tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460062076455326962.post3243080108690486192..comments2023-08-23T10:38:24.775-04:00Comments on London Civic Watch: Long week comingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460062076455326962.post-91029516911122572572012-07-16T17:54:29.850-04:002012-07-16T17:54:29.850-04:00In my defense, I do clarify the acronym the first ...In my defense, I do clarify the acronym the first time I use it in a post, but I agree that going back and forth and trying to locate it is a nuisance.Gina Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11996751727631968621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460062076455326962.post-72494554159962731972012-07-16T17:15:41.749-04:002012-07-16T17:15:41.749-04:00The Urban League has prepared a guide to city hall...The Urban League has prepared a guide to city hall which might help with the names and duties of the various committees. The guide (which has lots of other information about city hall, too), can be found at http://ul.london.on.ca/urbanweb/News/News%202012/Guide%20to%20City%20Hall%20Revised%20Nov%202011.pdfSandy Levinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460062076455326962.post-41968595096918273572012-07-16T13:34:18.145-04:002012-07-16T13:34:18.145-04:00Don't want you to have to write out the names ...Don't want you to have to write out the names every time, but it would be great to have a reference list, elsewhere on the page, of the committee names and their acronyms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460062076455326962.post-41874948462149105812012-07-16T11:28:20.757-04:002012-07-16T11:28:20.757-04:00I have problems with the acronyms too but also get...I have problems with the acronyms too but also get tired of writing the committee names over and over again. Maybe I should create some macros to do that quickly for me!Gina Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11996751727631968621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460062076455326962.post-55445022291148673912012-07-16T11:21:45.958-04:002012-07-16T11:21:45.958-04:00Am I the only one who has trouble remembering thos...Am I the only one who has trouble remembering those council acronyms? I'd like to suggest (no, beg) Gina provide a handy glossary of council committees and their initial-only names, maybe over by the handy RESOURCES list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460062076455326962.post-76813220049865702912012-07-16T09:19:29.185-04:002012-07-16T09:19:29.185-04:00How lucky can London get? In the south-east we hav...How lucky can London get? In the south-east we have deep thinker/cheer leader S. White and up in the north end of town... er, sorry, just north of the city we have the Arva sage.<br /><br />And cynics say, "where are the new ideas coming from?"Lily Tomlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460062076455326962.post-47008617646391961442012-07-16T09:11:19.856-04:002012-07-16T09:11:19.856-04:00Shiller, our mayor is just echoing what the homebu...Shiller, our mayor is just echoing what the homebuilders and developers want. They really don't care if people are leveraged to the hilt as long as they sell their product. And if they can get the Mayor to help them, well, it just tells you who runs this town.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460062076455326962.post-68757748381122810302012-07-16T08:32:37.259-04:002012-07-16T08:32:37.259-04:00Our Mayor is "heroically" fighting 8%-9%...Our Mayor is "heroically" fighting 8%-9% unemployment caused in no small part by the sub-prime crisis in the U.S. That crisis was fueled by giving people mortgage terms that were not sustainable long term and leveraging too much of house equity; over 100% in some cases.<br /><br />We did better than many countries due to more conservative banking rules. And now he's complaining about conservatism measures to reign in what is acknowledged to be our own housing bubble? (particularly in some of our major cities)<br /><br />Sigh. Par for the course......Shillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08757363240305888767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460062076455326962.post-16979154110946928862012-07-16T08:23:47.544-04:002012-07-16T08:23:47.544-04:00http://www.fincoresolutions.com/sites/default/file...http://www.fincoresolutions.com/sites/default/files/users/fincoresolutions/images/Fincore%20Launch%20106.JPG<br /><br />Interesting picture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-460062076455326962.post-14425655297202571632012-07-16T07:43:59.173-04:002012-07-16T07:43:59.173-04:00I am a resident of SOHO and am glad to see that th...I am a resident of SOHO and am glad to see that there are brakes in place on the Fincor project. This whole concept needs a lot more thought.<br /><br />Ralph ToppAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com