tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.comments2023-08-13T10:12:27.788-06:00The Civic MistressCivic Mistresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07443710689996286139noreply@blogger.comBlogger3746125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-60859533298721827042014-09-30T00:00:25.420-06:002014-09-30T00:00:25.420-06:00Saskatoon Transit has union members on a planning ...Saskatoon Transit has union members on a planning committee, why? Because they are the men and women who do the job, they make recommendations on how to best serve the city but sadly there is a management mind set that has determined they don't want to accept advice and instead blunder ahead with bad decisions which effectively hangs drivers out to dry as the public sees them as the first line of complaint. I smile at the 'inflated' paycheque comment, I would like anyone who makes that statement to walk in a bus drivers shoes for a week...get up at 4:00 a.m. to go to work or finish work after 1:00 a.m., put in a sixteen hour day to register eight hours of work, you will deal with mainly happy passengers but then there will be times when you will be spit on, spilled on or assaulted, you will do a shift where the design of the route makes it highly likely you will run late and miss connections turning a happy passenger into a disgruntled one, you will give up family time to work overtime in a system that is badly understaffed because you want to try and provide service, you will walk on eggshells because you have a management team that looks for the least little excuse to discipline you...yup, handle all that, the job is easy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-9442547594625549742014-09-29T23:48:30.480-06:002014-09-29T23:48:30.480-06:00Getting upset because a bus doesn't stop to in...Getting upset because a bus doesn't stop to inform you that it is full is the dumbest statement I have read yet...if you are standing at a bus stop and the bus is going by that stop a look into the bus should tell the tale, bodies pressed up to the windshield area is usually a good indicator that there is no more room...that my friend is union mentality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-78819838003262337322014-09-29T23:39:32.148-06:002014-09-29T23:39:32.148-06:00The slackers you refer to are actually transit man...The slackers you refer to are actually transit management who refuse to listen to advice given by the union on changes to scheduling and routes. The city would sooner spend thousands of dollars on consultants fees than ask the men and women who actually do the job for advice, the result being those same men and women are given a shoddy product they have to roll out to a less than informed public that management is quite happy seeing them blamed for. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-78848113070840518312013-06-12T20:54:57.338-06:002013-06-12T20:54:57.338-06:00To the family, words are not enough to express how...To the family, words are not enough to express how sorry I am for your loss. I have prayed to God to provide you the strength and courage you need in order to handle this difficult moment successfully. We send our prayers and thoughts. She will truly be missed by so many. Please accept my sincere <a href="http://obituarieshelp.org/words_of_condolences_hub.html" rel="nofollow">condolence</a>.<br />Cathy,<br />Obituarieshelp.orgCathy Millerhttp://obituarieshelp.org/words_of_condolences_hub.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-5346255711671861762013-01-06T02:29:04.961-06:002013-01-06T02:29:04.961-06:00Accidents are caused by a mechanical malfunction.....Accidents are caused by a mechanical malfunction....This was no accident but a mental malfunction which cost an innocent girl her life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-649385937339707902012-11-09T14:17:52.737-06:002012-11-09T14:17:52.737-06:00I am wondering why the streets were in such good c...I am wondering why the streets were in such good condition and everthing was going to be fixed and biult for free before and during the election, but now we all have to dip into our pockets to make the repairs now ... wow how does that work .. maybe we can steel some money from a bike path ( that is not needed ) or some money from the down town bullshit that the Mayor is so proud of .. or maybe Remie wants to sell them painting on the open market and give the money to the City to fix stuff instead of us building them a new Gallery <br /><br />Just wondering Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-21569828102638714352012-11-08T11:24:43.488-06:002012-11-08T11:24:43.488-06:00What NEEDS to happen is what I have done to him. S...What NEEDS to happen is what I have done to him. SUE HIM! I successfully SUED him through the rentalsman. If ALL or even 1/2 of his tenants did...this piece of CRAP would go broke! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-90299585289964799212012-08-14T19:47:50.096-06:002012-08-14T19:47:50.096-06:00I wish my new property assessment rose only 10%. ...I wish my new property assessment rose only 10%. Have lived in my home for 44 years and the increased assessment amounted to 95%!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-20389234483387612692012-06-14T12:12:31.651-06:002012-06-14T12:12:31.651-06:00It is the same argument as the Movie industry want...It is the same argument as the Movie industry wants to make. We have to give these incentives because everyone else does. This just puts the existing tax payer on the hook for these increased costs. In a growing economy such as ours we should be able to charge more to people to build here not less or give breaks. So next time my car goes kerplunk I'll thank progress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-37787340855084692112012-06-06T16:50:48.631-06:002012-06-06T16:50:48.631-06:00Civic Mistress, I think you need some new friends ...Civic Mistress, I think you need some new friends - maybe ones that complain less.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-28462731567019463032012-06-02T23:34:20.469-06:002012-06-02T23:34:20.469-06:00Are you sober when you type these?Are you sober when you type these?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-953924838897693652012-06-01T09:17:10.324-06:002012-06-01T09:17:10.324-06:00Dearest Mistress;
