A couple of striking members of CUPE Local 501 (Waste Water Treatment Plant) paid me a visit at home yesterday. I had to climb down out of the treehouse I was building in the backyard to listen to their pitch.
Monthly Archive for October, 2008
Received an email from a resident who feels the bronze chairs installed at Kings Square to honor furniture maker Mark Butcher are unattractive and not worth the cost. I respectfully disagreed in reply.
I haven’t updated this feature recently, but I continue to get a steady stream of calls and emails about a range of issues, including but not limited to: flooding basements, speeding cars, noisy neighbours, next year’s Festival fo Lights, new property developments, garbage pickup, and more.
I was just advised that over 800 UPEI students voted yesterday and two thirds were in favor of a Charlottetown Transit U-Pass being included in their tuition. Students rightly should be concerned about any increase in the tuition they pay, and certainly not all of them will use the service they are paying for, but the passes are being sold at a massive discount ($7.50 per month, as opposed to the regular $50 monthly rate for students).
This will help make the transit service more economically sustainable, and students without cars will also have a much wider range of apartment options, which is nice if you don’t want to live in residence or the rowdy student ghetto at Brown’s Court.
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