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Your Ideas For Windsor
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July 2009
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Written by Windsor Shadow
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Friday, 31 July 2009 02:01 |
Qik.com + my new HTC Dream Google Android phone = a live stream City Council meeting on the 10th of August. (Might as well test out that 6 gig data plan!)
I'm looking for some sort of clamp now that I can fix to the arm of a chair in the front row of City Council and have the other end grip the phone. It'll be rather basic, no zooming or panning, but it will be live.
If you're interested, Qik supports a wide range of phones for live-streaming video. Ustream.tv also offers live streaming but their service is limited to the iPhone 3G and Nokia S60 phones only.
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Last Updated on Friday, 31 July 2009 03:00 |
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Written by Windsor Shadow
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Thursday, 30 July 2009 03:34 |
1. Three guesses as to who was one of the two Councillors to vote against the Ward Boundaries motions on Monday night. (Halberstadt is right - if you watched Council on Monday - the election has already started. The heat is on!)
2. Now that we've set a new record for a strike in Windsor at 101 days are we looking to set a new record for hiring an Auditor General and Development Commission head? Christmas is coming soon!
3. I was close. I predicted $35 to $40.
4. Did I mention that we still don't have an Auditor General?
5. The idea for a local film commission has merit and should be seriously considered. I'd sooner see that then the communications department the City is slated to establish.
6. Have you signed the petition yet to help change Windsor's Ward Boundaries?
7. CUPE - shooting themselves in the foot one last time as the strike ends. Lots of screaming about Brister's comments but not a peep about their own propaganda.
8. 5 days, 500 people, build a house. If you've got some spare time - pitch in!
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Last Updated on Thursday, 30 July 2009 10:58 |
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Written by Windsor Shadow
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 06:37 |
.png) I received the following email this morning from organizers of the Emancipation Day Celebration. If you have some time to spare, please consider volunteering:
It is almost time for the "Greatest Freedom Show on Earth" and we find ourselves short of volunteers for key positions. Rochelle our volunteer Coordinator will be @ 647 Ouellette (Herb Gray building at corner of Wyandotte & Ouellete) from 4pm to 8pm Tuesday. Drop in and see what you can do to help.
Not able to make it but would like to volunteer, call us @ (519)419-5076 or email us at
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Volunteers are the back bone of Emancipation, they put the Great in Greatest.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 July 2009 06:44 |
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Written by Windsor Shadow
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Friday, 24 July 2009 14:43 |
 I've been promising to do a post and some promo for the Downtown Market for a while now and have been somewhat tardy. Since I'm going to be down there all day Saturday collecting signatures for Citizfaction, I thought now might be a good time to make good. (the logo and a link have also been posted in the community ad section on W.E. Speak.)
As a downtown resident I'm ecstatic that this initiative has taken off. New vendors are being added every week. I've been to two out of the three weekends so far and have left with plenty of fresh goods each time. My favourite so far is the fresh garlic and oregano bread. I've also picked up corn, cherries, potatoes, berries and lettuce. As a single guy the market is great as I have a variety of product to pick from and I can buy just what I need for the week. The fact that I'm supporting local farmers is a great bonus.
C'mon down and check it out. It's not just a market - it's a community meet-up every Saturday.
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Last Updated on Friday, 24 July 2009 15:58 |
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Written by Windsor Shadow
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Wednesday, 15 July 2009 03:35 |
Citizfaction.ca is up and running. It' still a little rough around the edges, but it's a start.
Stop in, grab a petition and get signatures!
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Written by Windsor Shadow
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Tuesday, 14 July 2009 14:11 |
The Citizfaction Ward Boundary Petition is now available for download.
Please download it, sign it and pass it around as wide as possible. Post it at work and pass it around to your co-workers. Get your neighbours, friends and family to sign.
Please Note: you must have been a valid voter on the 2006 City of Windsor Municipal Voters list in order to sign the Petition.
Join us on Facebook, follow on Twitter and visit Citizfaction.ca to stay informed.
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Written by Windsor Shadow
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Monday, 13 July 2009 20:33 |
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From the Ontario Municipal Act, the one section of the Act that Council failed to discuss last night. We heard plenty about possible appeals, but nothing about citizens taking action when their own Council fails to act. Hopefully, after consultations with City Staff to ensure a proper format for a petition is utilized, we'll have a petition circulating tomorrow.
Stay tuned!
Petition re: wards
223. (1) Electors in a municipality may present a petition to the council asking the council to pass a by-law dividing or redividing the municipality into wards or dissolving the existing wards. 2001, c. 25, s. 223 (1); 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 97 (1).
Number of electors required
(2) The petition requires the signatures of 1 per cent of the electors in the municipality or 500 of the electors in the municipality, whichever is less, but, in any event, a minimum of 50 signatures of the electors in the municipality is required. 2001, c. 25, s. 223 (2).
Definition
(3) In this section,
“elector” means a person whose name appears on the voters’ list, as amended up until the close of voting on voting day, for the last regular election preceding a petition being presented to council under subsection (1). 2001, c. 25, s. 223 (3).
Failure to act
(4) If the council does not pass a by-law in accordance with the petition within 90 days after receiving the petition, any of the electors who signed the petition may apply to the Ontario Municipal Board to have the municipality divided or redivided into wards or to have the existing wards dissolved. 2001, c. 25, s. 223 (4); 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 97 (2).
Order
(5) The Board shall hear the application and may, despite any Act, make an order dividing or redividing the municipality into wards or dissolving the existing wards and subsection 222 (6) applies with necessary modifications in respect to the hearing. 2001, c. 25, s. 223 (5).
Coming into force
(6) An order of the Board under this section comes into force on the day the new council of the municipality is organized following,
(a) the first regular election after the order is made, if the order is made before January 1 in the year of the regular election; or
(b) the second regular election after the order is made, if the order is made on or after January 1 in the year of a regular election but before voting day. 2001, c. 25, s. 223 (6).
Election
(7) Despite subsection (6), if an order comes into force on the day the new council of a municipality is organized following a regular election, that election shall be conducted as if the order was already in force. 2001, c. 25, s. 223 (7).
Deemed by-law
(8) Once an order of the Board is in force, the order shall be deemed to be a by-law of the municipality and may be amended or repealed by the municipality by by-law described in section 222. 2001, c. 25, s. 223 (8); 2006, c. 32, Sched. A, s. 97 (3). |
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Last Updated on Monday, 13 July 2009 20:41 |
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