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Christopher Watts

@WattsTrending

Openly Ginger Digital Strategist and Ruthless Mime. C.S.O @curategreatness

 Aurora, Ontario
Joined June 2009
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if the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts wattstrending.wordpress.com/…
if the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts

if the facts don’t fit the theory, change the facts

Mayor Mrakas never goes anywhere without his selfie stick and his empty soundbite about how his leadership is all about “working together” to get things done. Well on Tuesday April 25th…

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Doors Closed Aurora wattstrending.wordpress.com/…

Doors Closed Aurora

14 municipalities are participating in Doors Open this year but Aurora is not one of them. In the report from the 2019 event the town indicated it was going to participate in the 2020 event, then C…

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A man’s errors are his portals of discovery wattstrending.wordpress.com/…
A man’s errors are his portals of discovery

A man’s errors are his portals of discovery

Effective January 1st 2021 the town of Aurora imposed a 3 bag garbage limit for residents. Then a month after their ill conceived and communicated public roll-out faced council faced pushback and d…

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Once you have experienced mediocrity you will never again be content with excellence wattstrending.wordpress.com/…

Once you have experienced mediocrity you will never again be content with excellence

Among the highlights of the Town of Aurora Council meeting of Tuesday April 25th was receiving an Excellence Canada gold trophy from Excellence Canada, Canada’s national authority on quality and he…

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Law & Oysters wattstrending.wordpress.com/…

Law & Oysters

Earlier this year a restaurant in Aurora’s BIA announced a charcuterie board as a perfect shareable to pair with your night out: Here is breakdown in greater detail they provided of this new …

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not a spark of decency wattstrending.wordpress.com/…

not a spark of decency

At the April 25th Special Meeting of Council the Aurora Economic Dev Corp (AEDC) made a presentation to council, you can watch it here. As a member of that committee Marilee Harris delivered the pr…

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State of the art, or art of the state? wattstrending.wordpress.com/…
State of the art, or art of the state?

State of the art, or art of the state?

3 years ago Auroran Yafang Shi read poetry about Public libraries for the Aurora Public Library’s Poet series: In it she reads “Aurora Public library, also where women meet up to share …

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How to Promenade with a Politician (and not get shit on you) wattstrending.wordpress.com/…
How to Promenade with a Politician (and not get shit on you)

How to Promenade with a Politician (and not get shit on you)

Back in late February the Banner ran a story about a proposed development on Yonge street at the south end of town revitalizing the abandoned Canadian Tire (former Sterling Drugs) location): The ar…

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Small City wattstrending.wordpress.com/…
Small City

Small City

A month ago the Town claimed it was excited to introduce CityView Portal: WTF? Apparently”CityView” is just product the town subscribes to. Perhaps town staff were attracted to it when …

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Show me the funny! wattstrending.wordpress.com/…

Show me the funny!

Election night is all about who crossed the finish line, but it fails to tell us anything concrete about how the winners and losers earned their places. To find out how campaign sausages are made y…

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People keep asking if I’m back and I haven’t really had an answer, but yeah, I’m thinking I’m back. wattstrending.wordpress.com/…
People keep asking if I’m back and I haven’t really had an answer, but yeah, I’m thinking I’m back.

People keep asking if I’m back and I haven’t really had an answer, but yeah, I’m thinking I’m back.

But who to come back as exactly. Baby Yoda or Baba Yaga? I’s 2023, let’s just see how she rolls. I will serve. I will be of service

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Well this is awk-ward wattstrending.wordpress.com/…

Well this is awk-ward

On September 10 the CBC ran a piece on the change in Aurora from an at large to ward system. One candidate who registered to run as a ward 6 councillor is not only opposed to the ward system, when …

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you taught me everything I know about exterior illumination wattstrending.wordpress.com/…

you taught me everything I know about exterior illumination

At the recent September 13th 2022 General Committee meeting there was an item to approve a $200,000 increase for “Street Light Maintenance Services”. Not $200,000 in total. The current …

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Diversity and Inclusion for some, miniature Aurora flags for others wattstrending.wordpress.com/…
Diversity and Inclusion for some, miniature Aurora flags for others

Diversity and Inclusion for some, miniature Aurora flags for others

Some days more than others the town of Aurora feels like Simpson’s Springfield. On Sunday September 25th at the Aurora Public Library Virtual Meet the Candidates event Mayor elect Tom Mrakas …

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Putting the art before the horse wattstrending.wordpress.com/…
Putting the art before the horse

Putting the art before the horse

Back in 2010 the MorMac government set president of rubber stamping the flaming peace in-front of town hall. In addition to commenting on how inspiration for said piece appears to have come from an…

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Aurora Skateboard Park has left the chat wattstrending.wordpress.com/…
Aurora Skateboard Park has left the chat

Aurora Skateboard Park has left the chat

Newmarket just opened an outdoor skate park that is being so well received that a skateboarder visiting her grandmother here in Aurora that has been in the sport for four years is looking forward t…

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just like falling off a tricycle wattstrending.wordpress.com/…

just like falling off a tricycle

I’m curious if accepting campaign donations from Frank Stronach and/or his dysfunctional family comes with the unwritten expectation the sitting Mayor of Aurora do photo-ops riding his latest…

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Offensensitivity, Actually wattstrending.wordpress.com/…

Offensensitivity, Actually

I’m proud of the Aurora Public Library raising the bar with it’s most recent staff pick posted to facebook: A pick that no doubt resulted in much pearl clutching by the library board…

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the mayor’s egg hunt, covid-19 edition wattstrending.wordpress.com/…
the mayor’s egg hunt, covid-19 edition

the mayor’s egg hunt, covid-19 edition

In response to covid-19 the mayor’s egg hunt (my vote for best title of a special event in the entire town) has expanded beyond eggs to having Aurorans between the ages of 60 and 64 search ou…

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