Marg Delahunty meets Kady O'Malley – with less talent and more f-bombs

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Barrie's own SUPERHERO!!!

She ain't biased, she just writes what she sees

Oh my darlings, it appears that those children down at Barrie City Hall have been causing quite a mess, with nobody keeping an eye on them.

But never fear!  The Biased Scribe is here!

Armed only with her fountain pen, her favourite gin, and rapier-like wit (or at least a dull pencil), the B.S. cuts through the BS, and exposes the naked emperors who think they're wearing crowns.

You can follow The Biased Scribe live-tweeting the shenanigans at City Council meetings, watch her rants when the fury needs unleashing, or if you're lucky, you can catch her "in the wild" throughout Barrie, handing out Golden Pencils of appreciation to all who work hard to keep democracy healthy.

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City Hall Calendar:

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Finance and Responsible (HA!™) Governance Committee

Finance and Responsible (HA!™) Governance Committee

Barrie City Hall or YouTube, 70 Collier Street, Barrie, ON

The first of Council's September foursome!

Nobody knows the Agenda yet, duckies, because the City has yet to publish this newly-created "eleventh hour" meeting.

Need I remind everyone of the City's Procedural Bylaw, which specifies when meeting Agendas are to be available? Or of the sleaze-o-rama fact that this Council has a certain reputation for sneaking in meetings without giving proper notification to the public, which then get ratified at General Committee mere moments later and then stamped into being at City Council mere moments later?

Perhaps they'll enlighten us eventually at the City's eScribe (!): https://www.barrie.ca/government-news/mayor-council-committees/meetings

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General Committee

General Committee

Barrie City Hall or YouTube, 70 Collier Street, Barrie, ON

The second in September's Council Foursome – starts immediately following the yet-to-be-Agenda'd Finance and Responsible (HA!™) Governance Committee meeting.

Approving the June Affordability Committee meeting AND the 5pm yet-to-be-Agenda'd Finance and Responsible (HA!™) Governance Committee meeting. Bunch o' traffic bylaws and traffic signals, and a confidential report about Development Charges. Also of interest, the Integrity Commissioner's Report on the past term of office – fancy undies time, duckies!

Get the full details at the City's eScribe (!): https://pub-barrie.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=d124bd4d-b5fd-422b-95ea-b7087634fe5f&Agenda=Agenda

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Affordability Committee

Affordability Committee

Barrie City Hall or YouTube, 70 Collier Street, Barrie, ON

The third of September's Council Foursome.

Public Meeting for a subdivision at 3218 Wilson Drive and 816 Sunnidale Road (yup, the annexed lands...). Approving the Heritage Barrie Committee's report from June.

Get the full details at the City's eScribe (!): https://pub-barrie.escribemeetings.com/Meeting.aspx?Id=b0b5c514-a346-48a4-8079-52ba7e9e0731&Agenda=Agenda

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