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What Mike said
by Sharon Collingwood | Jun 1, 2024 | BAN on free speech, Respectful Workplace Policy
During the break at the Council meeting of February 26, a member of the public took issue with the truthfulness of one of the presenters. Although the person I mention was not one of the delegation presenters, he was opposed to the loss of rental housing for...
Loreena McKennitt on Stratford’s new CAO
by Sharon Collingwood | Apr 12, 2025 | Open Government
With the retirement of Joan Thompson, the City of Stratford is looking for a new CAO. This is not just another boring administrative detail, but an extremely important step for us, as Loreena McKennitt made clear in a recent presentation to Council. The CAO...
Securing our digital future
by Sharon Collingwood | Apr 10, 2025 | Open Government
This is a very geeky post, written for fellow activists responsible for the data their organization collects. For those who are just interested in whether the U.S. government is peeking in to their personal affairs, here's a short summary of what we learned for this...
Mike Sullivan’s talk at The Stratford Rotary Club
by Sharon Collingwood | Apr 3, 2025 | Open Government
"We hope this is a blip,and not a trend to more secrecy." Last month Mike Sullivan spoke at the Stratford Rotary Club on Get Concerned Stratford's role in the 2020 Glass Factory issue. Club member Rheo Thompson obtained a copy of the book, ‘A Winning Campaign’,...
Americans! Having a little trouble with your government??
by admin | Mar 28, 2025 | Open Government
When we are down and things look dark, Canadians often think of the words of our national guru, Red Green. Always a wise councillor, he advised, “If the women don’t find ya handsome, they should at least find ya handy.” We have all memorized these words, and we know...
Navigating new media
by admin | Mar 18, 2025 | home page, Open Government
This page is really a draft. We have started working on it to help with questions we've been receiving on how to wade through the increasing noise of today's media. We hope you'll have your own favourites to add in the comments. Let's dig in together, and make a...
Franz Hartman speaks at another successful Climate Momentum mixer
by Sharon Collingwood | Feb 7, 2025 | Build Better, Open Government
I apologize for not presenting all the questions and comments at the end of Wednesday's Climate Momentum talk posted below. There were female speakers, but unfortunately they were at the back, and I couldn't capture their questions from my position at the front....
Sebringville: we’re all in this together
by Sharon Collingwood | Jan 23, 2025 | Build Better, Get Concerned Perth County
Sebringville is threatened with a development that could double its size. What does that mean for Stratford?The proposed Sebringville development could add over 300 apartments to this small hamlet, and many people aren't happy about it. The big crowd at Sunday's...
We have decided to take legal action
by Sharon Collingwood | Jan 8, 2025 | BAN on free speech, Krug Factory Neighbourhood
You no doubt remember the huge kerfuffle last spring over our alleged violation of the City’s new Respectful Workplace Policy. Our spokesperson, Mike Sullivan, was denied access to City buildings for three months for his deputations on February 26, 2024 to Council,...
Letter from a reader: TEDx Stratford
by admin | Dec 8, 2024 | Build Better, Krug Factory Neighbourhood
Housing is for babies, Mike Moffatt.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utyKkGm7ynM A fix for our Broken Cities, Anneke Smit.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I8Jr9dIBjw Cities - The Habitat of the Human Spirit, Paul...
Climate Conversations 3: the climate muscle
by admin | Dec 1, 2024 | Build Better
Something was different about the last meeting of Climate Conversations, held last week by Climate Momentum. It followed the regular pattern: a short speech, followed by discussion in small groups.Like the two previous meetings, it dealt with a serious topic,...