Tag: Sam Trosow
City council votes 12-3 to back spending $16.9M in extra cash on tax relief
“At the end of the day, this surplus belongs to all the taxpayers of London”
Councillors reject push to rename Plantation Road: ‘Manufactured controversy’
London politicians have killed a six-year effort to rename a west London street with slave-era connotations after soundly rejecting a double-pronged attempt to restart the process. During Tuesday’s city council meeting, politicians voted 9-6 both against renaming Plantation Road to Larch Road, and conducting more public engagement to consider a renaming. “The history of the […]
Flush with cash, London city council will debate whether to offer homeowners a break on sky-high property tax increases or support social and cultural programs in the city.
Flush with cash, London city council is set to debate whether to offer homeowners a break on sky-high property tax increases approved throughout this term or spend it supporting social and cultural programs. City hall has posted a nearly $60-million budget surplus this year and some politicians want to use roughly $17 million of the […]
What exactly is a plastic granulator, and how can it benefit all of London?
Goodwill Industries has a plastic granulator which chips plastic donations that cannot be repurposed or sold into plastic bits
City council ignores its own height limits, OKs 8-storey apartment building
City council has rejected staff’s recommendation to quash a proposed northwest London apartment building, approving the project with fewer floors than first proposed and arguing the need for housing outweighs concerns over height and parking. Politicians voted 13-2 to approve an eight-storey apartment building, down from the proposed 10 storeys, at 801 Sarnia Rd., immediately to […]