Council thinks their settlement means maintenance of the status-quo; instead their self-dealing has created the conditions for their defeat at the OMB.
Coleman’s Notes: Hamilton LGBTQ Youth Tired of Being Ignored
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LGBTQ youth are being told they need to “coordinate and co-opt” to get their demands heard. It’s what they did, and City Hall ignored them. More context on the LGBTQ Committee’s flag motion.
Coleman’s Note: Naming or Not Naming Civic Managers
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All of us media covering City Hall generally quote the City’s Chief Planner or General Manager of Economic Planning and Development, yet, as one delegate made me discover today, the public should know who the Manager of Development Planning is, as they have important delegated authorities.
Coleman’s Notes: HSR Shortening the 34-Upper Paradise Routing Downtown
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This is not a rider-centric change, quite the opposite. Instead of providing needed bus service to Redeemer University College, Mayor Fred Eisenberger has once again shortchanged the HSR and its riders.
Joey’s NotePad for April 16, 2019: Council GIC, Cycling Committee, and More
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The daily note – items of interests, summaries, and likes that help keep you informed.
Joey’s NotePad for April 3, 2019: Council GIC, Cycling Committee, and More
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The daily note – items of interests, summaries, and likes that help keep you informed.
Joey’s NotePad for April 2, 2019: Planning, LPAT, and More
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The daily note – items of interests, summaries, and likes that help keep you informed.
Joey’s Scrapbook for April 1, 2019: I’m Not Fooling Around
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The daily note – items of interests, summaries, and likes that help keep you informed.
Joey’s Scrapbook for March 27, 2019
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A blog-like notebook of items that Joey would normally tweet and forget.
Coleman’s Notes: The People Lose Their Only Planning Appeal Support With Premier Ford’s Closing of the Local Planning Appeal Support Centre
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The LPASC closure comes at a time that Ontario’s planning appeal framework is in a state of flux, with the new Local Appeal Planning Tribunal (LPAT) which replaced the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) unsure if its authorities, requesting the Ontario Superior Court’s Divisional Court rule on a legal interpretation of LPAT’s governing legislation.
Coleman’s Notes: Watching the LPAT at Divisional Court to Figure Out How The LPAT Will Work
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Nobody knows how the new Ontario land use planning and municipal decision making appeal framework works, not even the new Local Planning Appeal Tribunal.On April 24 and 25th, in a courtroom at Osgoode Hall, the Ontario Divisional Court will rule on how LPAT will operate