder how Hudak will spin this that it is all their doing.
Someone's who's doing it isn't?
About three weeks ago there was an overflow crowd at Monora Park to present Tilson, MP and Jones, MPP all the petitions that concerned citizens from all over Ontario had signed in support of stopping the quarry to help out the residents of Melancthon and the more than 1 million Ontarians who's water supply may be threatened.
Who wasn't there?
That would be the Melancthon Mayor-I mean he wouldn't want to wade into anything TOO political in his own backyard.
http://www.orangeville.com/news/local/article/1085340--liberals-promise-to-review-quarry-rules
Good for them, and about time.
Wonderful thing that close to 150,000 letters and petitions can do.
Wonder how Hudak will spin this that it is all their doing.
Someone's who's doing it isn't?
About three weeks ago there was an overflow crowd at Monora Park to present Tilson, MP and Jones, MPP all the petitions that concerned citizens from all over Ontario had signed in support of stopping the quarry to help out the residents of Melancthon and the more than 1 million Ontarians who's water supply may be threatened.
Who wasn't there?
That would be the Melancthon Mayor-I mean he wouldn't want to wade into anything TOO political in his own backyard.
Monday, September 19, 2011
IN ALL SERIOUSNESS WHO CAN DECIDE?
Alright, what to do tonight
Dancing with the Stars WITH Nancy Grace
Coronation Street WITH the death of major characters
Cuff'd-new show on MTV
Charlie Sheen Roast-WINNING!
You decide, I can't.
Dancing with the Stars WITH Nancy Grace
Coronation Street WITH the death of major characters
Cuff'd-new show on MTV
Charlie Sheen Roast-WINNING!
You decide, I can't.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
PETER KENT SAYS NO EA REQUIRED
Peter Kent says no Federal EA is necessary because federal EA`s are not required unless: feds are providing funds; transferring federal lands OR issuing an authority identified in the Acts law list regulations.
http://carolynbennett.liberal.ca/files/2011/09/Reply-from-Minister-Kent-re-Melancthon-Quarry.pdf?93122
Law list regulations that I think might have some relevance:
Ammonium Nitrate
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._598/page-1.html#h-2
Explosives
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/E-17/
Fisheries Act
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/F-14/page-7.html#h-10
Indian Act
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-5/
Railway Safety Act
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/R-4.2/
Regulation: Mining Near Lines of Railway
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-91-104/index.html
But then what do I know?
http://carolynbennett.liberal.ca/files/2011/09/Reply-from-Minister-Kent-re-Melancthon-Quarry.pdf?93122
Law list regulations that I think might have some relevance:
Ammonium Nitrate
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/C.R.C.,_c._598/page-1.html#h-2
Explosives
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/E-17/
Fisheries Act
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/F-14/page-7.html#h-10
Indian Act
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-5/
Railway Safety Act
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/R-4.2/
Regulation: Mining Near Lines of Railway
http://laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-91-104/index.html
But then what do I know?
Saturday, September 17, 2011
PERFECT WEEKEND FOR THE SHELBURNE FAIR
Nuff said-get out and enjoy today and tomorrow.
Demolition derby tonight.
Demolition derby tonight.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
ON AND ON AND ON IT GOES
Council is not wrong.
They are NEVER wrong.
Everyone else is wrong.
And they will stand up for their right to be wrong until the end.
Here are some media articles:
http://www.citizen.on.ca/news/2011-09-15/Editorial/A_waste_of_taxpayers_money.html
http://www.orangeville.com/opinion/letters/article/1082089--melancthon-mayor-addresses-closed-door-report
I am having trouble reconciling the fact that our Mayor and Deputy sit on County Council.
County Council AND Melancthon Council operate under the same rules, Municipal Act, 2001, Municipal Election Act, Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, etc. etc., perhaps up to 100 different pieces of legislation and regulations.
At County Council agendas and attachments have been posted on-line and available to the public in advance of a meeting for years, in order to meet the transparency requirements in the legislation.
Melancthon Council ONLY provided agendas and attachments after a private citizen obtained a legal opinion in February 2009 and waiting 7 months for Council to comply.
They held fast to their respected solicitor advising them they were correct in NOT providing the pesky public with information in advance of a meeting due to FOI concerns.
Seriously, this is what the solicitor advised them. And they put that forward, despite two members of Melancthon Council attending County meetings where agendas and attachments were provided in advance of a meeting.
And I not sure if anyone picked this up from the media reports about the closed meeting investigation, but Melancthon Council went into a closed session last summer about wind turbines, with their solicitor to receive advice, a permited reason under the Municipal Act.
When it becomes a contravention and we didn't know until the meeting investigators report was released, is Council admitted the solicitor, staff, council AND the developer/proponent into the "closed" meeting.
So, the only people who were shut out of the meeting was the pesky public, you know, those people who's lives are impacted by these decisions and have rights under existing legislation.
My question to the Mayor and Deputy who sit at County Council - have they EVER gone into a closed meeting at County Council to receive solicitor advice WITH the proponent/person/developer about whom they are receiving the advice?
My guess would be NEVER.
I would also guess you will NEVER hear this admission from them.
They are NEVER wrong.
Everyone else is wrong.
And they will stand up for their right to be wrong until the end.
