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Nov 14, 18 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Viewpoint • Mary Beth Corcoran • No Comments
When you know better, you do better. That saying is so appropriate for so many things, including the new council taking charge of the municipality in December. With a municipal election based on the idea of change, doing better for the taxpayers, and more...
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Nov 14, 18 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Mary Beth Corcoran • No Comments
Despite an order from the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner, a local businessman is still trying to get Chatham-Kent officials to release the supporting financial documents attached to the report on merging municipal fire and ambulance services....
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Nov 15, 17 •
0 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Mary Beth Corcoran • 1 Comment
The Municipality of Chatham-Kent talks a good game about open and transparent government, but one local resident would beg to differ with a Notice of Inquiry pending with the office of Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC). Local businessman John...
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Sep 17, 14 •
287 Views • Feature Story, Viewpoint • Jim Blake • 2 Comments
When I was a starving student I managed to land a well-paying but tedious summer job researching speeches made by an area Member of Parliament. In that prehistoric pre-digital time, this meant spending days upon days at the University of Western Ontario’s...
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Sep 17, 14 •
418 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Jim Blake • 3 Comments
Debate continues over the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) requests filed by Chatham-Kent council members seeking the Chatham-Kent Police Service budget and financial information about the John D. Bradley Convention Centre. The day after last week’s Chatham...
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Sep 11, 14 •
433 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Jim Blake • 3 Comments
The Chatham Kent Police Service posted budget information Thursday on its website following a Chatham Voice story a day earlier, but South Kent Coun. Frank Vercouteren said he isn’t ready yet to cancel his Freedom of Information request for a line-by-line...
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Sep 10, 14 •
2187 Views • Feature Story, Viewpoint • Jim Blake • 16 Comments
Dear Mayor Hope: Since you long ago added the term CEO to your official title, it’s in that capacity we’re writing to you today. As shareholders in Chatham-Kent (and local business owners) we’ve noted that two members of our board of directors...
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Sep 10, 14 •
668 Views • Feature Story, Local News • Jim Blake • 8 Comments
Two Chatham-Kent councilors have filed municipal Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to get financial information they say they need to represent their constituents. South Kent Coun. Frank Vercouteren has filed an FOI request for a line-by-line report on...
