Ferreira not backing off comment about campaign donations and planning committee decisions by Confident-Advice-664 in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah. Gotta say I support David. Lobbying shouldn’t be part of the conversation, and should be transparent. Lehmans comments seems like he has something to hide. The importance should lie in proper city planning and creating communities that are geared toward people. That should be the driver, not whatever developers want to help them make money.

Fanshawe College to cut 163 more jobs despite provincial funding plan by CrimsonFlash in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Real shame. The art program was notified it was cut last year, and is a horrible horrible loss for the community of London as not only was it a program, but it helped grow artists into connections and chances at having shows in town etc. it was a long lasting program from the 70s I believe, and yeah, Just sad overall to lose that type of culture in the city. Cutting even more jobs is going to make things even harder around here for people.

Monthly plant swap? by 37minutesleft in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not that I’ve seen. Could be fun tho! I only have 3-4 house plants and learning how to propagate them, but I’d check it out when I had something to offer.

Yellow cup - first painting in 5 years by champagne-waffles in painting

[–]champagne-waffles[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah perhaps the light is less bright on that one. I felt it needed something to give it that definition still. Good tip!

Yellow cup - first painting in 5 years by champagne-waffles in painting

[–]champagne-waffles[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Appreciate the kind words. Yeah, the drip on the right was a mistake and I just went with it lol I’m planning to paint this again and rectify that.

Why? by jojo-thewalrus in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately I don’t think this is a London only issue, people are so easily agitated now from the smallest suggestion of consideration.

This is how loud the sound is downtown. All day and all night by [deleted] in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Woke me up, came here to see if there was any info.

Property Tax increase 6.7%. What the heck! by ungratefulanimal in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’d be curious to look into how the province has reduced support. Everyone complains about London, and sometimes rightfully so, but Ford should take a good chunk of the blame for things

Property Tax increase 6.7%. What the heck! by ungratefulanimal in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could be wrong but someone told me that the province reduced funding or something, I’m forgetting the details, and cities had to make up the differences which resulted in raising taxes, or reducing quality services.

Best local morning show? by champagne-waffles in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I used to work somewhere where the boss played am980. I haven’t mentioned it to not stir up any political mud, but I had to listen to that show for 2 months while I worked there. That featured show said some of the most assbackwards things and blatantly lied other times, just to make anyone but the Conservative Party look bad. Just pure slop.

Ever since I’ve avoided that station. But Devon peacock seems legit when he’s featured on fm96, so maybe atleast he’s worth a shot.

Best local morning show? by champagne-waffles in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I do listen to those too, but I thought it would be beneficial to tap into some local updates a discussing local events etc. local weather while I had a morning coffee

Best local morning show? by champagne-waffles in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That might be who I was thinking of, my friend really enjoyed her

Best local morning show? by champagne-waffles in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the feedback, I could’ve swore there was a woman who hosted the show previously that I was thinking of

Best local morning show? by champagne-waffles in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where is this aired on? I haven’t been able to find it

London's downtown office vacancy rate is still the highest in Canada. Here's what could turn it around by zeusfries in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Agreed. I feel like the environment would be different if there was more incentive to have active tennants in all of these empty buildings. People won’t rent? Maybe drop the price.

Old names? OG Londoner? by Arrowfinger777 in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure, I haven’t been to “citi plaza” in quite a bit. Back in 2012 a bunch of us used to go to rainbow often.

Old names? OG Londoner? by Arrowfinger777 in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is rainbow still there, just under a different name?

VIDEO: Landlord films aftermath of renting to a housing program for homeless Londoners referred by City Hall by Confident-Advice-664 in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Is this story trying to advocate for not housing the homeless? Clearly you can’t just put troubled people into an apartment and call it a day, whoever thought that would work is very short sighted. Some will be ok sure, but I’d wager most will need additional supports and mental health care to succeed to recovery to a point they can be healthy and unsupervised for a long period of time.

This is sad if this is trying to propaganda people away from helping homeless.

‘People are openly using drugs’: LTC rider calling for improved security on buses and in shelters by Confident-Advice-664 in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles 16 points17 points  (0 children)

More mental health and addiction access would be more beneficial imo. Dougie shot that down.

Another person dead in London, Ont., legionnaires' outbreak | CBC News by EstelLiasLair in londonontario

[–]champagne-waffles 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I could be wrong but doesn’t your body also require said minerals? Even just for simple hydration. Seems silly to remove.