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Gwynne Dyer parking was too far away
Plans fell apart when UPEI’s inaccessible parking met my fatigue
UPEI 2009 accessible parking survey (click for larger image)
I wanted to hear Gwynne Dyer last night lecturing at the AVC building on UPEI campus but I was simply too tired to walk or wheelchair the long distance from the parking lot.
The Atlantic Vet College building is one of the buildings that is more than double the legal distance from the optimistically painted “wheelchair parking.”
The legal limit is 50 meters from the parking to the door. The AVC building is 103 meters.
Most people intuitively understand that people with walking or other disabilities need to be close to the building.
The National Building Code, which is also the law in Charlottetown, stipulates that accessible parking should be as close as possible to the door but not greater than 50 meters.
Frankly, on some days 50 meters is too far to walk for many people with disabilities.
The point is not lost on retailers who want our business like WalMart, Canadian Tire and the SuperStore. Continue reading
Thanks to Charlottetown Firefighters who are retiring
And to all the brave who work and volunteer to save our lives and property
Volunteer and paid firefighters are some of our bravest and noblest public servants. They risk life and limb for our lives and our physical property.
Six of Charlottetown’s finest are retiring Charlottetown fire department loses century of experience
“Six firefighters with more than 100 years of service to the city are leaving Charlottetown’s fire department.
The retirements include the department’s two staff members and members of the volunteer brigade.”
What can we say but thanks. And thanks to those who continue to serve.
UPEI says PEI building codes don’t apply
UPEI President Wade MacLauchlan opposes access for disabled
Access-Ability Committee misguided attempt to force disabled into power wheelchairs
At Future Shop today I ran into a member of the UPEI accessibility committee who proceeded to berate me for attacking UPEI’s disability policies. A quad himself, he has a power wheel chair and parking distances greater than 50 meters are not an issue for him.
I asked him if he had verified the distances from the blue and non-accessible parking we published and he hadn’t. Asked why, he told me the National Building Code and the City of Charlottetown By-Laws did not apply to UPEI.
They shoot horses don’t they?
For now, Greg Clayton at UPEI is giving them more attention than the disabled
Stephen Pate, NJN Network, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, May 15 2009 with story from CBC Charlottetown
Greg Clayton, director of facilities management, is obviously a horse lover. He is going to great lengths to make sure the new horse barns at UPEI are just right for the horses. We wish he had more time for the disabled. Last summer, Clayton gave us the old heave-ho off the inner campus. Continue reading
“We are all disabled” is not true
That statement tries to minimize the real disabilities of 4.4 million Canadians and 51 million Americans as trivial
By Stephen Pate, PEI Disability Alert, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, May 8, 2009
Whenever someone is a speech says “We are all disabled” I cringe. The speaker is trying to put off the real need of a disabled person or persons by minimizing their problems and the need for accommodation. Continue reading
Could anyone one with average intelligence go ?
Councillor Mitch Tweel, striding up Edinburgh in mayoralty race or trolling?
Charlottetown’s Town Clown Councillor to hold public meeting
NJN Network, Charlottetown. PEI, Canada, April 14, 2009 with story from CBC
They call him “bumble-fuck” on the street. He’s an example of brains aren’t required to get elected. We think he’s going to run for mayor of Charlottetown since he started striding boldly down the middle of Edinburgh Street waving at cars this weekend. Maybe he’s just looking for lonely housewives. Continue reading
Lebanese immigrant’s grandson leads charge against the natives
Whew! Now will have some real intelligence and common sense from the “Love Canal” city councilor
Mitch Tweel, civic politician "I like toxic wastes in a children's playground but no natives"
We can all breathe a collective sigh of relief. One of our most intelligent and insightful civic leaders is going to stir up the mud on the Agricultural Farm with a public hearing. You know I like a civic politician who can say “no” to toxic land reports and build a school playground on right on top of arsenic and old lead. You’ve got to admire that kind of stupidity and patronage. Liberal Minister Ronnie McKinley willing to poison children for profit
Next thing you know, old Mitch will be arming the locals, taking to the barricades along Belvedere Avenue or maybe leading a posse out to Scotchford. No siree Bob, none of them natives gonna settle in our city. We got toxic land, high taxes. The last immigrants, and the only immigrants Charlottetown needs, were the Lebanese, even if some of the grandchildren have an IQ below 80. Don’t sweat it: every city has one or two neanderthals in city hall.
I have a question. Is “The Staff” at the Guardian a pen-name for “this is a truly bad story no one wants to admit they wrote” ? They used the same writer for the lie about how unemployment improved last month.
Municipal boundaries could stretch further in Kings County
Progress may swallow up old villages and school districts
By Steve Sharratt, Charlottetown Guardian, Montague, PEI, Canada, March 30, 2009
MONTAGUE — The phone lines will be humming over the next few weeks as a grassroots effort to build a new super community from Georgetown to Brudenell to Montague and all the way to Sturgeon, tests the water. An initial public meeting to discuss the creation of a greater municipality — tentatively called Three Rivers — drew strong numbers but those in attendance insist even more voices must be heard.
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West Prince offers poles to Charlottetown
Charlottetown Mayor Clifford Lee, looking a gift horse in the mouth
Mayor Clifford Lee gets offer he can’t refuse
By Stephen Pate, NJN Network, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada, March 17, 2009
West Prince residents have offered to send Charlottetown all the poles it wants now the CRTC has approved cell towers for Mount Edward Road. “If you think cell phones make your ears tingle, lookie here dey light poles will light up your night,” said local pundit René de Tignish at the Legion. Alberton Mayor Perry Morrell when contacted refused an on camera interview but did wonder what was on Mayor Clifford Lee’s mind. “We’ll take one cell tower for 10 power poles or two windmills,” he offered in a trade. We contacted local MLA Neil LeClair for the Provincial government’s point of view. “I’m lost somewhere in Boston,” LeClair said on his cell phone. “I’m down here for the fish show and haven’t gotten off the highway yet. Does anyone know how to get out of the Big Dig? I’ve been driving this rental car for hours and can’t find the turn around.” We told him to take I93 North, turn right on I95 and keep driving until he gets home.
Does Charlottetown mayor mean more patronage money?
Clifford Lee, Mayor of Charlottetown, sending signals to transit backers?
NJN Network
January 19, 2009
with story from The Guardian
Charlottetown Mayor Clifford Lee said he would not consider new transit spending without more money. Was he signaling he meant more donations from backers of Charlottetown Transit and Trius Tours?
Is Mayor Lee signaling Trius Tours and Charlottetown Transit to cut a bigger donation cheque for his re-election campaign? Mike Cassidy, Trius manager or operator of Charlottetown Transit, is an experienced and savvy businessman. Why did he not take the signals Mayor Lee no doubt gave him under the table, wink, wink nudge nudge, to cut a bigger cheque? Cassidy knows that nice guys finish last in business and politics. Will he ante-up?