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CTV News
6 days ago
- Business
- CTV News
City to examine potential fee for homes with a certain number of vehicles
Should residents of a home with a certain number of vehicles have to pay a fee to help address issues around the demand for on-street parking in Windsor? Ward 8 Councillor Gary Kaschak said he's dealing with four issues around on-street parking in his ward. During Monday's council meeting, he delivered a petition from residents on Rose Court between Jos. St. Louis Avenue and Clemenceau Boulevard who are upset over limited on-street parking. Kaschak told the council they are seeing more and more cases of homes with eight to 12 people living in a single residence, with each person having their own vehicle, and in some cases parking commercial vehicles on city streets, which is putting a strain on the on-street parking system. 'They're working, have a company, or are self-employed and parking commercial vehicles on the street, taking up potential residential parking spots as well,' he said. 'We want people to work, and we want self-employment, but should all those vehicles be parked on residential streets as well.' He asked administration to look at options to alleviate the problem and the potential for a city bylaw for a maximum of four to six vehicles per residence, and anything above that would be subject to a yearly fee to be paid or added to their property tax bill. Kaschak said he just wants to see options to address the problem. 'Where the people can park their vehicles, the people who live in front of those homes or nearby, but also people with a lot of residents in their home, they may have to pay an extra fee moving forward to accommodate their vehicles and to be good neighbours as well,' he said. A report is expected to come back to a future meeting of city council. - Written by Rusty Thomson/AM800 News.
CBC
6 days ago
- Business
- CBC
Hamilton council will decide in June how to fill John-Paul Danko's Ward 8 seat
With former Hamilton councillor John-Paul Danko now a sitting member of parliament, Ward 8 residents currently don't have a representative at council. Danko won the Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas seat for the Liberal Party in the federal election a month ago. His council seat was declared vacant after council accepted the vacancy notice at Wednesday's meeting. "There's challenges right now because people aren't feeling represented," said Mayor Andrea Horwath at the council meeting. She advised anyone who needs help from the Ward 8 office to get in touch with her office instead. "We will work collaboratively with those who don't have a councillor right now," Horwath said. She also thanked Danko for his time as councillor and said she'll continue working with him as MP as he has a "deep knowledge of our city." Danko was first elected councillor in 2018. Before that he was a civil engineer and small business owner. Next steps to fill council seat At the June 11 general issues committee meeting, councillors will consider whether to call a byelection or appoint a new councillor, city clerk Matthew Trennum told council. If council decides to hold a byelection, they'll need to pass a bylaw and the election would have to take place within 105 days, according to the Municipal Act. If the bylaw is passed in June, election day would need to be around November. An appointment would mean council chooses a new councillor within 60 days of declaring the vacancy, the act says. A new councillor was selected for Ward 5 back in November, 2021, after former councillor Chad Collins became MP for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek earlier that fall. At the time, 21 hopefuls gave five-minute presentations before council selected Russ Powers to hold the position until the 2022 election. The next general municipal election is slated for October 2026.
Time of India
19-05-2025
- Time of India
Two men drug, gang rape 24-year-old in Surat hotel
Surat: A local BJP functionary and his friend were arrested for allegedly gang-raping a 24-year-old woman in a hotel after giving her a stupefying drug that was mixed in a soft drink. Aditya Devendra Upadhyay (24) and Gaurav Singh (24) took the victim for a ride to Dabhari beach on Saturday evening. There they allegedly gave her the spiked soft drink and then took her to a hotel in the jurisdiction of Jahangirpura police. After raping her while she was incapacitated, they dropped her off near her house. Police have arrested Upadhyay and Singh, and they will be produced in court on Tuesday morning. Upadhyay is general secretary of the BJP's Ward 8 unit and the president of the Ward 8 Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha unit. BJP city chief Paresh Patel issued a statement suspending him from the primary membership and all posts in the party. Zone 5 deputy commissioner of police R P Barot said, "We received a complaint of rape from the victim on Sunday. According to the complainant, Aditya Upadhyay and Gaurav Singh raped her in the hotel one by one. We have invoked the sections dealing with gang rape. The accused gave her a cold drink laced with a sedative before raping her. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Giao dịch CFD với công nghệ và tốc độ tốt hơn IC Markets Đăng ký Undo They lived in the same area as the victim and were known to her." According to the complaint, the accused would frequent the area where the victim lives. Singh sent her an Instagram request a few days ago, and they spoke over the app. On May 7, Upadhyay sent her an Instagram request. During their conversation, Singh and Upadhyay learned that the victim's parents and siblings had gone to a relative's wedding in another state. They offered her a ride to Dumas beach on May 16, but she did not respond. On May 17, they called her and offered her the ride to Dumas beach. When she agreed, she was picked up at about 3pm by the two accused. At her request, a female friend of the victim's was also picked up. The two men took the victim and her friend to the Dabhari beach instead of Dumas beach, even though she objected. At the beach, Singh went to get something after speaking to Upadhyay. He returned with a cold drink bottle (Fanta), which was given to the victim to drink. After she drank it, she felt uncomfortable and asked them to drop her home. While being driven back, she vomited in the car and soon fell unconscious. When she woke up, she found her friend missing. After walking a few steps, she was taken to a hotel in a complex by the two accused. They raped her in the room, one after the other. After this, they dropped off near her home and told her not to speak of the incident to anyone. As she was still incapacitated, she fell asleep at home. When she woke, she realized the two accused persons had raped her. She then went to a nearby police chowky, from where she was taken to Jahangirpura police station, as the hotel was in its jurisdiction. "While Upadhyay is originally from Gopalganj district in Bihar, Singh is from Basti district in UP. Singh worked in the hotel industry, while Upadhyay's father runs a cable agency. We are yet to take the statement of the female friend, who is one of the witnesses," said an officer.
