Tag: local matters
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Improvements to Saturday Transit Requested by Mike Cluett
At the last Milton Town Council meeting, I put forward a notice of motion to direct staff to review the towns current marketing plan, consult different groups (including seniors & youth) to find ways of improving ridership on Milton Transit Saturday service. During council deliberations I was very adamant that we need to find different…
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Metrolinx Town Hall Feb 5th
Had an opportunity to attend the Metrolinx Town Hall in Burlington tonight. I was able to ask a few questions in the limited amount of time where I brought up Route 20 that was cancelled last year and a request to revisit their decision to not fully expand the Milton GO Station. They did say…
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Metrolinx Town Hall Feb 5th – Have Your Say
As many Miltonians are aware, Metrolinx recently announced many changes to the GO bus schedules for Milton which included the number 20 bus from Milton to Sheridan College in Oakville. The province had sighted a few reasons for the cancellation including low ridership and cost savings. The option devised by GO Transit/Metrolinx was for riders…
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Local Matters – 2019 Year In Review with Mayor Krantz
In a new edition of my show on YourTV Halton “Local Matters” I sit down with Milton Mayor Gord Krantz to discuss the first full year of our council term 2018-2022. We talked about the regional review that just passed, our budgets, future plans for Milton Education Village with Laurier University & Conestoga College as…
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Local Matters on YourTV Halton
As I mentioned a few posts ago (here) I mentioned that I was beginning a new program on our local community television channel from Cogeco YourTV Halton. This is where I meet with other local politicians and community leaders and discuss issues that are important to Milton and its residents. I will be posting some…
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Bill 108 Passes Despite Halton & Milton’s Opposition
One of the outcomes of Bill 108 now that it has passed is that what little local control municipalities gained when the governing body changed to LPAT has now been taken away by going back to the OMB rules. We as a town agree that red tape must be eliminated, but we can’t do it…