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Pamela Gough will work to address gun violence – and will bring experience, a new vision, and integrity to City Hall

Our final two Pamela Gough campaign clips are concerned with neighbourhood safety – including the issue of gun violence – and the Ward 3 Candidate’s pledge to bring experience, a new vision, and integrity to City Hall: Key Item No. 7: Pamela Gough outlines how she will promote neighbourhood safety in the face of gun […]

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Pamela Gough first became involved in political life in the 1980s, after moving to new home in South Etobicoke

In two previous posts, I feature brief video clips in which Pamela Gough describes how she first became involved, in the 1980s, in political life: Pamela Gough describes her start in politics. She won her first election by 20 votes! Pamela Gough (Ward 3 Councillor Candidate) describes her start in politics (Part 2) Here is a […]

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April 6, 2018 comment from Leaside Property Owners Association Incorporated concerning how Toronto Local Appeal Body goes about its work

A previous post is entitled: Toronto Local Appeal Body procedures: April 2018 comments from (among others) Leaside, Swansea, and Long Branch residents The comments at the above-noted post are in response to a public consultation organized by the Toronto Local Appeal Body in April 2018, regarding how TLAB goes about its work. By way of […]

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Toronto Local Appeal Body procedures: April 2018 comments from (among others) Leaside, Swansea, and Long Branch residents

For residents who may have an interest in such matters, here’s a recent message to south Etobicoke residents planning a TLAB appeal. The residents learned of an impending appeal deadline just recently. A July 10, 2018 message from TLAB reads: Please note that as appeals must be submitted to the Committee of Adjustment, they may […]

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11 & 15 Stanley Ave. lot-split proposals in Mimico will be addressed at Toronto Local Appeal Body on Sept. 4 and Sept. 14, 2018

Below is a text (to which I’ve made minor copy edits) of my letter of objection sent to the Toronto Local Appeal Body regarding lot-splitting / overbuilding proposals at 11 & 15 Stanley Ave. in Mimico: Comments regarding TLAB hearing: 11 & 15 Stanley Ave. July 5, 2018 I am pleased to have the opportunity […]

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Learning to live in a post-fact world, where persuasion is most effective under conditions where facts don’t matter, is nothing new

I am currently working on my next opinion article for the Etobicoke Guardian / Toronto.com website, concerning the dismal history of land-use decision making in Long Branch. In a previous article, submitted on June 30, 2018, I spoke of the very desirable lakefront community of Long Branch. A subtext to my description of Long Branch – […]

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Extreme Cities (2017) is one of four books about cities reviewed in April 18, 2018 New York Times article

An April 18, 2018 New York Times article is entitled: “Four Books Explore Various Aspects of Cities Past and Present.” Among the books is Extreme Cities: The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change (2017), which I have referred to at a previous post entitled: I became interested in The […]

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When Toronto’s upscale Leaside was a company town – May 17, 2018 Globe and Mail

A May 17, 2018 Globe and Mail article is entitled: “When Toronto’s upscale Leaside was a company town.” An excerpt reads: “The railroad thought they were going to do a Rosedale thing,” says transplanted American and architectural historian Connor Turnbull, who co-chairs the advocacy group Leaside Matters. “But Canada Wire said, ‘No, we’re going to […]