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The Ultimate Slap In The Face
After a closed door meeting council voted to stick Georgina Taxpayers with the bill for a defamation lawsuit by Mayor Grossi against the former Georgina Leisure services Director John McLean. You can read more about this decision and Help stop your tax dollars from paying for the lawsuit. There is also an online petition to stop the funding for Mayor Grossi's lawsuit.
An article in the Georgina Advocate indicated Mayor Grossi would donate any funds he receives as a result of his lawsuit to a charity yet to be named.
The irony is he will likely get a charitable tax receipt that he can then use to reduce his personal taxable income.
The Ultimate Slap In The Face
Should this happen it would be the ultimate slap in the face to taxpayers who would have footed the bill for the resources used to obtain the funds used to fund his tax deductions.
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Halloween saftey is an importnat subject to discuss with your children. Help avoid tragedy on Halloween by being extra careful if you are out driving as children are so excited they tend to dart out and across the street with out looking.
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Help Keep Our Kids Safe
Watch Out For The Children On The Roads
Safety Reminders For Halloween
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Halloween Safety Tips
- Warn children to not eat any of their treats before they get home.
- Examine all treats carefully before allowing children to eat them.
- use flame resistant costumes, masks, beards, and wigs.
- Avoid flimsy materials and outfits with big, baggy sleeves or billowing skirts to minimize the risk of contact with candles or other sources of ignition.
- Make or buy costumes that are light and bright enough to be clearly visible to motorists.
- Carry flashlights to see, and be seen, more easily.
- Costumes should be short enough to prevent children from tripping and falling.
- Hats and scarfs should be tied securely to prevent them from slipping over children's eyes.
- Apply a natural mask of cosmetics rather than have a child wear a loose fitting mask.
- Swords, knives, and similar costume accessories should be of soft or flexible material.
- Smaller children should always be accompanied by an older responsible child or an adult.
- Children should be cautioned against running out from between parked cars, or across lawns and yards where ornaments, furniture, or clothes-lines present dangers.
- Do not enter homes or apartments unless accompanied by an adult.
Halloween Safety Tips for Costume Selection, Treat Safety, and Pumpkin Carving video
From The Pumpkin Patch
Help Keep Our Kids Safe
Watch Out For The Children On The Roads
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You May Not Get A Personal Reminder From The Tax Office That Your 2011 Property Taxes Are Due
But Failure to pay them on time will result in an immediate penalty of 1.25%.
The last installment of your Uxbridge property taxes are due by Friday September 30th, 2011.
Monthly Payment/Pre-Authorized Payments
Uxbridge offers two different methods or plans for pre-authorized payments. The first is a monthly plan that authorizes the town to take your tax payments in 11 monthly installments directly from your bank account with the first payment being January the 1st and on the 1st of each month thereafter until the last payment on November the 1st . The second authorizes them to take four installment payments on the due dates usually the end of February, April, June and September. For more information visit The Treasury Department (tax office) or download the forms from the Town website.
Don't forget to save your recipted tax bill for income tax purposes
it will cost you $10.00 to get a reprinted one.
Modern Day Taxation
Taxes in one form or another have been with us throughout recorded history from the taxes collected by the Scribes of the Egyptian Pharaohs to the war time tax of the Athenians to the taxes imposed by the Roman Empire.
On the surface taxes today are collected in a manner deemed to be fair and equitable, unfortunately if one looks at the various means that some are able to employ to avoid taxes you begin to realize that the average person is likely paying more than his or her fair share.
There are few taxes that we can avoid but we can ensure we pay only our fair share by understanding how your property is assessed and what tax avoidance incentives there are for you to employ.
Some of my earlier posts may be of help to those wishing to ensure they pay only their fair share.
You and "YOUR" Property Tax Bill - How Much Reserves/Surplus Is Enough
You And Your Property Tax Bill - The Illusion and The Reality Posts on Property Assessment and Taxation are for informational purposes only please read the CAVEAT
Here is a great opportunityfor anyone who is unemployed and looking for work or looking for a little someting to supplement your pension or other forms of income Via Kathy Clulow ASP® SRES® Offering Full Real Estate Services Since 1973 (RE/MAX All-Stars Realty Inc. Brokerage):
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Elections Ontario will be filling over 70,000 positions for the Ontario Election taking place on Oct 6, 2011
Positions available include
- Area Manager
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apply online at www.wemakevotingeasy.ca/en/working-for-the-election.aspx
After applying online you can phone 1-866-242-3024 in Durham Region and 1-866-850-2881 in York Region depending on where you live to say you have applied on line and are just following up.
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We Live In an Upside Down World
Yes we do.
There was a time
When mortgage interest rates were over 20%
When gasoline was 25 cents a gallon
When you could buy a 3 bedroom bungalow in Mid Scarborough for under $30,000
How Times Have Changed
Back in the late 60s
interest rates were under 6%
you could buy a gallon of Gasoline for .25 cents (About 5 1/2 cents per litre)
a three bedroom bungalow in mid Scarborough was going for $25,000 to $28,000. (our first house was $27,900)
It would have taken about 5 years of my entire annual income to pay for it in cash
Today
interest rates are still below 6%
a Gallon of gasoline is is just under $6.00 a gallon ($125.9 a litre and up into the $1.30 RANGE) almost a 2,300% increase
that mid scarborough bungalow is now selling for around $425,000
just under a 1525% increase.
If I were working in the same industry today it would still take about 5 years income to buy that house. Posts on Property Assessment and Taxation are for informational purposes only please read the CAVEAT
Local residents are being warned be on the lookout for the safety of their pets and livestock by a Udora resident who had an Alpaca destroyed by a bear or cougar.
