Tag: milton election 2010

  • Council Salaries To Be Discussed At Monday’s Meeting

    From the Milton Canadian Champion Kim Arnott, SPECIAL TO THE CHAMPION   Councillors to consider pay raise A pay hike for local politicians is likely to be a hot topic of discussion at next week’s council meeting. On Monday night, the Town’s administration and planning committee voted to recommend a 2 per cent pay raise for…

  • New Lights Coming

    As I mentioned in a previous entry, there have been a lot of concerns raised while out at the doors about the area around Thompson Road and Kennedy Circle/Louis St Laurent.  After talking with some candidates in the ward across the street (ward 7) those concerns are shared by a lot of people. I received…

  • Enumeration Forms Have Been Mailed

    Just as a reminder to everyone, if you havent already received them, the MPAC Enumeration Forms have been sent out to homes in Milton.  Some may not receive this form as they are sending it out to people who’s information might be outdated or incomplete from the last time. This is the form thats used…

  • New ward system in Milton

    I had a chance to attend the open house of the Milton Toastmaster’s Club last night and it was quite a success.  Not only were there lots of current members there, but also a large number of interested people, like myself, to see what it was all about. It was a great event and it…

  • 2009 Milton Council Expenses

    Over the last couple of days, I have been working on getting back to a number of emails I received this week.  The general tone of these emails was about fiscal responsibility.  It reminded me of this weeks committee meeting, and lost in the excitement in the number of public meetings which went to 10:30PM, there…

  • Changes to Ontario’s Hospital Funding Formula

    Today in the Ontario Legislature the governing Liberal party announced via the Throne Speech potential changes to Ontario hospital funding formula. Details are expected to be released when the budget is delivered later this month by Finance Minister Dwight Duncan.  Will this mean more or less funding available for hospitals like Milton and the surrounding…