Here are some media articles:
http://www.citizen.on.ca/news/2011-09-15/Editorial/A_waste_of_taxpayers_money.html
http://www.orangeville.com/opinion/letters/article/1082089--melancthon-mayor-addresses-closed-door-report
I am having trouble reconciling the fact that our Mayor and Deputy sit on County Council.
County Council AND Melancthon Council operate under the same rules, Municipal Act, 2001, Municipal Election Act, Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, etc. etc., perhaps up to 100 different pieces of legislation and regulations.
At County Council agendas and attachments have been posted on-line and available to the public in advance of a meeting for years, in order to meet the transparency requirements in the legislation.
Melancthon Council ONLY provided agendas and attachments after a private citizen obtained a legal opinion in February 2009 and waiting 7 months for Council to comply.
They held fast to their respected solicitor advising them they were correct in NOT providing the pesky public with information in advance of a meeting due to FOI concerns.
Seriously, this is what the solicitor advised them. And they put that forward, despite two members of Melancthon Council attending County meetings where agendas and attachments were provided in advance of a meeting.
And I not sure if anyone picked this up from the media reports about the closed meeting investigation, but Melancthon Council went into a closed session last summer about wind turbines, with their solicitor to receive advice, a permited reason under the Municipal Act.
When it becomes a contravention and we didn't know until the meeting investigators report was released, is Council admitted the solicitor, staff, council AND the developer/proponent into the "closed" meeting.
So, the only people who were shut out of the meeting was the pesky public, you know, those people who's lives are impacted by these decisions and have rights under existing legislation.
My question to the Mayor and Deputy who sit at County Council - have they EVER gone into a closed meeting at County Council to receive solicitor advice WITH the proponent/person/developer about whom they are receiving the advice?
My guess would be NEVER.
I would also guess you will NEVER hear this admission from them.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
CONNECTING LINK
I think, I think
I have found the connecting link
Hudak, Sylvia and PC's in general have been pretty silent on the Melancthon Mega Mine (M3).
So follow this if you can:
Michael Daniher is Highlands former PR frontman (and piss poor one at that).
He gets "promoted" to policy.
Highlands hires Hill (of beans) and Knowlton-very expensive and established PR firm.
H&K starts a campaign to earn their money from Highland Companies and feels they are hip to the twitter crowd and they engage in a very dismal social media campaign by tweeting under the name Teamhighland, but are trounced at every tweet by Teamheadwaters.
Then H&K starts tweeting under hk_canada about, surprise surprise, Hudak and how he is great and winning at every turn.
Since H&K does nothing for nothing, one has to make the connection that the PC party is using the same PR firm that the Highland Companies uses.
And don't forget that Michael Daniher and John Tory, he the former leader of the PC's are best buds from childhood.
Coincidences aren't just coincidence you know.
I have found the connecting link
Hudak, Sylvia and PC's in general have been pretty silent on the Melancthon Mega Mine (M3).
So follow this if you can:
Michael Daniher is Highlands former PR frontman (and piss poor one at that).
He gets "promoted" to policy.
Highlands hires Hill (of beans) and Knowlton-very expensive and established PR firm.
H&K starts a campaign to earn their money from Highland Companies and feels they are hip to the twitter crowd and they engage in a very dismal social media campaign by tweeting under the name Teamhighland, but are trounced at every tweet by Teamheadwaters.
Then H&K starts tweeting under hk_canada about, surprise surprise, Hudak and how he is great and winning at every turn.
Since H&K does nothing for nothing, one has to make the connection that the PC party is using the same PR firm that the Highland Companies uses.
And don't forget that Michael Daniher and John Tory, he the former leader of the PC's are best buds from childhood.
Coincidences aren't just coincidence you know.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
ALL CANDIDATES DEBATE IN ORANGEVILLE
September 14, 2011, Westside Secondary School, Orangeville at 7:00 p.m.
With the conservatives slipping in the polls, perhaps Ms. Jones will be a little more commited to commiting to an EA instead of just being commited to taking her constituents concerns to Queen's Park.
With the conservatives slipping in the polls, perhaps Ms. Jones will be a little more commited to commiting to an EA instead of just being commited to taking her constituents concerns to Queen's Park.
Monday, September 12, 2011
CLOSED MEETING 101
For anyone who IS interested in the rules around closed meetings, click these links for cases that have been investigated:
Closed meeting reports by LAS
http://www.agavel.com/?page_id=45
Closed meeting reports by the Provincial ombudsman
http://www.ombudsman.on.ca/Investigations/Municipal-Meetings/Cases.aspx
List of Municipalities who use LAS – 135 out of 444 (almost 30%)
http://www.amo.on.ca/Content/las/AdministrationPrograms/MunicipalInvestigatorProgram/ProgramParticipants/default.htm
Closed meeting reports by LAS
http://www.agavel.com/?page_id=45
Closed meeting reports by the Provincial ombudsman
http://www.ombudsman.on.ca/Investigations/Municipal-Meetings/Cases.aspx
List of Municipalities who use LAS – 135 out of 444 (almost 30%)
http://www.amo.on.ca/Content/las/AdministrationPrograms/MunicipalInvestigatorProgram/ProgramParticipants/default.htm
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