Author Archives: cgammie

For the third time in several months, Propaganda Minister Janice Jackson has censored a report submitted to council by this councillor, refusing, without legitimate reason, to include the report in a council agenda, and refusing to allow council discussion of … Continue reading →

An application for minor variance re 600 Mallory Beach Road was made October 30, 2015. The application was heard by the Committee of Adjustment (“COA”) on April 27, 2016.  A neighbour at 598 Mallory Beach Road objected to the variance. … Continue reading →

Despite some efforts by known disrupters, the Amabel Property Owners Association successfully held a meeting October 8th to discuss the Sauble Land Claim. The Sun Times and Wiarton Echo articles (http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/2016/10/09/gammie-holds-sauble-land-claim-meeting) about the October 8 meeting reported Janice Jackson’ comments … Continue reading →

On October 8, 2016 the Amabel Property Owners Association organized a meeting of residents to talk about the Sauble Land Claim.  At that meeting I showed a picture of an 1855 draft map, made by surveyor Charles Rankin, of Amabel … Continue reading →

On October 8th the Amabel Property Owners Association put on a land claim meeting (see Wiarton Echo website October 9th), themed “why are the residents being kept in the dark (again)”. I stated at the meeting that I had been … Continue reading →

The Municipal Act section 223.2  (1) provides that council can make a code of conduct: Code of conduct             section 223.2  (1)  Without limiting sections 9, 10 and 11, those sections authorize the municipality to establish codes of conduct for members of the … Continue reading →

Just over two years ago we came within a hare’s breath of losing most of our beach at Sauble to the Saugeen First Nation (“SFN”). A lot of closed door sessions far removed from public scrutiny had led to a … Continue reading →

I’ve seen some pretty flagrant abuses of power in TSBP council chambers over the years, but none so flagrant as what I and others witnessed September 20, 2016. On that day, without any legitimate authority, and lacking any competence, and … Continue reading →

The Sauble Community School agreement is on the September 2 agenda – again. This is my fourth commentary about the Sauble school agreement. Previously I indicated that the 1995 to 2014 agreement between TSBP and the school board was and … Continue reading →

On August 6th the town circulated an “information sheet” to selected residents of TSBP. Information sheet not authorized Council policy A.3.2 requires that any correspondence from the town be authorized by council. That means formal authorization, by resolution.   There was … Continue reading →