I believe City Council must not play a political blame game, delay or risk residents' safety. This discussion should be completely focused on making a prudent decision about the reality of a crumbling Gardiner Expressway while responsibly considering safety, costs, our waterfront and commuters' needs. Here are a few ideas for your consideration: Ten things [...]
Earlier this fall, all property owners in Ontario should have received a Property Assessment Notice in the mail with the updated assessed value of their property as of January 1, 2012. The value of your assessment affects the amount of property taxes you will pay over the next four years, so it is important that [...]
Dear residents, Keeping you engaged and informed through public meetings is very important to me. Please find the details below on two upcoming meetings. Sincerely, Josh 87 - 107 Davisville Avenue and 108 - 128 Balliol Street Public Meeting I would like to invite you and your neighbours to an important [...]
December 5 2012 Global News James Armstrong TORONTO –While city council works to amend the proposed 2013 budget, two city councillors are hoping to create a discussion about increasing the amount of funding that is sent to the city’s burgeoning arts scene. In an e-mail sent to city council, Councillors Josh Matlow and [...]
What is the law that governs the relationship between tenants and landlords? A: The provincial Residential Tenancies Act (2007). This legislation also governs the provincial Landlord and Tenant Board located right around the corner at Yonge and St. Clair. Why can my landlord raise my rent every year? Who decides what the amount is? [...]
December 5, 2012 City Centre Mirror Justin Skinner Should all go according to plan, Oriole Park will soon be home to Ward 22’s first community garden. Councillor Josh Matlow is working with stakeholder groups in hopes of establishing a stewardship committee to launch and oversee the project, which requires a few volunteers [...]
Dear residents, It has indeed been a long, busy, productive, interesting and frankly disappointing (to say the least) week at City Hall. There has been both substantive work done at Council along with very embarrassing fighting by some members of council during the public meeting. However, there were some very good decisions made along with [...]
Dear neighbours and friends, Over the past two years, I've had the pleasure of being our community's representative at Toronto City Council. I've met with thousands of residents to address their priorities and get results -whether they've been local traffic safety concerns, a noisy development project, a late garbage pickup or to support [...]
November 27 2012 Toronto Star Paul Moloney City council has vowed to do a better job of letting people know they can fight a parking ticket if it was issued shortly after the meter expired. While council decided in July that people should not have to pay a ticket issued within 10 [...]
