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Oct 15th, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online AWARE Simcoe’s reply to submissions from Tecumseth Estates and the County of Simcoe, which combined seek to recoup upwards of $50,000 in legal bills, suggests the “public interest factors warrant a departure from the practice that costs follow the cause....
Oct 14th, 2015
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‘Public input is extremely important to County Council’ New Tecumseth Free Press Online During our meeting on October 13th, County Council had a detailed and productive discussion about our options to recover legal costs from AWARE Simcoe related to the Tecumseth Estates Inc. (private pro...
Oct 14th, 2015
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CORRECTION – An earlier version of this report stated New Tecumseth Deputy Mayor James Smith supported the motion not to seek costs from AWARE Simcoe. As is shown in How They Voted he did not. AWARE Simcoe regrets the error. UPDATED – See below AWARE News Network Despite an appeal from Ne...
Oct 13th, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online  Simcoe County councillors this morning rejected a bid by New Tecumseth mayor Rick Milne to abandoned the upper tier’s quest to recoup some or all of its approximate $20,000 legal bill from AWARE Simcoe. The County, along with Tecumseth Estates, have filed separa...
Oct 12th, 2015
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Please attend tomorrow’s council meeting! 9 am, Midhurst AWARE News Network Tomorrow, Simcoe County Councillors will decide whether to continue with a bid to recover legal costs from AWARE Simcoe, relating to the citizens’ group’s application for a judicial review of the county’s decision to li...
Oct 12th, 2015
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AWARE Simcoe letter  — October 8 2015 Dear Members and Supporters: AWARE Simcoe, a group of taxpaying residents, is in danger of being sued for approximately $50,000 in legal costs, some from a developer and some from Simcoe County. This is because we asked for an injunction to stop the clear-c...
Oct 7th, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online As reported here first on Monday, Simcoe County met a court imposed deadline of October 5 to submit its reasons for seeking recovery of all or part of its approximate $23,485 legal bill defending against Aware-Simcoe’s motion for a temporary injunction of a speci...
Sep 30th, 2015
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New Tecumseth Free Press Online Tecumseth Estates will be seeking a court-ordered award for cost reimbursements from AWARE Simcoe related to the August 19 motion hearing for a temporary injunction of a tree cutting permit pending a judicial review application of the process that issued it last winter...
Sep 12th, 2015
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How does the development industry work? Does the development industry buy up cheap farmland and then lobby small municipalities to rezone the land to build sprawling urban subdivisions where there is no employment, forcing home purchasers to commute? Does the development industry hire high priced law...
Sep 3rd, 2015
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Letter from Barbara Huson, Beeton I have read comments about the issue of the Beeton Forest, that it is “private property” and that the Beeton residents’ fight to save the forest is just “emotional”. In many respects the reaction that this is “private property” is also an emotional response. Most of ...