Goodwill dump sight in Newmarket an eyesore despite bylaw

Once upon a time, Newmarket council members used to blog about their opinions and views on town related issues. Today, despite the fact that the public is funding their personal web sites (see here ), taxpayers never really know what their council members are doing or thinking. In the specific case of the aforementioned example, the taxpayers don't actually know if the website we bought and paid for even exists.

But back to my original point, here is a throw back to 2012 (see here). Beyond the spelling and grammar errors contained within the blog, former Councillor Emanuel argues against messy clothing donation bins owned by various charities located on private property. He calls them unsightly.  

Later, in May 2013, former Councillor Emanuel convinced his allies on Council to charge a deposit fee to these charities, which supposedly go towards the cost of cleaning up overflowing bins.

In his blog, then Councillor Emanuel referenced the Goodwill store as an example of a company that "take items for donation to bennefit (sic) the broader community".

My...how times have changed. I photographed this scene of the Goodwill store earlier today.



It's time that the Town of Newmarket step in and clean up the mess left behind by Goodwill.

Hopefully, the Town's workers will have the good sense to send Goodwill an invoice for the dumpster fees.

But if a bankrupt Goodwill can't afford to pay the fees, then the cost of cleaning up is borne by us. All we are left with is the unfortunate irony to then Councillor Emanuel's claim that Goodwill had a "bennefit to the broader community."