Simcoe Taxpayers Gear to Fight Market Value Reassessment By The Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Associations “SCRAM” (Simcoe County Residents Against Market value reassessment) to voice taxpayers opposition. Subsequent to an organizational meeting reported in a story on page 4, the new group, SCRAM, is making available to Simcoe County [more]
Sewage, Septage and Sludge…Tiny’s Future By Patricia O’Driscoll If our permanent home is in the city, sewage is treated at a sewage treatment plant. We may not give much thought to the problem of how waste from our septic systems and holding tanks is handled in Tiny, but, how the [more]
REPORT — TINY TOWNSHIP 1994 ELECTION THE PEOPLE DECIDED! By David Blair Chairman, 1994 Election Committee It took the will of thousands to elect the new Tiny Township Council. The members of council are: Mayor: Anthony Lancia Deputy Major: Douglas Taylor Councillors: Ron Clément Evelyn Klym Susan Kronschnabl The Process The directors of [more]
New Year’s Gathering By Doreen Cheeseman Thursday, December 28th, 1994, at 2:00 p.m. saw many faces gathered at Capt. Roberts’ Table, Penetanguishene, to toast in the New Year and to meet new neighbours. The occasion was the Federation’s open house. The setting was perfect for the festive season. Brightly decorated [more]
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]
“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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
The Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Associations