- 1. Emanuel doubles down on claim that Vegh’s promises are undeliverable
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- Regional Council candidate Chris Emanuel today slapped down Tom Vegh for promising a new library and seniors’ centre when for the past four years - as a library board member – he failed to move the agenda ...
- Created on 16 October 2018
- 2. Do Chris Emanuel’s sums add up?
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- Newmarket’s Regional Councillor candidate Chris Emanuel warns voters they face a tax hike of over 40% if they elect Tom Vegh. Seriously? Is this on the cards? Or even remotely plausible? Or ...
- Created on 15 October 2018
- 3. Tom Vegh or Chris Emanuel
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- Who should we vote for in the election for Regional Councillor? Cross-dressing We have to choose between Tom Vegh and Chris Emanuel. Or, perhaps, Joan Stonehocker. But from their campaign ...
- Created on 14 October 2018
- 4. Chris Emanuel, Secrecy and the Town of Newmarket
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- Over three years ago at the Glenway Lessons Learned meeting, Regional Councillor wannabe Chris Emanuel told me too much is kept secret at the Town Hall and that should change. Chris is running for ...
- Created on 07 August 2018
- 5. Chris Emanuel v Tom Vegh
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- Last night I wander along to Chris Emanuel’s campaign launch in the Veterans Hall at Millard. He is running for Regional Councillor, hoping to step into John Taylor’s shoes if – as widely assumed ...
- Created on 04 May 2018
- 6. Sign Wars
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- The Chief Executive of the Newmarket Chamber of Commerce, Chris Emanuel, has confirmed that Tom Vegh will be at the “Meet and Greet” tomorrow so please come along with your questions. Tom told the Toronto ...
- Created on 27 September 2022
- 7. Regional Councillor Tom Vegh takes the developers' money and dances to their tune
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- ... surprises there. Tom Vegh is a man of few words. In 2018 the voter turnout was a less than stellar 34.7%. Here is the result last time: Tom Vegh: 8,570 Chris Emanuel: 7,952 ...
- Created on 06 August 2022
- 8. The case for prosecuting the developer Bob Forrest
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- ... the proposed redevelopment at a meeting on 3 April 2013. You were present at that April meeting (along with Regional Councillor Taylor and Councillors Hempen, Sponga, Emanuel and Twinney) and you would ...
- Created on 25 November 2019
- 9. What happened to Tom Vegh’s promise of a new library and seniors’ centre?
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- ... - it kills stone dead any possibility of the dual library/seniors’ centre that Tom dangled before the voters last October, enticing them to vote for him rather than the early favourite Chris Emanuel. The ...
- Created on 24 April 2019
- 10. Brainstorming Tom Vegh pins his faith on a Council Workshop to deliver new Library and Seniors’ Centre at Hollingsworth
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- ... and will be closed permanently in 2020. His main opponent, Chris Emanuel, told voters this was a pipe dream unless Vegh was willing to hike taxes by 40%. The voters took the chance and elected Tom. ...
- Created on 09 April 2019
- 11. Tom Vegh: delivering his promise to the voters
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- ... Southlake. This bold and unequivocal pledge made Vegh stand out as a candidate who thinks big. It paid off. Vegh won with 8,750 votes with former Newmarket councillor Chris Emanuel trailing with ...
- Created on 10 February 2019
- 12. Can Tom Vegh deliver a new Library and Seniors’ Centre?
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- ... talk? Many people would have taken Vegh at his word. But his Regional Council opponent, Chris Emanuel, spent the entire election campaign ridiculing Vegh’s promise of a new library, saying it was ...
- Created on 06 January 2019
- 13. Newmarket’s election on 22 October 2018
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- ... but the gods were smiling on him. The entry of the green Joan Stonehocker into the race probably siphoned votes away from Chris Emanuel whose platform was way too negative. That 40% tax hike was never ...
- Created on 23 October 2018
- 14. Professor Taylor coasting to an easy win
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- ... (who was the PC candidate for Queen’s Park in 2014 – but lost to Chris Ballard) and Liberals such as Chris Emanuel (who stood down from Newmarket Council in 2014 but is now running for Regional Councillor). ...
- Created on 08 October 2018
- 15. Newmarket Mayoral hopeful, John Taylor, confronts the Town’s spending watchdog.
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- ... and senior’s centre Chris Emanuel warned that Vegh’s shopping list would mean a 27% hike in property taxes. Vegh wasn’t asked how he would pay for it all. And no-one asked Emanuel to say how he did his ...
- Created on 02 October 2018
- 16. Signs of the times: Do election lawn signs make a difference?
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- ... supporting the development, twisting in the wind and isolated. Big and bold but fewer signs than expected I also invited myself along to Chris Emanuel’s campaign launch and, again, there was a ...
