Confidential/Closed Session; Visual Impact Study to be Included in Current Official Plan; Community/Seniors’ Centre for Northeast?; Airport Commission/Township Responsibility;Procedure for Hiring a New Manager of Planning; Septage Committee/Class EA/New Resources for Disposal of Septage; Problems with Sand at Bluewater Georgina Wendake Beaches [more]
The Phantom Square-Rigger of Georgian Bay By Al Taylor On a warm June night in 1986, I saw lazily-swinging lanterns hanging from the cross spars of an old square-rigger sailing ship suddenly materialise off the western shore of Christian Island. It appeared to be heading straight for the shoals, and [more]
Buying a Roof? Be Savvy By Al Taylor A roof sheds water, but it is not waterproof. What? That’s right. Imagine your house upside down in the water. Would it sink? In most cases, yes. So, if you need roof replacement or repair, do your homework to make sure you [more]
Georgian Bay Sport Fishing in Trouble? By Al Taylor For some years now, sport fishing in Georgian Bay has been in decline. Some say the Bay never recovered from over-fishing at the turn of the century, others say commercial fishing boats or the cormorants are to blame. Perhaps invading species [more]
Flying the Flag Al Taylor The Canadian flag waving atop your own flag pole or off the stern of your boat has a great feel to it, especially in cottage country against the backdrop of the trees, sky, and water. I personally feel a lot of pride about flying our [more]
Snow Fencing and Sand By Al Taylor When we bought our cottage in 1986, the record high water year, there was a small sand beach, and long time residents told us that it would be much larger once the water returned to normal levels. Boy, did we get sand! The [more]
Buying Insurance Locally Can Save $100’s By Al Taylor A couple of my neighbours told me they had experienced major savings as a result of placing their insurance with local brokers, so I started to investigate. They were right in my case. My house and cars were with two different [more]
PRESIDENT AL TAYLOR’S REPORT Simcoe home owners socked with $33 Million tax grab This headline is no myth should county-wide Full MVA go into effect in Simcoe County. Tiny Township would be hit with $3 1/2 million of the $33 million tax grab. Under county-wide Factorized MVA, Tiny Township would [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]
The Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Associations