Hamilton Spectator
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Hamilton Spectator
Is Hamilton heading back to the polls? Councillors talk byelection to fill Danko's seat
Hamilton councillors say they want a byelection, or are 'leaning toward' one, to replace outgoing colleague John-Paul Danko after his federal election win. That's better than appointing someone with the October 2026 municipal election more than a year away, councillors suggested Tuesday. 'It's the more democratic way to go,' Coun. Cameron Kroetsch said of temporarily filling the central-west Mountain seat. The Ward 8 council representative should be 'publicly elected' rather than chosen through an interview-appointment process, Kroetsch said. A byelection is the 'democratic' thing to do, Coun. Ted McMeekin also said, noting there's 'lots of time' to organize a ward-specific contest. Danko, who took an unpaid leave to run federally, cruised to victory Monday in Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas, keeping the riding for the Liberals. Reached Tuesday, the second-term councillor said he still has 'a few loose ends' to tie up before he resigns and is sworn in as MP. 'Whether that's me doing that personally at next week's council meeting or one of my colleagues, I'm not sure yet.' The city's clerk's office didn't immediately respond to The Spectator's questions about filling the Ward 8 seat. The last time an in-term council vacancy arose was in 2021, when Ward 5's Chad Collins won Hamilton East—Stoney Creek for the federal Liberals. The past council opted to temporarily fill the vacancy through appointment rather than a byelection, selecting former Dundas councillor Russ Powers with just under a year to go in the term. In that process, hopefuls made five-minute pitches to council about why they were best suited to temporarily represent Ward 5. That selection exercise was estimated to cost $10,000, while a byelection was pegged at $190,000. Hamilton has done both over the years. In 2018, former alderman Terry Anderson was appointed for Ward 7 after Donna Skelly won Flamborough-Glanbrook for the provincial Tories. But Skelly had won her ward seat in a 2016 byelection with a 22-candidate field after Scott Duvall won the Mountain for the federal NDP. In 2014, former mayor Bob Morrow was appointed to fill in after the death of Ward 3 Coun. Bernie Morelli. With the dust still settling on Danko's win, some councillors said they hadn't yet decided the best way to choose a Ward 8 fill-in. Coun. Jeff Beattie said he's 'open-minded' to options but suggested an appointment would more likely result in a 'caretaker' as opposed to someone who has a long-term city vision in mind. 'I'm not sure that serves the community very well.' Likewise, Coun. Craig Cassar said 'democracy needs to happen' via a byelection, but added he's willing to listen to all the factors involved. Coun. Matt Francis said he's leaning toward a byelection, calling it the 'best opportunity' to select someone to represent constituents in a proper fashion. Ward residents, not city politicians, should choose their ward representatives, Coun. Alex Wilson said. 'I certainly know that Hamiltonians expect to be engaged and … that's what I'm going to continue to put forward.'
Washington Post
31-03-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Former D.C. Council member, expelled after bribery charge, seeks reelection
Former D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr., who faces a federal bribery indictment that led to his expulsion from the legislative body in February, wants his seat back. He announced that he plans to run again for the Ward 8 seat — vacant since his expulsion — in an Instagram post Sunday evening, saying, 'ReElection campaign starts tomorrow.' He made another Instagram post on Monday evening that showed him filling out paperwork to officially launch his bid. White enters the race while facing significant legal jeopardy in the federal case, in which he could face up to 15 years in prison — yet he remains a popular figure in Ward 8. He won reelection in November with more than 20,000 votes, even as he was under indictment. So far, 13 candidates have filed to run for the Democratic nomination in the July 15 special election, which in this deep-blue city is often the determinative race. White was charged with bribery in August and accused of agreeing to accept more than $150,000 — and pocketing $35,000 — in cash bribes, in exchange for using his position as a council member to influence lucrative violence-intervention grants and help an associate. He pleaded not guilty. On Feb. 4, just months after his reelection, his colleagues unanimously voted to expel him from the council, finding that enough evidence existed that White violated the council's ethics rules. White did not respond to a request for comment Monday. D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) had little to say Monday about White's bid to get his seat back, saying only that there was nothing in the Home Rule Act prohibiting White from running for it again. He declined to say whether the council could consider expelling White again if he were to win, saying he did not want to 'speculate on hypotheticals.' 'He, as a registered voter, is entitled to take out petitions and seek to get on the ballot,' Mendelson said at a news briefing Monday. 'I realize that to a lot of members of the public that seems shocking.' But if White were to be convicted in the federal case, he could end up getting expelled twice from the council. A felony conviction would immediately disqualify him from office. White is scheduled to go on trial in January; the term he is running for ends in January 2029. Among the Democrats that White could face are Sheila Bunn, who has spent her career in D.C. government in top roles under Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Vincent C. Gray (D) when he was mayor and Ward 7 council member; Salim Adofo, an advisory neighborhood commissioner who unsuccessfully challenged White last year; and former ANCs including Mike Austin, Dion Jordan and Darrell Gaston, also the owner of Kitchen Savages in Anacostia. Sarah Graham, a spokeswoman for the D.C. Board of Elections, said that so far none of the candidates have turned in signature petitions that are required to qualify for the ballot. April 17 is the deadline to enter the race. Jenny Gathright contributed to this report.
