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turning the curve on Twitter
- Andrew Coyne: Fear of audits led Conservatives to cover for Duffy natpo.st/186YSh8 via @fullcomment, a good read on a long weekend! 2 hours ago
- Knowing how to win counts in hockey and politics; guelphmercury.com/opinion/column… via @guelphmercury; Horwath ran down the clock against an empty net 1 day ago
- Even if Duffy goes the mess will linger for the PMO natpo.st/11I9wfn via @fullcomment; a scandal fit for this senator. Fitting indeed. 1 day ago
- Ontario NDP’s slo-mo slide from victory to incompetence natpo.st/17qb3b9 via @fullcomment; NDP's good strategy if governing isn't goal 3 days ago
- Govt spends $ to monitor own MPs #cdnpoli huff.to/170UBh9 via @HuffPostCanada; media monitoring, you seriously want this too #Guelph? 3 days ago
Tag Archives: Taxes
Not in the forecast
No further explanation is required. That seems to be the attitude from Guelph’s City Hall in the instances when the news doesn’t match up with the City’s “official speak”. It’s a big issue as it goes to public confidence in … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Our money, their legacy
Tagged Accountability, City Hall, Composting facility, Guelph, Hubris, Legacies, Taxes, Trust
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One for the next list of 99
A response from Guelph CAO Ann Pappert was published in yesterday’s Mercury, regarding the Bradshaw video misadventure, along with a field goal of an editorial on it today — alluding to the inescapable question… when will Council weigh in and … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Our money, their legacy
Tagged Accountability, City Hall, Guelph, Hubris, Legacies, Maclean's, Mayor Farbridge, Misadventures, Service, Taxes, Trolling and spinning, Trust
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City of Guelph, a department of the Waste Resource Innovation Centre
The first wave of bins have been put into service. We need an audit and report to Council of all costs, including all staff time involved in the launch, against projections. We also need a report to Council of what … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability
Tagged Capital Projects, Composting facility, Guelph, Taxes, Waste Bins
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Squirrel: 1, Guelph Taxpayers: 0
Here is a photo of our new composting bin. The resident squirrel made short work of it. Below, a photo of the plastic container that we’ve used for some years now for storing our plastic bags. Same chewing, but it … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability
Tagged City Hall, Composting facility, Guelph, Taxes, Waste Bins
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Turned completely around
Guelph is applying for permission to accept waste from the USA. Politics aside, the powers-that-be must be having sleepless nights. It must be that bad. They bet the farm, and bet large, on a facility for composting waste. Only, it’s much larger than what we need, … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Our money, their legacy
Tagged Capital Projects, City Hall, Composting facility, Guelph, Hubris, Taxes, Unpalatable
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Time to put things right, Mayor Farbridge
It was recently reported that Guelph’s CAO Anne Pappert used the word, “regressive” in describing the outcome for the city in pursuing a lower tax increase (up to 3%) – as directed by council – than the 8.5% increase staff has signalled would be necessary to maintain services … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Our money, their legacy, Wellbeing?
Tagged "Up to 3%", CAO, City Hall, Guelph, Integrity Commissioner, Regressive decision, Taxes, Trust, Unpalatable
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