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Comment on Lions Continue to Spearhead King City Recreation by Cathy Wellesley

Cathy Wellesley — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 04:10:45 +0000

Great ideas! Thank goodness for the LIons! One more idea — I’d love to see a pavillon in the Lions’ Park in King City, just like the one in Pottageville. It could be used for public functions and rented out for private events.

Comment on King City BLACK and Blue Over Schomberg Rec Centre by Daniel Leschiutta

Daniel Leschiutta — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 14:38:34 +0000

Cleve, great article! This article really should be published in the King Township Sentinel and King Weekly, so that all eligible voters are more motivated to exercise their right to vote, and so that they are better informed on election date. After all, compared to other elections, the outcome of municipal elections directly impacts our community, and will have the greatest impact on our daily life.

Mayor Black’s decision to locate the new Township Recreation Facility in Schomberg is either self-serving because Black lives in Schomberg, as do many of those who lasted voted for her. Or, it demonstrates a complete lack of vision when it comes to building a great community.

With regards to naming rights; I can’t help but question: Was the decision to accept only $300,000 for a 50 year period, instead of the budgeted $750,000 (for a typical 20-30 year period) just another example of Mayor Black’s financial irresponsibility, or was her motivation, again, self-serving?

In either case, Mayor Black has demonstrated that she does not have the leadership qualities King Township needs to ensure it develops into the distinguished community we are all hoping for.

Comment on King City BLACK and Blue Over Schomberg Rec Centre by Marco Bortolussi

Marco Bortolussi — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 23:36:46 +0000

It is painfully obvious that this current mayor’s loyalty is to her own backyard of Schomberg. Who cares about King City? It is up to someone with a sense of fairness and a vision for the greater good of the community to come to the forefront. This mickey mouse run municipality needs real leadership that can make every resident of this community proud and enjoy being part of this community.
Black has her own agenda that is self serving so see you later Black and on behalf of every resident in King city thanks for nothing!

Comment on King City BLACK and Blue Over Schomberg Rec Centre by Lori Appleton

Lori Appleton — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:17:37 +0000

Unfortunately as a King City resident, a fitness facility in Schomberg is irrelevant to me. It is closer for me to go to Aurora. I would never go all the way to Schomberg and I am a huge fitness advocate. A central and more neutral location would have made much more sense. I hope the Schomberg residents enjoy their new facility. I will continue to pump our recreation and fitness dollars into the coffers of another town. Sadly…

Comment on Lions Continue to Spearhead King City Recreation by Debbie Schaefer

Debbie Schaefer — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:27:24 +0000

Hello Cleve, What a great story: volunteerism at its best; Council (i.e you), Staff and citizens working together to achieve a big result. Congratulations to all. Everyone is winning. And thank you for giving us the whole story–it really is a good one.

The ingredients for Kingtoberfest sound good!

Debbie Schaefer
Candidate Ward 5

Comment on King City BLACK and Blue Over Schomberg Rec Centre by Cathy Wellesley

Cathy Wellesley — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 18:25:54 +0000

Cleve,
Thank you for such an informative and well-written newsletter. (I, too, wish everyone in the Township could read it). I had general concerns and questions with regard to the new arena / fitness centre in Schomberg, but these facts that you have shared now make me angry and extremely disappointed as to what ‘might’ have been and what ‘should’ have been. Some how King City has ended up as the poor, distant cousin in this “family”. It is time to clean out this Council and the current leadership!

Comment on King City BLACK and Blue Over Schomberg Rec Centre by Jim Streb

Jim Streb — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 12:36:51 +0000

Cleve,
I’ve long noticed that Black, Pabst, Rupke, and Cober have tried (with great success) to divide the Township and convince everyone to ignore the plight of our fellow residents so long as we can reap some small advantage. Most recently, the Flawed Four have pitted residents of the Marsh (Peaker Plant) against residents of Nobleton (forced connection to an unneeded and unwanted sewer) against residents of Schomberg (the new recreational facility), against King City (the completion of the sewer project). In each case, we have been encouraged to consider only our own problem, and encouraged to look upon the other issues as someone else’s issue and as something with little impact on us.

As residents of King Township, we must try to consider the Township-wide implications of all our local decisions.

Comment on King City BLACK and Blue Over Schomberg Rec Centre by Tony S.

Tony S. — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:54:28 +0000

This financial issue has been in existence in King Township since I moved here in 1978 and I have yet to see any visual progress other than general city maintenance. Why is King City tax money used to build Schomberg? If we want to share in these projects it sounds resonable to me to build public amenities where everyone would have access. What do we have here? a Robin Hood approach to governing in King Township? No vote… for Black as Mayor.

Comment on King City BLACK and Blue Over Schomberg Rec Centre by Greg Locke

Greg Locke — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:50:38 +0000

Cleve,

This is an excellent, excellent article.

I wish every voter in King Township would read it. It sheds light on so many flaws in our current leadership.

I sincerely plan for us to work together in unison with the rest of the incoming Council to address these long-standing shortcomings.

Sincerely,

Greg Locke
Candidate, Ward 4

Comment on King Council Digging Us All Deeper into Debt by Cleve Mortelliti

Cleve Mortelliti — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:35:12 +0000

Hi Steve,

Yes, not only useful but imperative. How can anyone be expected to make responsible decisions without a full understanding of the consequences? Pretty basic isn’t it…

I will get back to you via email with your request re: King Road. You’re not the first to ask this. The houses of the nearby residents shake every time a truck drives over those bumps. I hope its this summer but I know that the Region is bringing the new watermain along King Rd from the new Dufferin Street water tower to connect to the existing Fisher Street tower. I suspect they would not want to place a new surface until that work is complete. (But then, that would make sense wouldn’t it…;) Stay tuned, and thanks for the comment.