LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for February 13, 2017

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Guelph City Council tackles its first full planning meeting of the year tonight with the contentious development of a 12-storey apartment building on Yarmouth front and centre. You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here to read Politico’s preview of tonight’s meeting. For the complete blow-by-blow of tonight’s council meeting, you can follow me on Twitter, or follow along below via Storify. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: City Council Meeting for February 13, 2017” →

Protest Closes Cork Street and Pushes MP for Electoral Reform

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Justin Trudeau may be over electoral reform, but nearly 30 communities across Canada today wanted the prime minister to know that they’ve not forgotten a promise he supposedly made over 1800 times. Here in Guelph, which has taken the idea of reform to heart, well over 200 people showed up in front of the constituency office of MP Lloyd Longfield to keep pushing him to push the issue in the House of Commons. Continue reading “Protest Closes Cork Street and Pushes MP for Electoral Reform” →

Amorosi Fired in Fallout of Email Release Snafu

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The swinging door at City Hall doth swing again as Deputy CAO of Corporate Services Mark Amorosi has taken the fall for the accidental release of over 50,000 confidential emails to legal council representing a former employee suing the City of Guelph. Continue reading “Amorosi Fired in Fallout of Email Release Snafu” →

City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 15 Meeting?

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After months of consultation online, by phone, and in person, Guelph Hydro is read to present whether they’re going to buy, sell, merge, or stay exactly the same. It turns out that focus is on options two and three. Continue reading “City Council Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 15 Meeting?” →

LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole for February 6, 2017

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It’s back to our regularly scheduled Committee-of-the-Whole meeting this month. You can click here for the amended agenda from City Hall, and you can click here to read Politico’s preview of today’s meeting. For the complete blow-by-blow of today’s committee meeting, you can follow me on Twitter, or follow along below via Storify. Continue reading “LIVE BLOG: Committee of the Whole for February 6, 2017” →

Electoral Reform Advocates Give Trudeau a Hot Take on a Cold Guelph Day

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Considering that they were feeling like Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government was giving them the cold shoulder, the chilly air and lightly falling snow provided the perfect atmosphere for a demonstration on electoral reform today at Market Square. Although bitter, angry and disappointed that the Liberals will not be following through on a campaign promise to reform the electoral system, between 60 and 70 protestors promised to not give up the fight. Continue reading “Electoral Reform Advocates Give Trudeau a Hot Take on a Cold Guelph Day” →

Hydro Talk Energizes the Weekly Breezy Breakfast

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It had been almost a year since I attended the first “Breezy Brothers” breakfast, a now weekly town hall at Breezy Corners, and what was once a single large table of concerned citizens had now turned into three. Perhaps it was the subject matter. With all the present concern about hydro, perhaps the timing worked out that the people were eager to hear from the CEO of Guelph Hydro Pankaj Sardana on a Thursday morning. Continue reading “Hydro Talk Energizes the Weekly Breezy Breakfast” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #66 – The State of the City 2017

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If you haven’t already read the article, recapped live blog, watched the video, or learned about it somewhere else, you can now download the State of the City right to your device and listen to it via whatever podcasting platform you prefer. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #66 – The State of the City 2017” →

Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 6 Meeting?

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The Committee-of-the-Whole meeting moves back to its usual first Monday time slot with three different issues coming before the horseshoe covering the areas of park planning, fuel use, and outstanding motions. Continue reading “Committee of the Whole Preview – What’s on the Agenda for the February 6 Meeting?” →