- Created on 26 September 2018
- 17. Running for Newmarket Mayor: Joe Wamback promises Accountability, Clarity and Transparency
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- ... any lessons from them. Regional Council candidate, Chris Emanuel, who was at the meeting told me there was too much secrecy. Perhaps, in the course of this election campaign, he will elaborate and ...
- Created on 24 September 2018
- 18. Dining out on our dollar
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- ... as a Place to Grow yet it does not have a Lobbying Register. It should have. So it is good to see Regional Council candidate, Chris Emanuel, calling for one. Why is it so difficult to find out who ...
- Created on 09 August 2018
- 19. Taylor launches campaign for Mayor of Newmarket
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- ... a sense of expectation in the air. I see Chris Emanuel, the wannabe Regional Councillor, and lots of familiar faces but, unfortunately, no Tony Van Trappist. I was in the mood to kiss and make up. The ...
- Created on 19 July 2018
- 20. tomvegh.com
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- ... be as specific as you can. But no need to rush. Joan Stonehocker, the chair of Newmarket’s Library Board, has also declared, joining the Leader you can count on and Chris Emanuel in what could be a ...
- Created on 22 June 2018
- 21. John "I feel your pain" Taylor and the King George School Developmen
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- ... In the end, council voted to move forward with the removal and replacement of the existing footings and foundation walls, with Mayor Tony Van Bynen and councillors Chris Emanuel, Tom Vegh and Dave Kerwin ...
- Created on 14 May 2017
- 22. Di Muccio v Taylor. The Trial.
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- ... Kerwin, pool pass. Claimed $143. Chris Emanuel, pool pass $151.62. Custom Christmas cards. Events photo. Dave Kerwin again, Cambodian Flood Relief. Taylor says councillors have a certain latitude. Perhaps ...
- Created on 11 February 2017
- 23. The Clock Tower: it is not too late to do the right thing
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- ... the owner would be outlining the proposed redevelopment at a meeting on 3 April 2013. You were present at that April meeting (along with Regional Councillor Taylor and Councillors Hempen, Sponga, Emanuel ...
- Created on 21 November 2016
- 24. Hollingsworth Arena
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- ... the story. What else, I wonder, is being kept from us? Former councillor Chris Emanuel told the Glenway Lessons Learned meeting earlier this year that there was too much secrecy at the Town Hall. The ...
- Created on 23 October 2015
- 25. Glenway: what, if anything, have our councillors learned?
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- ... agree with former councillor Chris Emanuel that too much is kept secret and this should change? If so, how do they propose to do this? Were they shocked when they learned that the Town’s planning staff ...
- Created on 21 August 2015
- 26. Secret Glenway documents now published
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- ... Tony Van Bynen was in the chair with John Taylor and Joe Sponga present (along with former councillors Emanuel, Ramsarran and Woodhouse). On 24 June 2015 I submitted a Freedom of Information Request ...
- Created on 05 July 2015
- 27. Glenway, the final act: What did we learn?
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- ... Emanuel is present and speaks often. He tells me too much is kept secret and that should change. I look at a crumpled Rick Nethery, the Director of Planning, and he too has nothing to say. Now Glenn ...
- Created on 24 June 2015
- 28. Town considered buying Glenway golf course in 2008 – but decided not to
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- ... Dave Kerwin and Joe Sponga were councillors back in 2008. So too was former councillor Chris Emanuel. NOTE: The Glenway “Lessons Learned” meeting is being held this evening at the Seniors’ Centre at ...
- Created on 23 June 2015
- 29. Who seriously believes we are going to learn lessons from Glenway?
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- ... throughout the entire process.” Those absent from this list include former councillors Chris Emanuel and Maddie Di Muccio (who suggested a lessons learned meeting in the first place), the consultants ...
- Created on 14 May 2015
- 30. Glenway Lessons Learned meeting to be held on 23 June 2015
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- The long delayed "Glenway Lessons Learned" meeting is to be held on Tuesday, 23 June 2015. It will be led by a Town appointed facilitator, Glenn Pothier. Former councillors Chris Emanuel and Maddie ...
- Created on 07 May 2015
- 31. Newmarket’s top staff kick the Glenway can down the road again
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- Almost a year ago, former councillors Maddie Di Muccio and Chris Emanuel called for a meeting to consider the lessons to be learned from the Glenway disaster. When, if ever, is this issue going ...
- Created on 19 March 2015
- 32. Whatever happened to… Slessor Square?
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- Two years ago tomorrow, the much-maligned Ontario Municipal Board gave formal approval to the proposed Slessor Square development. I remember it well. The casually dressed adjudicator, Mr Reid Rossi, ...
