Fewer services, or much higher taxes?

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Here’s a column that gets closer to the true issue before City Council. Do you want fewer service or some nice higher taxes. The writer suggests that Mayor Ford send a notice to each home showing what it will cost to keep all the things we have and asking taxpayers to agree to pay the estimated tax increases associated with each. The column.

Cadillac, Toyota RAV to be built in Ontario

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Both General Motors and Toyota have announced plans to assemble new vehicles in Ontario. GM will assign the Oshawa plant to make the anticipated new Caddy intended to compete with the largest models produced by BMW and Mercedes. Production will begin next year. Toyota said it will assemble its RAV4 crossover utility vehicle at its plant in Woodstock. The RAv4 has an electric car component. Toyota has obtained a $71 loan (repayable) from the federal government and grant of the same amount from Ontario. Together they cover about 25 percent of the cost of tooling up the Woodstock plant to assemble the RAV4.

Waste to Energy should be our future

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This is a CBC Television story about the promising technology known as Waste to Energy Incineration, or WtoE for short. There continues to be a forceful advocacy program against incineration in Toronto and in fact many schools teach opposition to incineration. But science is saying this approach is not sensible. WtoE is clean. When you factor in the exhaust of trucks used to move garbage to landfills, it is very clean. WtoE is used in many parts of Europe, Japan and in parts of the United States. In places like Toronto, which continue to foul farmland with garbage, this apparently clean and efficient method is being considered by forward thinking municipal officials. Click the headline on this post and scroll to read the archives from The South Bayview Bulldog on this topic.

Evening mugging near Lawrence Park

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Toronto Police Service report: A 14 year old male reports that on August 2, 2011 at approximately 2130 hours, he was in the area of Lawrence Avenue West and Chatsworth Drive, when he was approached by two male suspects. The suspects pushed and punched the victim. The suspects also removed a laptop computer, wallet, cellular phone and a quantity of clothing from the victim’s possession. The suspects then fled the scene in an unknown direction. No injuries were sustained by the victim. Police are requesting the assistance of the public in identifying the following described persons in connection with this offence. Description of Suspect #1: Male, 5”11”, medium build. Suspect #2: Male, 5’8” to 5’9”, medium build.

Alessandro Settimi sells The Mad Italian

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Alessandro Settimi (seen with wife Alana) reports that his two shop business, The Mad Italian, has been sold. The gelato entrepreneur and his family established The Mad Italian last year, with the original store being at 1581 South Bayview next door to Homefront. The sale of the business was not planned but the result of a spontaneous offer to buy it. Alessandro says he and Alana and their infant daughter will return to Italy for a vacation and make their future plans there. The South Bayview Bulldog photo, January 18, 2010

Notice re Homefront’s Jollywood stools

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We’ve received word that the production of the popular Jollywood stools and other wood specialties sold by Homefront will be interrupted in September for a brief period of time. This means those who may wish to have one of these stimulating toys for the Fall or even Christmas should think ahead. We are not sure how long the interruption will last and when it resumes the Christmas rush will be imminent. Homefront (416) 488-3189 and (416) 4485 2305.