You have hit the nail squarely o...Dearest Mistress;<br />You have hit the nail squarely on the head except you missed a couple of the main issues for Police; Drugs and Alcohol! If it was not for those two issues you could probably reduce your Police Service by 50%. Making poverty a cause is unfair to the large majority off our or any cities poor who do not cause any extra work for police and function exceedingly well in the community. The same can be said for mental illness the majority of which function well in society. It is the perfect storm of poverty, mental illness with drugs and alcohol that create most of the police issues they have to deal with.Terrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-82747448463879093052012-05-25T02:05:02.518-06:002012-05-25T02:05:02.518-06:00The new Holiday Inn in downtown Saskatoon more clo...The new Holiday Inn in downtown Saskatoon more closely resembles a high security prison than a hotel. Just needs a couple of guard towers and we are ready to handle the hoards of drug dealers and 20yr old gun owners fueled with alcohol from Taranta.<br />But hey we can run off to the sprawling burbs and feel relatively safe living next to a grow op. Yes life is grand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-42665655831295506492012-05-24T17:12:02.747-06:002012-05-24T17:12:02.747-06:00Ray Martineau could be warden and hand out prisone...Ray Martineau could be warden and hand out prisoner sketches to tourist. Sounds like a great expansion of the arts for a growing city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-2096189464432684792012-05-24T16:22:21.991-06:002012-05-24T16:22:21.991-06:00Solution: The Remai Art Gallery of Saskatchewan ca...Solution: The Remai Art Gallery of Saskatchewan can easily be converted into the Remai Prison of Saskatraz!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-72374103946009494592012-05-23T17:32:43.359-06:002012-05-23T17:32:43.359-06:00Lots of that City money will come from the land ba...Lots of that City money will come from the land bank reserve fund which is created by charging $190,000 for a lot. Affordable housing? Charge less for a serviced lot and the cost of a new house will drop and that will have a downward effect on prices for the rest of the housing market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-49766213462924032422012-05-22T14:05:31.388-06:002012-05-22T14:05:31.388-06:00We need three more seats for more incompetant boob...We need three more seats for more incompetant boobs in the legislature like a fish needs a bicycle. We need fewer nor more let's reduce this big government that we can't afford!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-4585593298041315872012-05-16T11:43:30.453-06:002012-05-16T11:43:30.453-06:00YAWNYAWNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-59728188008355840292012-05-16T01:27:01.953-06:002012-05-16T01:27:01.953-06:00They're not cutting kindergarten. Just the par...They're not cutting kindergarten. Just the part that isn't funded by the province. The full day kindergarten.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-37821015427361328682012-05-15T03:38:07.097-06:002012-05-15T03:38:07.097-06:00Thank you for this post. I'm very glad to see ...Thank you for this post. I'm very glad to see others care about the future of this beautiful building. I hope those who can will whip out their wallets.- Brynn Harris.Brynn Harrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-77657946528434442702012-05-14T22:36:56.742-06:002012-05-14T22:36:56.742-06:00School boards should have right to tax. It's t...School boards should have right to tax. It's teir job to run education system which they know what I needs. It would make school boards more accountableAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-91940317012982641772012-05-13T00:56:18.147-06:002012-05-13T00:56:18.147-06:00If the "tipping point" for staying in yo...If the "tipping point" for staying in your house is this meager subsidy then you really can't afford your house anymore. Time to sell, take your tax free capital gain and downsize or rent.<br /><br /><br />I really don't have a problem with some type of deferral program. But it should be charging enough interest to cover the cost/TVM. Like every other property tax deferral program in North America that I am aware of.<br /><br />This is a deferral program in name only. It's really just a subsidy. Why not just call a spade a spade?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-83643007960102887602012-05-13T00:36:50.128-06:002012-05-13T00:36:50.128-06:00Your guess is wrong. I was born here.
Why don...Your guess is wrong. I was born here. <br /><br />Why don't we just give everybody a subsidy I mean "deferral" then?<br /><br />Better yet, why don't we just cut property taxes by 20% for everybody? Then no subsidy I mean "deferral" would be necessary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-66580432573425508362012-05-11T09:23:20.662-06:002012-05-11T09:23:20.662-06:00There are under 700 households eligible for the pr...There are under 700 households eligible for the program presently and it only applies to the yearly property tax increase amount, not the entire bill. Additionally, individuals must apply for the program every year.<br /><br />I think it's a good program with good intentions that will keep some seniors in their homes where they want to be a little bit longer.Sean S.http://www.seanshaw.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319042645944598014.post-1873717620595851352012-05-11T07:17:33.662-06:002012-05-11T07:17:33.662-06:00Like Dr.Phil says "either you get it or you d...Like Dr.Phil says "either you get it or you don't". Our lard ass bufoon of a Mayor went to Calgary on a missinformation campaign in 2005/2006.Housing prices doubled in 16 mos."Saskaboom",these seniors,(many in my block),had purchased these houses as their retirement home. Many had kids going into university or becoming married.The intent was to have room to entertain or accomodate future extended family,i.e. grandkids, in-laws.In my honest opinion, seniors should have tax burdens, such as education taxes reduced by a certain % each year after say 67.The value of having these pioneers in my community does not have a price. People,be careful what you wish for. Shame on you 1:07Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com