- Created on 18 February 2015
- 33. Glenway report to go to councillors by end of March 2015
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- ... forward to Council in Q1, 2015 – by the end of March. Neither Maddie Di Muccio nor Chris Emanuel (who moved and seconded the original motion) will be there to follow things up. Such is life. York Region ...
- Created on 12 January 2015
- 34. Newmarket’s Municipal Election and the Ranked Ballot
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- ... Ward 7, Christina Bisanz, taking over from retiring councillor Chris Emanuel, breezed in with 68.6% of the vote. This is a huge endorsement for the person who spoke so impressively for Glenway at the OMB ...
- Created on 28 October 2014
- 35. Newmarket Soccer Club
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- ... of the most bizarre and unprecedented decisions Newmarket Council has come up with this term, Mayor Tony Van Bynen, Regional Councillor John Taylor, and Councillors Emanuel, Twinney and Hempen decided ...
- Created on 03 October 2014
- 36. How the Glenway OMB Hearing ended up being seriously misled
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- ... led study is not supported on the evidence.” The OMB Adjudicator rules in favour of the developer, Marianneville. April 22, 2014 Councillors Maddie Di Muccio and Chris Emanuel call for a meeting to ...
- Created on 28 September 2014
- 37. Glenway: why the delay in getting the OMB's written decision
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- ... a special meeting to consider a further revision of the draft Secondary Plan. In answer to questions from Ward 7 councillor Chris Emanuel (Glenway is in his Ward) and Regional Councillor John Taylor on ...
- Created on 22 August 2014
- 38. Glenway: OMB written decision expected this month
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- ... be a bit earlier or later”. We are now on day 77. Thanks to Maddie Di Muccio and Chris Emanuel, we have been promised a “lessons learned” meeting once the OMB’s written decision is available. So I hope ...
- Created on 09 July 2014
- 39. Blommesteyn stands in Ward 7
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- I see that the booming, barrel chested blusterer, John Blommestyn is running for Newmarket Council in Ward 7, hoping to take over from Chris Emanuel who is standing down. Blommesteyn's wife, Maddie Di ...
- Created on 08 July 2014
- 40. Secondary Plan gets the green light
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- ... can be against the public interest. Mobility Hubs Chris Emanuel returns to the issue of mobility hubs, raised on previous occasions. As I am listening to Marion explaining the difference in approach ...
- Created on 17 June 2014
- 41. Newmarket’s Secondary Plan: the end is nigh
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- ... and transit and the future of Upper Canada Mall which I fear may have left me behind. Chris Emanuel wants to know about Mobility Hubs and why there isn’t one at Yonge/Davis. (There is one proposed for ...
- Created on 10 June 2014
- 42. NDP fields Provincial candidate/ What went Wrong at Glenway?
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- ... public. A motion moved by Maddie Di Muccio and seconded by Ward 7 councillor, Chris Emanuel, called for a meeting to consider the lessons to be learned. It carried nem con. That Council direct staff to ...
- Created on 15 May 2014
- 43. Newmarket’s Revised Draft Secondary Plan gets lukewarm reception
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- ... lived and breathed this plan for ages and his presentation appears effortless. Future Transit Plans Chris Emanuel is first up and asks about the Draft Plan’s recommendation for a proposed Mobility Hub ...
- Created on 30 April 2014
- 44. Glenway: lessons to be learned
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- ... the meantime, there are calls for a public meeting on lessons to be learned. The GPA’s Dave Sovran wants one. So too does Ward 7’s councillor, Chris Emanuel. Others such as Maddie Di Muccio have publicly ...
- Created on 24 April 2014
- 45. Glenway: Newmarket’s councillors are told what they have decided
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- ... thanking Ward 7 councillor, Chris Emanuel, for all his efforts he states bluntly that the GPA is opposed to the negotiated settlement. Twice the GPA asked the Town to share with them their proposed approach ...
- Created on 22 April 2014
- 46. Town of Newmarket humiliated in settlement on Glenway
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- The humiliation of the Town of Newmarket is complete. At 1.30pm this afternoon (Tuesday) councillors will gather in the Council Chamber at Mulock Drive to receive an information report on the settlement ...
- Created on 22 April 2014
- 47. Glenway and Rick Nethery
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- ... furiously on a keyboard. Mediation Chris Emanuel raises the possibility of mediation to settle the Glenway imbroglio. This would avoid the necessity of a Phase 2 OMB Hearing. (This had been anticipated ...
- Created on 31 March 2014
- 48. Glenway: Where Now?
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- ... since. He is influential and his involvement at an early stage could have changed the course of events but that was not to happen. Ward 7 councillor, Chris Emanuel, has championed the Glenway cause from ...
- Created on 28 March 2014