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November 4, 2008	Looks like good day
	Then next storm

Harris & Wick moved ---

Conflict of interest when Museum tax break removed??

C2C Forum – not open to public

(another conflict of interest?)

Plugged street drains – and 1st grader as good citizen

Harris & Wick move

I hadn’t even noticed the empty store front

But Art knew where they were – ‘Down by Pioneer rooms’ --- and sure enough that was where they had moved ---- though slimmed down in process – still native art but no longer the paintings etc – mainly Goldsmith work now

Interesting – the building’s owner related to the same City Councillor who pushed to have the Museums tax break reduced to only the museum section of building– as museum gift shop posed unfair competition to businesses like Harris & Wick who sold native art work --- coming close to ‘conflict of interest’ there aren’t we??

Had to move because Owner didn’t fix water leaks

Yes it is a Heritage Building but—the pipes needed fixing and ---

And speaking of ‘conflict of Interest’
see below

Community to Community Forum

Presumably funded by province in their C2C Forum program ---- Locally the meetings are Monday and Tuesday – and the prime reason the City Council meeting first scheduled for Monday was moved to Tuesday – I suspect illegally as the motion had already been passed and would have taken another motion --- but hey this is Herb Pond country and ‘rules are to be broken’

After hearing about the meeting I went over to see if I could observe --- I was told no that it was a closed meeting

But there might be a press release Tuesday

While the timing is perhaps imposed by the provincial funding – looks to me as potential politicking as Pond will no longer be Mayor in 2 weeks --- but he is potentially running for the ‘Liberals’ in the upcoming provincial election – and could certainly use the votes from Villages

	We See
	Green Apple almost completely disappeared --- I was told that 3 men hired to separate the metal from wood etc Saturday so that could get in dump – or perhaps after reading this site where I pointed out the ‘oversight’ by EdVan contractors

	We See: Tickets being handed out
	See the yellow ticket on this fellow parked on a yellow line – up the street I saw another ticket on car presumably parked too long – good to see the By-Law officers out marking tires etc

Dotted line shows asphalt ‘berm’ to guide over flow water down the street

We See – plugged street drains

My attention drawn to plugged drain when I saw a young fellow – grade 1? Presumably coming home from class at Westview – he was trying to kick the leaves off of a drain – I was sceptical anything down there beneath the leaves – but he assured me there was – so having boots on I ‘helped him – and sure enough we got the leaves cleared and the water draining --- so I paid attention when in next block another plugged drain --- presumably a common problem as City has put in asphalt to guide the over flow away from lots and down to a drain by red fire hydrant

Created by LG on 3/11/2008

Last updated on Tuesday, November 04, 2008

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Looks like good day