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Julie Witmer @witmaps.ca · 1d

I went there last year and enjoyed it - listened to some music and had a beer flight at the TWB booth.

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 2d

Why do I say 'more qualified'? Because maybe we should have fewer wealthy people involved in politics. Maybe people who aren't willing to do public service for less than $300,000/year should fuck off, and hard-working, public service-oriented people can do the job better!

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Julie Witmer @witmaps.ca · 1d

Planning to head down tomorrow afternoon, and maybe again in the evening to catch U.N. Jefferson. Really, it's just an excuse to wear my hat with pins I've spent decades collecting.

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Julie Witmer @witmaps.ca · 1d

Things that are cash grabs: Ford selling 99 year lease of public park (Ontario Place) to private company; successive governments taking taxpayer money earmarked for health and education and giving it to private companies. Things that are not cash grabs: fines for breaking the law.

Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 1d

“Those who are using terms like ‘nanny state’, and this is a ‘cash grab’, I hope they look at these numbers and realize this is absolutely not. This is about the safety of our most vulnerable, including little kids to older adults and everybody in between." -Waterloo mayor McCabe

Regional committee discusses speed cameras

Regional committee members discussed how the speed camera enforcement program has progressed in its first six months of operation at a meeting on Tuesday.

kitchener.citynews.ca

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Cheryl White @ladyscorcher.bsky.social · 2d

If people are getting so many tickets they call this a tax grab they are very very dangerous urban drivers.

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 3d

Local school board trustees are paid only $16,160 per year.

That’s not a lot of money for the service they provide to our communities.

The people who do this are not in it “for the money”. They are in it because they want to make a difference in their community.

Thank you for your service. 🙏

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Julie Witmer @witmaps.ca · 3d

I'll get in to the World Series queue an hour ahead of time and try for just a couple of tickets. Or go to a local sports bar. Am also trying for the District Drops tickets. Not sure what they are but it's worth a shot

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Julie Witmer @witmaps.ca · 3d

Maybe I'll try again for the World Series :-)

In 1992 a company arranged a bus tour for a World Series game picking people up in southwest Kitchener. It was a party the whole time and was fantastic! The next year I was able to get two tickets and went with a friend. Would love an organized bus trip

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Julie Witmer @witmaps.ca · 3d

No, I logged in only 5 minutes early and entered the queue for the first game but there were 18000 people ahead of me. I suppose I could have waited to see if I could get 2 tickets but I figured each of those in the queue would get multiple. I then tried for game 6 but there were 55000 in the queue.

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Julie Witmer @witmaps.ca · 3d

So what are the chances that a non-bot will be able to get ALCS tickets when they go on sale tomorrow morning? Maybe I'll just stay up all night and keep refreshing the page :-)

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Julie Witmer @witmaps.ca · 4d

I think I'm going to watch Golden Girls on the CTV app and come back to the game in an hour. I vaguely recall being this stressed watching the Jays in 1987. Will watch the highlights (hopefully) later. I think the Jays score most of their runs in the 7th, right?

Julie Witmer @witmaps.ca · 4d

It looked like he was grinning as he jogged out to their boos!

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Julie Witmer @witmaps.ca · 4d

That would be a strong no. They don't study history, they don't make decisions based on facts (just their gut feelings), they don't listen to experts, they just do whatever they want whenever they want.

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 5d

His supposed concerns are based on inaccurate information and false beliefs. www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

Text: Ford has criticized the devices for dinging drivers going only a couple of kilometres over the speed limit. The Star recently revealed that the standard threshold in Toronto, and most large GTA municipalities, is to start ticketing drivers at 11 kph over the limit.

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Melissa Bowman @dtkmelissa.bsky.social · 5d

"The fastest speed the vehicles were recorded going was 30 km/h over the limit, and the lowest speed was 11 km/h over the limit. On average, the government vehicles were snapped 17 km/h above the limit, with the average cost of the tickets $144." globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

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Julie Witmer @witmaps.ca · 5d

Because the people complaining are the ones that would be able to talk themselves out of a ticket. They don't like it when laws are applied equally to include them.

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Julie Witmer @witmaps.ca · 6d

I may upgrade to those from my dollar store safety glasses, although those have served me well for several years.

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Julie Witmer @witmaps.ca · 6d

I'm still looking for pogies. Have tried a couple of pairs from local shops but I have trouble getting my hands back in them. There aren't many options locally for me to try (in Waterloo Region in Ontario) and I don't want to order online without trying. So for now I just wear heavy mittens.

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ACB Network of Waterloo Region @ofacb.bsky.social · 6d

Ontario has chronically underfunded schools by $6.3 billion since 2018, that's about $260 less per student, compared to what the school boards received in 2018-19 school year.

To read more, visit: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

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Kimiko Shibata @eslfairy.bsky.social · 6d

Ford’s cabinet ministers don’t like being told to obey the law, so they want to get rid of speed cameras so they can continue to pose a safety risk to children walking to school without facing any consequences.

globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

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Tammy Schirle 🇨🇦 @tammyschirle.bsky.social · 6d

There are more people than I realized who think speed limits are really just guidelines, not real laws, that provide an opportunity for officers to stop and fine you if they don't like you that day. (I don't think this is a good thing.)

We have cameras in school zones. Slow down.

Isaac Callan @isaaccallan.bsky.social · 6d

NEW: Vehicles registered to Doug Ford's cabinet ministers have been caught by automated speed cameras more than 20 times.

In one case, they were driving 70 in a 40 zone. On average, they were 17 over the limit. #OnPoli
globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca

Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

globalnews.ca

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Scott Piatkowski @scottpiatkowski.bsky.social · 7d

Municipalities took a good idea and made it work. The Premier chose to side with law breakers when they complained facing the easily foreseeable consequences of their own poor choices. That's probably a better example of why someone would lose faith in institutions.

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Phil @philmarfisi.bsky.social · 7d

If anything, my faith in institutions is eroding from the premier, various mayors, and an inexplicable amount of high profile media personalities arguing that laws shouldn't be enforced in community safety zones. What *these* mayors are doing is actually a healthy way of engaging in civic discourse.

Mike Farwell @farwell570.bsky.social · 9d

Municipalities took a good idea, completely gummed up its execution, and now promise to do better if only given another chance. And we wonder why faith in institutions is eroding... www.thestar.com/news/gta/20-...

20-plus mayors urge Doug Ford to compromise on speed camera ban

“A total ban on (automated speed enforcement) would reverse years of progress on safety,” said a letter signed by 22 mayors and sent to Ford and his Transportation minister on Thursday.

www.thestar.com

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Julie Witmer @witmaps.ca · 7d

But then measures to make roads safer have to be paid out of general taxation, meaning people who don't drive and who don't pose a danger to anyone are being asked to pay and it's yet another pass given to bad drivers. And yes, if you consistently speed in school zones, you are a bad driver.

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Julie Witmer @witmaps.ca · 7d

Nothing is gummed up. People who drive vehicles more than 10km/hr (likely 12-16km/hr) over the limit are being fined. I don't understand why you can't understand that people who break the law are penalized. Ok, instead of fines how about 1 demerit. After 5 demerits the licence is suspended. Better?

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