December 2024
Budget Crunch
Wasaga Beach Discussion 284 of 365; Budget Crunch! The increase in OPP costs alone will account for 2-3% that our Council has not even accounted for in the first draft of the budget. With everyone [...]
Will we get a Beach front Hotel
Wasaga Beach Discussion 283 of 365; Will we get a Beach front Hotel? I hadn’t really asked the question because like most things started by Brian Smith, I expected it to simply cancel at [...]
Piping Plovers and politics
Wasaga Beach Discussion 282 of 365; Piping Plovers and politics! There is a rarely discussed issue in Wasaga Beach that I think deserves more attention. Our much loved, protected Piping Plovers are a missed [...]
Wasaga Budget Shenanigans
Wasaga Beach Discussion 281 of 365; Wasaga Budget Shenanigans On Sept 30, 2024 Barrietoday.com reported that the Simcoe County Budget would likely be between a 1.5 and 2.5 percent increase. Now, THIS Wasaga Beach Council [...]
SIX HUNDRED FORTY SIX
Wasaga Beach Discussion 280 of 365; SIX HUNDRED, FORTY-SIX! That is the number of listings you find when you search “Wasaga Beach” in Realtor.ca. Why? Years ago, there was a rush of people flooding up [...]
Waste, Waste, Waste!
Wasaga Beach Discussion 278 of 365; Waste, Waste, Waste! Sometimes I think our Council and CAO ignore their own decisions simply because they want something different a week later. The attached agenda item was voted [...]
Understanding our town
Wasaga Beach Discussion 277 of 365; Understanding our town Every day, more and more people reach out to me to provide information that may facilitate a deeper understanding of issues affecting our Municipality. Today was [...]
keeping Beach Two public
Wasaga Beach Discussion 276 of 365; Yesterday I suggested keeping Beach Two public. Today I have the SAME suggestion for the Beach One area identified in the recent RFP for development. Why not leave it [...]
Beach Two Municipal Property
Wasaga Beach Discussion 275 of 365; Beach Two Municipal Property! Why not just go back to what works? Water fun on the water. I encourage everyone to forward their opinions to Council, but why not [...]
October 2024
Just some of the reasons Wasaga taxes go up
Wasaga Beach Discussion 274 of 365; Just some of the reasons Wasaga taxes go up This was a list submitted to me by someone last year around this time. It’s amazing as we look to [...]
Cheque Register shenanigans
Wasaga Beach Discussion 273 of 365; Cheque Register shenanigans OK, I’m just going to put this out there. My only comment is that I now understand why the may have changed to policy of reporting [...]