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The survey of public opinion on the huge proposal for the Dawsco Plaza lands on Eglinton Ave.E. at Brentcliffe Rd. will close in ten days — that’s midnight on April 15, 2016. The Leaside Property Owners Association is running the survey. You can do it here. The site is known as 939 Eglinton Ave. E. at the southwest corner. Many businesses now located there will find new homes if and when the development occurs.

TOWERS 19, 24, 31 AND 34 STOREYS

The owners, Diamond Corp., propose a development that runs along Brentcliffe Rd. south to Vanderhoof Ave. It is the largest-ever development application in Leaside according to the LPOA . The proposed five building complex consists of four residential condominium towers of 19 and 24 storeys connected by an eight-storey podium along Eglinton and 31 and 34 storeys connected by an eight-storey podium, a six-storey office building and a half acre parkette on Vanderhoof Ave. In total, 1,500 residential units, 100,000 square feet of office space, and 31,000 square feet of retail space are proposed with 1,639 parking spaces. The four residential towers would increase the number of dwelling units in Leaside by over 22%.

SURVEY CLOSES APRIL 15

Again, the LPOA survey closes April 15 at midnight, so residents have got ten days to state an opinion. The survey is for residents of postal code M4G only. Do the survey here.

CBC

Tow truck drivers will parade their vehicles along many Toronto roadways today and block traffic on Queen’s Park Crescent at about 1 p.m. Best to stay off Avenue Road heading south and other arteries like the DVP and  Gardiner Expressway. The target of this so-called driver awareness action is new provincial rules which require towing firms to keep log books and work fewer hours. Drivers say it will cost the public more to do this. Making a judgement about this is like trying to read tea leaves except that it is a clear nuisance.  CBC

Brad Wall

Premier Brad Wall, frequently mentioned as a leader of the federal Conservative Party, has led his centre-right Saskatchewan Party to a resounding third majority government Monday night. As reported by Canadian Press, voting results showed the SP leading or elected in a comfortable majority of the Legislature’s 61 seats against the New Democrats and their leader Cam Broten. Canadian Press 

Rev. Emily Gordon

Reverend Emily Gordon has been announced as the new minister of Leaside United Church. In a tweet sent Monday the church’s webmaster Michele Petick recalls a few events leading to the appointment. There was a special congregational meeting on March 13 at which the “Call of Reverend Emily Gordon to the position of Minister” was unanimously decided, she reports. The website also has a series of questions and answers with Rev. Emily which are entertaining. Would you rather be super strong or super fast and would you rather have your flight delayed for eight hours or lose your luggage. Have a read.

WARNING: The video is disturbing. It shows a painful but non-lethal electrocution of a defendant on the order of a judge in a Maryland courtroom apparently because the man would not stop his presentation when the judge told him to do so.

The minister of municipal affairs will bring in legislation to permit towns and cities to employ ranked balloting in their civic elections. Sadly, Toronto has turned its back on this concept.  The council voted last October in a breathtaking reversal of a committment to democratic reform to stay with the present first past the post system. In simple terms, ranked ballots permit voters to have two choices for an offiice, first and second. This then permits a run off count so that the ultimate victor has a true majority of the vote. It is quite common in local elections,  and elsewhere, for candidates to be elected with as little as 30 percent of the ballots cast. CBC  City Council backs away from ranked ballots for 2018

Air France flight attendants have complained to the airline about having to wear head coverings and related modesty-inspired dress when they work the airline’s new flight to Tehran. It is one of a number of cultural issues that has arisen since the rapprochement with Iran. Another was a complaint from the Iranians that wine would be served at lunch with the Premier. He promptly cancelled lunch and said anyone in France can drink whatever they like.

Everyone will make his own assessment of this encounter. The Premier met with Black Lives Matter demonstrators outside the Legislature and seemed to accomplish an understanding about how meetings may be held. The demonstrators were fully engaged with personal complaints of “police brutality” against them and the failure of Ms Wynne to use the words  “anti-black racism.”  She said she had used them. She said she believed there is “systemic anti-black racism.”  We shall see where it goes.

A ceremony to officially name Stickney Avenue in Leaside will be held Sunday, May 15, 2016 at noon on the street. As many will already know, the City has approved the re-naming of Markham Ave. to Stickney Ave in honour of David Stickney, a much-loved mathematics teacher, coach and friend at Leaside High School. Mr. Stickney died of a heart attack a year ago this May while coaching a baseball team. Markham Ave is a short  street running from Airdrie Road to Laird Drive. The committee which raised the money to provide fitting memorials to Stickney will also place a bench at the top of the steps leading down from Cameron Crescent to the Talbot Park baseball diamond. The balance of some $15,000 raised by the committee will be directed to The Leaside Scholarship Fund.