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1. Dissembling Mayor Pellegrini still pushing for a new hospital on the Protected Greenbelt in King: (Blog); qCLTy4O_8Vc Last week (on 13 May 2024) King Township Mayor, Steve Pellegrini, tells councillors he supports a change in the law to allow a new Southlake hospital to be built on Protected Greenbelt at ...; Created on 19 May 2024
2. Aurora Mayor Tom Mrakas wants to house homeless men in York Region’s underused HQ: (Blog); The Mayor of Aurora Tom Mrakas believes in “leadership that gets things done”. Except, I suppose, when it comes to providing shelter for homeless men. On Thursday, at York Region’s Committee of the ...; Created on 05 March 2024
3. Selling the Greenbelt: My Deputation to King Township to ask Mayor Steve Pellegrini what he knows: (Blog); ... by the Mayor of King relating to lands in the municipality that could be suitable for a new Southlake Hospital. The wording may have to be tweaked a bit to ensure it is completely in order but that' ...; Created on 29 September 2023
4. Selling the Greenbelt: Southlake Board Member John Dunlap met Mayor Steve Pellegrini to discuss the possible location of a new hospital in King: (Blog); King landowner and former Southlake Board member John Dunlap met King Mayor Steve Pellegrini to discuss the possible location of a new acute hospital in the municipality. I do not know when this meeting ...; Created on 11 July 2023
5. Olivia Chow shatters the mould to become Toronto's new Mayo: (Blog); Olivia Chow is the new face of Toronto The election of Olivia Chow as the new Mayor of Toronto comes as a very pleasant surprise. The early results showed Chow trailing John Tory’s favourite, ...; Created on 27 June 2023
6. A “truly excited” Arden Krystal tells Mayor Steve Pellegrini his support for a new hospital on Greenbelt land in King is awesome: (Blog); ... to also contain a hospital expansion up here in the Newmarket area – expansion of Southlake hospital.” Breathless As the whole world now knows, Arden Krystal met developer Michael Rice and King Mayor ...; Created on 24 June 2023
7. The Absurdity of Toronto's Mayoral Electio: (Blog); The by-election on 26 June 2023 to replace John Tory as Toronto’s Mayor promises to be an election like no other. As of today, there are 49 candidates but this astonishing number could yet increase ...; Created on 24 April 2023
8. Newmarket Deputy Mayor cuts financial ties with developers: (Blog); Tom Vegh, Newmarket’s Deputy Mayor and Regional Councillor, who was convincingly re-elected last October, is no longer bankrolled by people in the development industry. Vegh’s election return which ...; Created on 30 March 2023
9. Selling the Greenbelt: King's Mayor, Steve Pellegrini, insists a hospital can be built anywhere the Province choose: (Blog); King Mayor, Steve Pellegrini, believes the Province can put a hospital anywhere in the Greenbelt (or outside) they deem suitable. By repeatedly insisting on this, he puts himself at odds with the Chief ...; Created on 10 February 2023
10. "Only about 12% of voters have cast their ballot" - Mayor John Taylo: (Blog); Newmarket’s Mayor, John Taylor, tells us that, as of this morning, Saturday, only 12% of voters have cast their ballot. Personally, I don’t blame the voters. I blame the system. I agree with Nam Kiwanuka ...; Created on 22 October 2022
11. Newmarket Deputy Mayor swears off developer donations: (Blog); ... for Newmarket's deputy mayor seat may be at an end as incumbent Tom Vegh has promised to not take any donations from developers. After scrutiny of his 2018 campaign donations, and repeated attacks from ...; Created on 30 September 2022
12. Ford's Blueprint for Strong Mayors and Municipal Reform ...: (Blog); On Tuesday night, the Toronto Star’s Robert Benzie broke the story that Doug Ford is planning to curb the role of municipal councillors in Toronto and Ottawa while giving the Mayors of these two cities ...; Created on 21 July 2022
13. Carmine Perrelli: the self-styled “Strong Leader” who deserves to lose his bid to become Mayor of Richmond Hill: (Blog); Tomorrow, voting begins in Richmond Hill for a new Mayor to replace Dave Barrow who resigned on 15 September last year after a six month absence on medical leave. A week earlier, on 8 September 2021, ...; Created on 17 January 2022
14. Zooming in on camera-shy Mayor Frank Scarpitti: (Blog); Zoom is everywhere. Yet only a few years ago a majority of members of York Regional Council actively resisted allowing the cameras into their meetings. They feared the cameras. Markham’s Mayor, ...; Created on 22 October 2021
15. Newmarket Mayor tested for COVID 19: (Blog); It was quite a shock to discover that our Mayor, John Taylor, was being tested for coronavirus and is now at home in self isolation. He tells Newmarket Today: “I have been experiencing shortness of ...; Created on 14 March 2020
16. Mayor abandons plans for new height limits in Main Street Heritage Conservation District: (Blog); Newmarket Mayor John Taylor has abandoned plans to allow a fourth storey on buildings in the Town’s downtown Heritage Conservation District. He planned to allow these so long as the additions were ...; Created on 05 February 2020
