"So, what direction will NOTL voters choose? That’s impossible to predict but what we do know is it has never been easier to exercise your democratic franchise," writes Kevin MacLean.
"At the end of the day, we need someone who can get Ford to respect us until we can try again to vote him out. The question, I guess, becomes, what’s the best strategy?" writes Richard Harley.
"If we elect the same people (and most are reoffering) we’ll get the same result. More hotels. More bending over for tourism. More construction. More old buildings razed. More density. More compromise. More loss," writes Garth Turner.
"If you are one of the approximately 191,000 Niagara residents that live outside the boundaries of the three large cities, you have just been marginalized as a perpetual member of the minority," writes Brian Marshall.
"He had the large sculpture placed in front of the Prince of Wales Hotel, but local leaders didn’t think it belonged at the corner of King and Queen streets. Much controversy ensued and Gerry the Giraffe was soon turfed," writes Ross Robinson.
Dear editor:
Congratulations to Blythwood Homes for its thoughtful rethinking and more sympathetic approach to its proposed lakefront condo project, ("Residents OK with Melville condo...
Dear editor:
I thought your readers might be interested in seeing an illustration showing the difference in height, massing and streetscape of the proposed Parliament...
Yes, I am bewildered again this year by the results of the hockey playoffs. Also puzzled, flummoxed, confounded and confused.
Try as I might, I just...
Dear editor:
I read, with interest and some despair, Bonita Cawker’s May 18 letter, “NOTL is growing and that means more development.”
I believe we are...
Dear editor:
As lawyers for injured cyclists and grieving families, we were devastated to learn that a cyclist was killed Saturday May 21 in Niagara. While...
Dear editor:
I am writing regarding the May 11 story, “Health coalition launches referendum to stop Ford’s expansion of private clinics.”
I have a few questions...
Niagara-on-the-Lake is finally going to make short-term rentals charge the same two per cent accommodation tax as hotels do.
Although the town is taking its...
Dear editor:
In recent months we have read and heard regurgitated arguments from various residents and (not in my back yard) groups railing against development...
Frank Hayes
Special to The Lake Report
I'd like to respond to Kip Voege's commentary, "Lawyer’s letter on cyclists not justified," (May 4).
I don't want to...
Fourth in a series
The first three parts of this series focused on how the Town of Niagara-on-the-Lake must immediately apply its municipal accommodation tax...
Dear editor:
As a (relative) newcomer to Niagara-on-the-Lake, I was surprised by the handling of the April 24 public/council meeting dealing with precious heritage issues...
Dear editor:
I am writing regarding The Lake Report's headline on my letter in the April 27 edition, ("Didn’t like being told to respect council decorum").
It...
Dear editor:
I appreciate The Lake Report reprinting the column that originally appeared on Coun. Maria Mavridis' public blog, ("Councillor’s social anxiety led to recess...
