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1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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
23. I’ve been banned for life from YouTube and I don’t know why: (Blog); ... No ifs or buts. Anyway, life goes on. But without YouTube. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. PS: In 2022 when I was running for Deputy Mayor the editor of the Newmarket Era, Ted McFadden, said I could ...; Created on 12 April 2025
24. The Federal election in Newmarket-Aurora is too close to call: (Blog); ... I recall Newmarket Mayor John Taylor demanding a debate in 2022 with Ford’s then Housing Minister, Steve Clark, who later presided over the Greenbelt scandal (and claimed ignorance of what was going on ...; Created on 26 March 2025
25. “Dawn Gallagher Murphy is a horrible person”: (Blog); ... has nothing good to say about anyone. What she calls the MPs and mayors is not worthy of repeating. She is a horrible person.” I was shocked and taken aback. I had never come across anything like this ...; Created on 23 February 2025
26. The Election in Newmarket Aurora: 10 days to go and time to consider tactical voting: (Blog); ... the Mayor of Newmarket, John Taylor, indicated he would attend the tour, which was meant to be confidential. Dawn Gallagher Murphy became agitated, incorrectly assuming I had disclosed the tour details. ...; Created on 17 February 2025
27. Glenway: a decade on: (Blog); ... and the then Mayor and now MP, Tony Van Bynen, left her to get on with things with no steer. The Town’s planning department was otherwise engaged on the Secondary Plan and couldn’t spare the staff to work ...; Created on 26 January 2025
28. Tony Van Bynen calls on Trudeau to resign immediately: (Blog); ... astonishing. This bold action is totally out of character for Newmarket's former Mayor who never makes any consequential decision without (in his own words) “scoping” things out first. I have been observing ...; Created on 21 December 2024
29. Dawn Gallagher Murphy MPP: erratic, hostile and toxic says sacked office manager Teena Bogner: (Blog); ... August 2024 I was told she “bullies and harasses” her staff. And that she is: “loathed in the PC caucus.” and “She has nothing good to say about anyone. What she calls the MPs and mayors is not ...; Created on 18 December 2024
30. Southlake aims to make up lost ground after two years mired in Greenbelt controversy: (Blog); ... of Justice, was told by King’s Mayor Pellegrini and by Rice himself that a hospital could be built in the protected greenbelt. Rice said he was going ahead because he believed he would be able to locate ...; Created on 29 November 2024