Author Archives: cgammie

In my commentary 3-28 about free parking I asked everyone to send a protest to Bowman, Close, Klages, Turner,with copies to the rest of council. I provided e-mail addresses from the town website.  Apparently some were out of date.  Here … Continue reading →

TSBP residents have seen a 45 per cent increase in property taxes over the last 8 years. Now Bowman wants to raise taxes even more, by eliminating pay parking at the beach. This would increase the property tax burden by … Continue reading →

 The OSST August 20 article “South Bruce Peninsula Council Critic Not Allowed At Municipal Meetings” was fair and reasonably unbiased, but it missed some key information.  On November 20, 2012 I was banned from town hall.  On November 28th I … Continue reading →

Agenda item 8.14 CLK84-2013 Town Rights on Lake Beds Spring of 2010 or earlier access to Oliphant beaches discussion started, with residents raising concerns about unrestricted vehicular access, and other issues. Sometime in 2011 posts were installed to restrict access. … Continue reading →

Item 7.4 on the August 6 council agenda reads: 7.4 4:30 pm Eric Davis, Miller Thomson-Resolution R-793-2012 (this delegation will be heard in Closed Session) Item 4.4 reads: 4.4 Litigation or potential litigation, including matters before administrative tribunals, affecting the … Continue reading →

August 6 agenda item 8.3 reads: AIR02-2013 Request for Funding to Prepare a Business Plan and Strategic Plan for the Airport The related Agenda item 11.1 reads: CLK75-2013 Transport Canada Airport Report In item 8.3 Dwight Burley, chair of the … Continue reading →

I found only one item of concern in the July 16 agenda, but the concern is huge. On the agenda as item 10.1 for first, second, and third reading is a property standards by-law. There may be some property standards … Continue reading →

The annual report of the Ontario Ombudsman’s Open Meeting Law Enforcement Team (OMLET) lists complaints received about closed meetings, and also violations found and best practices suggested. An excerpt from the report of October 2011 is in the table below: … Continue reading →

TSBP taxes are up at least twenty per cent in the three years that John Close has been mayor.  The increase is not all due to Mr. Close’s shenanigans, but much of it is.  Some of the increase is a … Continue reading →

It was hard to tell from item 5.2 in the May 15, 2012 Council Agenda, titled “Public Meeting Notice-Restructuring, Georgian Bluffs and South Bruce Peninsula”, but the proposal was not really about “restructuring” at all.  The item was about John … Continue reading →