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Burlington has spent approximately $1,400,000 to install 29 EV charging stations, and the 2025 budget provides for this to increase. How effective are these EV chargers? Disclaimer: This is not an anti-EV rant or an anti-charger rant. Please comment below if you disagree with this post. This post looks at the type of chargers the … Continue reading The most per-capita EV chargers in the GTA – but …

This is the text from a delegation I made to our city council. Good morning and thank you for your time today. The “Stop the 7​.​5% Burlington Property Tax Increase” petition has been presented to council. Twelve hundred and forty-seven people signed the petition asking for a zero percent tax increase. The multi-year forecast called … Continue reading Tax Petition is presented to council “oh well”   

Here's a quick history of this project. 2017 - the Board of Education considers closing two high schools in Burlington. 2020 - June 30 - Bateman High School closes. 2021 - June - The school board declared Bateman as surplus.  2021 - June 23 - Burlington issues a press release:  City of Burlington to submit … Continue reading The Bay Observer questions how council handled the Bateman community centre.

Introduction The consultations have ended, the delegations have finished, the decisions have been reached, and the verdict is: a 7.51% tax increase to existing Burlington home and business owners. The overall increase to our tax bill will be 5.82%. If memory serves back when this process started the city was talking about 3.79%. How we … Continue reading Gaslighting is Alive and Well at City Hall