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M.V. Reassessment Bad News – Meeting Told!

M.V. Reassessment Bad News – Meeting Told! By David Blair SCRAM Committee Chairman On Tuesday April 25, 1995, your Federation held an information meeting at Midhurst on Market Value Assessment (MVA) and Market Value Reassessment, to which representatives from ratepayers’ associations across Simcoe County had been invited. In attendance were [more]

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“Market Value Reassessment triggers 82,000 tax appeals”

“Market Value Reassessment triggers 82,000 tax appeals” By Al Taylor President of the Federation The above could be a future headline in a Simcoe County newspaper: IF we trust the same folks who brought us restructuring and never told us that we would pay more education taxes as a result. Have [more]

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Is This Fair? $7,600 to educate one student in Tiny!

Is This Fair? $7,600 to educate one student in Tiny! By Al Taylor Your Federation made a deputation to the Simcoe County Board of Education Finance Committee on March 16, 1995, demanding that the Board not increase education taxes. This is my second presentation in the last two years. Hopefully, [more]

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Federation’s Annual Meeting Cites Successful Year

Federation’s Annual Meeting Cites Successful Year At its 1994 Annual Meeting, the Federation reported on several successful initiatives carried out in 1994. Twenty-seven (27) member associations were represented at the meeting held, at Toronto, on November 22, 1994. In his report, President Al Taylor highlighted the following events: • A deputation [more]

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A Forest Perspective

A Forest Perspective By Paul Masterson Driving the roads of Tiny, one is always conscious of forest stands of various species composition ranging from conifers (pines and spruces), hardwood stands (maple, oak, beech, ash an cherry) to mixed stands of both softwood and hardwood species. The forests of Tiny are [more]

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You Had To Be There

You Had To Be There By Doreen Cheeseman What were you doing on July 30th at about 9 at night? Were you swatting flies off the barbecue? Or maybe you were mopping up after a malfunctioning toilet? Well, you can be sure that 175 happy people were having a great [more]

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Who pays the freight?

Who pays the freight? Twice a year, by mail, you receive, at your permanent residence, a copy of The Tiny Cottager. You and other Tiny taxpayers in the shoreline areas of the township receive the paper FREE of charge. The Tiny Cottager newspaper is published by the Federation, the umbrella [more]

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UNITED WE MUST STAND…

UNITED WE MUST STAND… by Paul Masterson In a few weeks time, across Ontario, our municipal governments will be experiencing a democratic process called elections. In this exercise, the citizens of those communities (cities, towns and townships) will be choosing, by ballot, fellow citizens who have committed themselves to govern [more]

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Tiny Council’s 3-Year performance report

Tiny Council’s 3-Year performance report By Frank Hughes and Patricia O’Driscoll Many of us are unaware of Council activities in our other home away from Tiny such as Toronto, Kitchener, Oshawa or other parts of the province. Why? The simple answer seems to be that there are more eyes glued [more]