17. Confusion reigns as Newmarket Deputy Mayor Tom Vegh says Election Signs By-law does NOT apply to Federal Elections: (Blog); Newmarket’s Deputy Mayor Tom Vegh yesterday waded into the election signs controvery, telling a constituent the Region’s election sign by-law: “re timing of the erection of signs applies to municipal ...; Created on 18 September 2019
18. Ford’s Regional Review: why not kick the Mayors off York Regional Council?: (Blog); ... The system used is “Double Direct” and it doesn’t work. The review team has given the public no explanation of what it is and possible alternatives. (There is one election for double direct with Mayors ...; Created on 06 May 2019
19. Newmarket Mayoral hopeful, John Taylor, confronts the Town’s spending watchdog.: (Blog); Tomorrow, Mayoral favourite John Taylor enters the lion’s den. Audience is underwhelmed. Photo: NewmarketToday. He will be addressing the Newmarket Taxpayers Advocacy Group (NTAG) faithful, ...; Created on 02 October 2018
20. Running for Newmarket Mayor: Joe Wamback promises Accountability, Clarity and Transparency: (Blog); Mayoral candidate, Joe Wamback, promises to be a new broom, sweeping away the secrecy that is the hallmark of our municipal government in Newmarket. But perhaps this is easier said than done. Secrecy ...; Created on 24 September 2018
21. Newmarket Mayoral hopeful Joe Wamback sets out his stall: (Blog); Confident and relaxed The Newmarket Taxpayers Advocacy Group (NTAG) is grilling the Town’s candidates for Mayor and I decide a few days ago to wander down to Madsen’s Greenhouses to see them strut ...; Created on 20 September 2018
22. Who is Talib Ansari? And why does he want to be Mayor of Newmarket?: (Blog); This morning I learn that accountant Talib Ansari wants to be Mayor of Newmarket. Mystery man to Mayor of Newmarket I’ve never heard of him but maybe that’s because we move in different circles. ...; Created on 25 July 2018
23. Taylor launches campaign for Mayor of Newmarket: (Blog); Mayoral hopeful, John Taylor, last night launched his election campaign to a crowd of happy-clappy supporters in the Royal Canadian Legion Hall on Srigley Street. I wander along to see what all ...; Created on 19 July 2018
24. The Man who would be Mayor: Joe Wamback: (Blog); I write to the Newmarket Mayoral hopeful Joe Wamback asking for a copy of his election platform. Not yet, he says, because there isn’t one. It is, I suppose, work-in-progress. But he suggests we meet ...; Created on 09 May 2018
25. Newmarket Mayor and Councillors to lose one-third tax free status: (Blog); ... away, out of sight, in remote corners of Canada. But it isn't true here in Newmarket where our Mayor, Tony Van Trappist, claims for every butter tart consumed at the Maid's Cottage. Removing tax-free status ...; Created on 18 December 2017
26. How much did Newmarket Mayor, Tony Van Trappist, make in 2016? Was it (a) $117,162 (b) $148,560 (c) $160,564 or (d) more than that?: (Blog); ... temerity to ask Van Trappist how much he makes, the Mayor can pick the pay package that best suits the occasion. In most cases this would be the lowest. But in the unlikely event of the old banker ...; Created on 01 April 2017
27. Mayor Frank Scarpitti could throw his hat into the ring in forthcoming Federal by-election in Markham - or so we're tol: (Blog); The highest paid Mayor in Ontario - and possibly Canada - Frank Scarpitti is considering whether to contest the riding of Markham-Thornhill which is now vacant following the appointment of John McCallum ...; Created on 31 January 2017
28. The People's Mayo: (Blog); View this rare vintage clip of the people’s Mayor brought up from the dusty old archives. It needs no further commentary from me. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; Created on 18 June 2016
29. Clock Tower: Mayor re-jigs agenda and gives public no chance to question the developer.: (Blog); ... the Chief Administative Officer, their backs to the wall, is the developer Bob Forrest and his faithful lapdog, Chris Bobyk. Van Bynen rules no applause allowed The Mayor, Tony Van Bynen, calls the ...; Created on 10 May 2016
30. Newmarket Mayor Tony Van Bynen and Councillors to be asked to disclose any private contact with Clock Tower developer Bob Forrest: (Blog); The Mayor and councillors say they believe in transparency. So I invite them all voluntarily to disclose any contact they have had with Bob Forrest and Chris Bobyk concerning the controversial Clock Tower ...; Created on 13 April 2016
31. Aurora Mayor Fails to Show Up at Queen’s Park for Bill 42 Committee: (Blog); It promised to be a moment of high drama. Instead all we got was an empty chair. Yesterday (2 March 2016) Geoff Dawe, the Mayor of Aurora, was scheduled to appear before the Committee examining Chris ...; Created on 03 March 2016
32. The Mayor’s Salary and Darryl Wolk: (Blog); Darryl Wolk is making a career out of baiting Tony Van Bynen about the Mayor’s salary. In a furious broadside of tweets today he tells his readers that Van Bynen “refuses to justify his outrageous salary” ...; Created on 17 December 2015
