{"id":19447,"date":"2017-12-20T14:43:10","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T19:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=19447"},"modified":"2017-12-20T14:43:10","modified_gmt":"2017-12-20T19:43:10","slug":"interim-control-bylaw-has-serious-ramifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/interim-control-bylaw-has-serious-ramifications\/","title":{"rendered":"Interim control bylaw has \u201cserious ramifications”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, I have finally clued in to the fact that the OMB referenced in OMB Reform, actually stands for \u201cOver-the-top Mrakas Bombast.\u201d
\nIn his incessant Facebook posts, Councillor Tom Mrakas takes credit for everything that happens in Aurora. You almost get the impression that nobody else at Town Hall (staff or the other members of Council) do anything.
\nHe takes credit for things he does (fair enough, but exactly what is a Blue Dot Movement, and what does it do for us?); for things he doesn\u2019t do \u2013 like the opening of the Hartwell Way bridge, which was already there and most likely unfolding as it should; and for things he actually spoke against \u2013 like the hotel, where he posted that the Mayor was very simplistic in stating that high costs were keeping hoteliers away (since verified by the developer and reported in this very paper).
\nAnd now, we need to suffer from the bombast again as Councillor Mrakas attempts to introduce an Interim Control Bylaw.
\nYou really need to research this \u2013 it is a complex piece of legislation (I have seen it described as very regressive), which may have very serious ramifications if you are in the process of trying to get a permit for work on your house.
\nMaybe you want to add an in-law suite. Maybe you want to expand your house because your own family is expanding.
\nMaybe you are selling your house as part of your retirement planning and the new purchaser wants to change it. Well this could kill the deal, affecting your plans.
\nBut, it will benefit the Councillor as he patronizingly and bombastically tells us \u201cour residents deserve this,\u201d and is cheered on by those who have no plans, or have already done something, or simply don\u2019t want anything in their backyard.
\nWell, no, we deserve to be treated fairly. And not be used as vote fodder. <\/p>\n

Frederick Crowley
\nAurora
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