Milton council race is starting …
Earlier this week Mayor Gordon Krantz announced that he’d seek re-election. Two days ago on hawthorne villager a long-time Milton resident, Marshall Horner, threw in his name as a Ward 7 candidate for the local council. He plans to announce his platform and more background information after he is nominated on Jan 4th. For now he said: “If I am elected, I will stay in touch with my constituents and, any other resident of Milton who asks for my help.” Stay tuned....
Read MoreWhat makes a good councillor
It’s not their views on policies as much as their principles (see here for the difference). More importantly, a councillor needs to listen to his or her constituents and represent their interests in the Council. An inaccessible councillor cannot possibly be a good representative. Unfortunately, we have a couple of these in Milton. ...
Read MoreShop Local
Encouraged by Jan Mowbray, Mike Cluett and Jennifer Brooks at the Rurban Fringe (here and here), I have spent a few weeks shopping almost exclusively in Milton. I even bought clothes and shoes in Milton. I also went just a little out of my way to buy Canadian-made products, instead of imports (provided that the quality was same or better and the price was in the same range approximately). I live in Milton, I work in Milton and now I shop exclusively in Milton as well, buying Canadian as much as I can. Feels good! Try...
Read MoreSupport for petition much appreciated
http://www.miltoncanadianchampion.com/opinions/article/290502 DEAR EDITOR: A few months ago I found myself really frustrated at the pace of construction on Derry Road. As a result, I started petitioning the Region of Halton to expedite the construction of the CN Rail underpass between Bronte Road and Scott Boulevard on Derry Road. I set up a website to reach residents who wanted to e-mail their councillors to express frustration over the Region’s infrastructure plans. When I finally took the petition off-line last week, a total of 374 residents had sent e-mails via my website at...
Read MoreDepressing data on retirement saving
Here is a depressing news related to my previous post on retirement saving. An RBC survey found that only 35% of Canadians will contribute to RRSP in 2009. Worse, 45% of those above 55 are not doing any retirement planning whatsoever. Worse yet, 32% of Canadians have not even started saving for retirement yet. It’s the realm of Federal (or at least Provincial) government but I am a big fan of some forced savings in this case (CPP and Old Age won’t cut it). ...
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