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MAYOR STALLS WHILE PORT BRAWLS--Did Politics Delay the Implementation
of the Policing Program in Port's Commercial Core?
by David Serafino
Last summer, the Port Dalhousie Community Relations Committee
(PDCRC) won the “Community Mobilization” award
presented to them by the Ontario Association of Chiefs of
Police (OACP). The group, comprised of residents and merchants,
along with representatives from the Business Association,
City Council and the Niagara Regional Police, worked to reduce
the noise, vandalism and illegal parking resulting from the
raucous late night bar scene that dominates Port Dalhousie
on summer weekends.
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From
The Editor
OPPORTUNITY
AT HAND
by David Serafino
Councillor Kushner has the right attitude.
“We have no choice” he stated to council in voting
for the city to sell two small pieces of land to Port Place
developer PDVC. The rationale was that, by conveying the land
over to the developer, it would allow for a better development.
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CODE
OF CONDUCT--Still Making the Slow Crawl Back to Council, but
with passages removed
Whew!
We said we’d keep this issue alive until such time as
the Code was passed, but this is ridiculous—and it’s
costing us time, energy and valuable space.
So where is the code now? Same place as it was two months
ago when we last reported on it. It was supposed to come before
council at the end of May but the deadline to hear from boards
and committees was extended to June 1st. The public may go
online to the city website and add comments. Sure, go ahead,
for all the good it will do.
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