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A media release from the City of London. Published by FMBS as a public service.

Cheque Presentation

The United Way was presented with a cheque by the Mayor on behalf of city employees (Local 101) on Monday.

According to Her Worship: “The City of London over the last number of years have consistently increased the amount of money that we’ve raised and more now than ever before we know that there’s a need in our community.”

According to Pat McNally (EES GM): “Our goal was $60,000 and as you can see we passed that goal by almost 4%.”

Receiving the cheque on behalf of the United Way was Andrew Lockie (CEO): Continue Reading

Financial Advisor Charged With Fraud

A media release from London Police Service.

Is City Council Transparency Empty Rhetoric?

Item #5 on Monday’s agenda of the Community and Protective Services Committee is very enlightening, and troubling.

Elaine Gamble (Director of Corporate Communications) reports:
…resources are stretched too thin to adequately maintain and update the Cily’s main website…we can not sustain the current level of demand for our services without additional resources.
Money, mouth.

Kettle, black.

There’s lots more that I could say to City Council, but it shouldn’t be necessary.

Should Government Support Storybook?

City Council has backed a councillor’s request that staff calculate how much it would cost to shut down Slippery the Seal’s former home.

Council poured $7M of our money into an overhaul of the theme park in 2003 but dumped the concept of storybook characters. There was talk of adding a ferris wheel. But the ‘attraction’ didn’t draw enough visitors to stop the red ink. It lost $189K last year, bringing … Continue Reading

A Dime A Day?

A … Continue Reading

Kellogg’s Special $KKKs

Help me to understand this. Is Kellogg on the brink of bankruptcy?
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Fleeced?

I don’t generally subscribe to much of what gets posted over there, but this post about the Fed’s investment of millions of our tax dollars in Diamond D-JET does deserve some qualified support.
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CUPE’s Poverty Reduction Proposal

CUPE Ontario will make a deputation this afternoon that will propose three policy shifts that the government must make in order to achieve a reduction of poverty in the province… Continue Reading

Emerald Ash Borer

                    
If you find London too tame, there may be an explanation why you find it so boring. Letters copied to ETC from the Mayor’s office 2007/01/02 (4 weeks ago) that are on today’s agenda.

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