33. Official: Newmarket Mayor Tony Van Bynen gets paid for being on Hydro Board: (Blog); Bob Shelton, Newmarket’s Chief Administrative Officer, confirmed this afternoon (Thursday 18 June) that the Mayor receives remuneration from Newmarket-Tay Power. He serves as a Director by virtue of ...; Created on 18 June 2015
34. Newmarket Mayor gets $159,856 - not $182,000: (Blog); The Toronto Star has today published this correction to a news story it ran on 11 April 2015. "An April 11 article about what municipal leaders were paid in 2014 misstated the salary of Newmarket mayor ...; Created on 17 April 2015
35. Mayor urges Glenway people to “be reasonable” in dealings with Marianneville: (Blog); ... but “there are no specifics of what they propose”. Let’s have a dialogue The Mayor, applying the soothing balm for which he is famous, tells us some concessions may be negotiated – providing everyone ...; Created on 13 February 2015
36. The Glenway Process: Did the Mayor ever contemplate the Town buying the Glenway lands?: (Blog); ... acquire these lands? Did the Mayor ever contemplate the Town buying the Glenway lands? Maybe the question will arise in some form in the closed part of the meeting today. We have it on the authority of ...; Created on 26 January 2015
37. Mayor Tony Van Bynen’s election literature: (Blog); The Mayor’s latest glossy election leaflet arrived today. But why isn’t there a flattering photograph of the great man himself with a mop of hair on top of his head? Answer: He doesn’t look like that ...; Created on 16 October 2014
38. Chris Campbell for Mayor: (Blog); ... stewardship and where the Town is going. In the last Mayoral election in 2010, a truly feeble candidate, Michael Cascione, nevertheless took 19% of the vote against Van Bynen’s 81%. Campbell is poised ...; Created on 09 September 2014
39. Mayor says Town will follow all the rules and procedures when deciding position on Slessor: (Blog); Here is the text of the Mayor's letter to Bill Chadwick (scroll to earlier posting) which was also copied to all Newmarket councillors "Thank you for bringing your concerns to our attention. I have asked ...; Created on 13 December 2012
40. Letter to Mayor Tony Van Bynen and Newmarket Councillors: (Blog); By e mail on 4 December 2012 Mayor Van Bynen, I am writing to share a concern that Slessor’s lawyer may have placed the Town of Newmarket’s Council and staff onto a path that (without speedy action) ...; Created on 05 December 2012
41. Mayor slams Taylor’s 15 storey cap: (Blog); Newmarket Mayor, Tony Van Bynen, has cautioned Regional Councillor, John Taylor, not to put a motion before the Council to cap the height of new buildings at 15 storeys. Taylor wants a vote on building ...; Created on 21 February 2012
42. The Greenbelt Scandal: A Postscript on Southlake’s Acute Hospital at Bathurst that never got off the ground: (Blog); ... coding showing the land ownership removed. Dunlap had told King Mayor, Steve Pellegrini, that he was prepared to offer his land as the site of a new Southlake. But former hospital CEO, Arden Krystal, said ...; Created on 24 March 2026
43. Terrific weather draws the crowds to Dawn Gallagher-Murphy's 4th taxpayer-funded BB: (Blog); ... for about 45 minutes – without a hamburger or spring roll passing my lips – and I didn’t see too many familiar faces. No sign of the Mayor or any councillors but they could have been late arrivals. ...; Created on 29 September 2025
44. Who are the homeless in Newmarket?: (Blog); ... times change. The Chair of the Housing and Homelessness Committee, Newmarket Mayor John Taylor, has been warning for years of an exponential growth in people experiencing homelessness. Noticeable increase ...; Created on 12 August 2025
45. The real Greenbelt Scandal: "When records are lost, destroyed, obfuscated, or never created in the first place...: (Blog); ... evidence that on more than one occasion Dunlap told King Mayor, Steve Pellegrini, he was minded to gift land. And so it goes on. Yawning gaps in the record. Broke obligations A year ago the Information ...; Created on 14 June 2025
46. Why doesn't the Town license Boarding Houses in Newmarket: (Blog); ... there are boarding houses out there, totally unregulated by the municipality. Zoning for People Newmarket’s Mayor, John Taylor, says the municipality doesn’t zone for people – they zone for uses. ...; Created on 18 May 2025
47. Bogus land valuation nets developer a multi-million dollar tax windfall: (Blog); ... voiced by the Mayor and ward councillor, Christina Bisanz, when the Glenway West development was formally approved by the Town on 2 May 2022. Open Space purposes As early as May 2017 the Town was ...; Created on 03 May 2025
48. Democracy is the worst form of Government: (Blog); ... local candidates are going the way of the Dodo. When I ran for election as the Town’s Deputy Mayor in 2022 (and was comprehensively defeated) my opponent resolutely refused to debate with me. And ...; Created on 30 April 2025
49. Leah Taylor-Roy: the Star of the Show: (Blog); Last night I nipped down to the magnificent David D. Simone Performance Hall at the Town Square in Aurora for the latest candidates forum hosted by former Aurora Mayor, Geoff Dawe. The evening was designed ...; Created on 23 April 2025