London Forward 2022

I will be making this account dormant. I cannot in good conscience support a platform that has changed to what it’s become under Musk’s leadership. Hope to see most of you again somewhere else in the future.

@st3v3turn3r @altNOAA Apparently they really don’t trust us. Can’t help but wonder what our escalated response would be? ctvnews.ca/mobile/canadia…

@altNOAA (With ´neighbour’ spelled the correct way, of course)

@afclark82 @MattBrownLdn @NeedlesOnNews @OnaagoshinAnang It varies greatly municipality to municipality. Some have already taken a big hit the last few years, others are taking a big hit now, some are cutting services to keep increases low. In general it's high, London is slightly higher than average.

1 of 2. Mayor uses strong mayor powers and increases taxes by record 33%. If you paid $4000 in 2023, you’ll pay $5300 in 2027. Mayor declares taxes are too high and uses strong mayor powers to strike a committee to find “savings”. /1 london.ctvnews.ca/community-gran…

@ToddDevlin @MattBrownLdn @NeedlesOnNews @OnaagoshinAnang We'll see if I'm still on Twitter in 2 years, this site is feeling very hostile to people with generally progressive views lately. 🤣

@Forward2022 @MattBrownLdn @NeedlesOnNews @OnaagoshinAnang Shouldn’t you be changing your name to 2026 already? 😅

@MattBrownLdn @NeedlesOnNews @OnaagoshinAnang There could be some art to taking the political hit of a big budget now, but closer to the next election looking like heroes when those factors push the 4 year run to a lower but still high number.

@MattBrownLdn @NeedlesOnNews @OnaagoshinAnang There could be skepticism on the budget increase actually being 33%. A budget is a political document as much as it's financial document. Inflationary pressures are receding, and a lot of assessment growth in coming from new towers opening downtown.

I hope that city politicians reflect, ask experts, and take time to learn. Can safe supply systems be better run, absolutely, but making knee-jerk decisions based on public opinions after one unbalanced presser is literally playing politics with people lives. Do the work!

@Abetterlondon1 @eyeonthefly @CityofLdnOnt There is a difference between letting it flood, which stores water and prevents downstream damage and enforcing the bank so when it floors we don’t find a new path to the river after waters receded. The work is about making the regular flow bank resilient so it can flood safely.

@eyeonthefly City needs to let Harris Park flood so that areas downstream do not. Flood plains relieve pressure from rushing high waters. Their flatness allows water to spill over & slow down protecting areas down stream. Trees aid in slowing down water. @CityofLdnOnt Stormwater interferes.

Anyone else noticing more right-wing conspiracies and propaganda on twitter lately. Now that Musk has gone full-on MAGA does anyone trust him not to alter the algorithms to benefit his political leanings?

2) does safe prescription grade drugs making to the street mean more people are using or does it mean that those already using and getting safe supply from illegal channels instead of deadly fentanyl from those same channels.

Two thoughts on LPS safe supply presser yesterday. 1) there are only 276 patients on the safe supply program in London currently. Making it sound like 30,000 confiscated pills are diverted from a few hundred prescription users is both dangerous and laughable.

Yesterday Toronto set a daily rainfall record, the day before different storm London set one. Both cases the ran was all within a 2 hour period. Pavement and infrastructure shortfalls exasperated the problem, but at the heart of it this is what climate change looks like in 2024.

Now is not the time to cave to NIMBY whims. Density increases need to consult staff (can services support it) and developers (will you build it). Density as a right is essential to get out of our housing crisis, make homes affordable again, and fight urban sprawl.

@NeedlesOnNews @MattBrownLdn Does the willingness of LPS to find middle ground also came back to council? Council appoints the LPSB, who then hires the Chief or Police. If the board gets loaded with police hardliners who want more enforcement on everything do we lose our ability to negotiate?

@MattBrownLdn All true. It didn't need to be Zuidema/Paolatto pt. 2, but there clearly is a middle ground here. Police budget, to me, is the only spot in the 8.8 that I have an issue with. The other stuff was sort of priced in without major service reductions.

Where’s the pressers and pressure campaign over safe supply alcohol sold at LCBO and Beer Store outlets reaching teenagers through a vast network of black market distributors. It’s time we end safe supply alcohol, think of the community..wait we’re making to easy to buy?

3) Last thought, what could possibly go wrong adding alcohol into an already at times hostile minor hockey environment in London? cbc.ca/amp/1.7142966

2) Rinks that have bars tend to operate year-round ice. That really leaves Bostwick as the only viable candidate site (who wants a bar with their public library?)

This appears to be targeted to hockey rinks. The rinks that currently sell alcohol are Bud Gardens, Western Fair and Sports Park, all are run by private operators. Only Bed Gardens has alcohol allowed outside of a bar area. cbc.ca/news/canada/lo…

Outside that we nothing is confirmed. He could have been a radicalized far left Democrat or radicalized far right Libertarian our to stop Trump. Or he could have just been a nobody who was going nowhere who wanted to be famous like Lee Harvey Oswald.

20, white male Lived in Bethel Park, PA, Pittsburg suburb High School graduate Member of a sportsman club Made small donation to Democratic PAC Register to vote as Republican Mother register Democrat Father registered Libertarian Worked at a nursing home Access AR15 style weapon

There is a lot of false or unverified information about the shooter who attempted to assonate Trump, much of it being weaponized for political gain. Here’s what is actually verified facts at this time.