Carson Reid – Pulling Mercury advertising over reporting of his latest environmental

Word is Carson Reid is back from his “vacation” and he is not happy about the news coverage of his latest environmental. Word is Carson threatens pulling his advertising if you continue to cover the story. Your hands might be tied, but others need to get the truth out. Do your best. AG

Golfview Park

another dandelion season has come and gone and again the city waited until after the weeds went to seed before the grass was cut. I read with interest where the city has said you cannot dump sod ends and such in the bush portions of the city parks for fear the neighbours would be spreading noctious weeds in city parks. And just where do you think they would have come from to begin with. Living across from a park is such great fun. My lawn gets well aerated with the removal of the weeds. No need to reply because it made no difference this year. This is one household that doesn’t think we are better off with this new council.     BS

Deerpath skateboard park

I am writing to express my concerns about the skateboard area that was recently installed in Deerpath park. While I do not live near the park, I have friends that do and I am appalled by the behaviour of the users of this facility. Certainly every citizen of Guelph should feel welcome to use our parks, and the city ought to provide facilities in these parks to cater to all ages and activities. However, the skateboard area installed in Deerpath park has clearly attracted a demographic that has no regard for the residents living next to the park.

Heavy enforcement undermines Bike ‘Friendly’ initiative

On Friday morning I was issued a $110 ticket by a City of Guelph Police officer for riding my bike against the posted one-way sign on Carden Street. I don’t object to the officer calling me on my infraction — fair enough. What bothers me is the inflexibility in enforcement and the level of the fine. I believe this enforcement blitz, which I am told originates from your office, is totally counter-productive to the aims of the Guelph Bike Friendly initiative.

day or hours of peace?

i am a guelph citizen of over 30 years. as i grow older, i see the city grow and i see the lines of traffic get increasingly longer. i see trails that were once dirt get converted into gravel then into concrete…

i look for parks to “get away” from the city and all i find are small pieces of land that are constantly getting manicured and up-kept.

New date set for City Hall Grand Opening

Guelph artists, performers and community groups will come together to celebrate the Grand Opening of Guelph’s new City Hall on Saturday, September 19, 2009.

The City will provide free transit service from 5:40 a.m. to 6 p.m. to encourage people from all over the city to join the celebration downtown.

The free, day-long celebration at 1 Carden Street will feature five stages filled with music, dance and demonstrations.

Message from a citizen

The following correspondences came in while I was away in Edmonton. My apologies for not posting earlier.

I understand that the outdoor urinals in the downtown area is going to be voted on tonight. As a taxpayer of this city I would strongly urge you to defeat the proposal for outdoor urinals. I would recommend to the council to come up with a better solution. I thought council was trying to improve the downtown to encourage people to come to the downtown for shopping and entertainment. This idea does not even compliment this goal. Twenty five years ago I moved into this town. I was very impressed with the variety of shopping that was available in the downtown.