Wild animals such as deer, rabbits, raccoons and skunks are often spotted in and around Udora and other areas of Georgina. On occasion we also hear of a resident black bear or two being spotted enjoying a feed of seed at someones bird feeder or galloping across their yard. This is the first time we have heard of a large animal being attacked and killed by another animal other than by coyotes.
This past weekend the brown Alpaca in the picture was attacked and killed, possibly by a bear or cougar, in the east side of Udora.
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Taking ownership of some of the issues with the park certainly has made a difference for this play park. There were a number of people working away on Saturday when we arrived to take a few pictures.
Congratulations to all concerned
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Life and Living In Uxbridge, Ontario
Successful Clean Up Day
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Building A Community
A Community Thats Building Relationships
May 14th in partnership with members of the Uxbridge Parks and Recreation Department the Save the South Balsam Street Play Park Group cleaned up the South Balsam Street Park.
While dropping off some drinking water for the thirsty volunteers I noticed that the fence repairs were already underway. Despite the drizzle there were numerous volunteers working away with many bags of refuse and piles of tree branches all ready for pick up.
As a local REALTOR® it does my heart good to see a community take ownership of issues in their neighbourhood and work together to the benefit of the community.
Sarah Pratt and all those who worked with her to save the park, from being decommissioned, and made a commitment to the town to do a spring clean up every year are to be commended.
From the young 10 year old girl who on her own initiative went door to door to gather signatures on a petition to those who wrote to council and those who were able to attend the council meeting dealing with the park congratulations.
To all those who stepped up to the plate to help with the cleanup a super congratulations on the effort and a job well done.
Councilor Jacob Mantle, wearing the dark shirt in the background, brought some heavy equipment to the party.
Save the South Balsam Street Play Park
Group is on Facebook
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Sarah Pratt at the park on clean up day
Keeping the momentum Going
If some of the comments on their Facebook page are any indication this is just the beginning.
Thank you everyone for making the clean up such a great community effort. make the work easy and enjoyable! Park sorted out, what's next?? ..... Pierre Mitham
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Kathy and I have enjoyed the times we were able to go on this tour and having our gardens on this and another local tour in the past.
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The Gardens of Uxbridge and Mothers Day
Each year for the last 14 years Community Care Durham has organized the Gardens of Uxbridge Tour as a fundraiser for CCD.
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Tickets are not yet available for this years Community Care Durham's garden tour but Community Care has come up with a novel way of showing mom you appreciate her on Mothers Day.
The annual Gardens of Uxbridge tour is a self guided tour that features some of the finest gardens in Uxbridge. The tour takes place on Saturday July 9th from 10am - 5pm and tickets go on sale June 1st
BUT
don't despair
As a special Mother's Day Promotion CCD is offering gift certificates for $20 that includes A ticket for the Garden Tour with a box lunch. This special is only for the Mothers Day promotion and you can get the gift certificate by calling CCD-Uxbridge at 905-852-7445
All proceeds from the Garden Tour go to support the programs and services offered by Community Care Durham For more information contact 905-852-7445 or visit Their website at www.communitycaredurham.on.ca.
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Pictures Are from the 2008 Tour
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For those who have not voted yet today because they feel one voice doesn't make a difference.
One voice on it's own is hard to hear but when others who think and act like you do exercise their right to vote or to speak out that one tiny spark, that one voice, does indeed make a difference.
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Uxbridge, Ontario - Saved - The South Balsam Street Play Park
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One voice really does make a difference.
Sarah took it upon herself to be the voice of the community when Council indicated that the local play park was going to be shut down. She started a Facebook group Save the South Balsam Street Play Park contacted local community members and neighbours, local REALTORS® and others to gain support for the park.
Way to Go Sarah and all those who helped her!
I am sure that community support and taking ownership of some of the issues certainly helped council vote in favour of the park ..... Thank you for being the voice of the community
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This mornings update via Facebook from Sarah on the fate of the South Balsam Park.
"UPDATE! from this morning's council meeting. Council approved to keep the South Balsam Park in it's current location AND approved items 1 and 2 from our proposal for a spring clean up day on May 14th. Well done everyone - your show of community support and concern really rang home with council as did your willingness to "step up to the plate" and partner with the township to clean up and repair our park. Parks and Rec will fix fence, we have offered our assistance as needed. May 14th we will work with parks and rec to remove/prune/cut back the trees and shrubs that obscure the view to the park."
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Are You Suffering From Tax Shock
Whew! Done for another year, all the receipts have been collected, tax slips organized and all in the hands of your friendly tax return preparer. All that is left to do is write the cheque and make sure it gets posted in time.
More Tax Pain
Unfortunately some may have been so busy getting all of the above wrapped up before the deadline they forgot all about another tax deadline.
The Second installment of your Gerogina property taxes are due by Thursday April 28th, 2011.
Failure to pay them on time will result in an immediate penalty of 1.25%.
From The Tax Office - Your Taxes Are Due
That's right folks, your second Georgina tax payment is due April 28th, 2011. If you miss the deadline an automatic 1 1/4% interest charge is added immediately and another 1 1/4% again on the 1st of every month after that until paid.
Property Taxes, Property Assessments, Income Taxes, Taxation and spendthrift governments. It's that time of year once again when these words start to fill our minds with thoughts of politicians who just do not get it, Politicians who think the taxpayer is an uneducated boob who will simply groan as they are rolled over and their pockets picked by this level or that of our political hierarchy.
Taxes in one form or another have been with us throughout recorded history from the taxes collected by the Scribes of the Egyptian Pharaohs to the war time tax of the Athenians to the taxes imposed by the Roman Empire. Posts on Property Assessment and Taxation are for informational purposes only please read the CAVEAT
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