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Jordon Cooper's Weblog. 100 Things to Do in Saskatoon Before You Die. Enjoying Winter in Saskatoon. The Call was Clear. Here are the things that I tend to invest my time in online. I started blogging back in 2001 when there was just a handful of us out there and companies often called us. In 2004, Caterina Fake. The Christmas Gift Guides. Several years ago I posted a Christmas Gift Guide. And the response was overwhelmingly positive. Eventually more and more people asked if I would do another one and...
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Repealing the Employee Stock Option Deduction and Unanswered Questions | yxesimonsays
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Thinking out loud in Saskatoon. Repealing the Employee Stock Option Deduction and Unanswered Questions. Dead For Tax Reasons. If it is, it makes me feel at least someone is listening at least some of the time. 3,000 more words. This entry was posted in Tax. April 1, 2015. Can Saskatoon Transit walk the walk? The Cost of Extending Transit Service →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). Follow me on Twitter.
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Saskatoon Transit and the declining price of oil | yxesimonsays
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Thinking out loud in Saskatoon. Saskatoon Transit and the declining price of oil. Just last month Saskatoon City Council declined to approve a fare increase requested by Saskatoon Transit as part of the 2015 budget. The proposed fare increase would have netted Saskatoon Transit a whopping $313,175 in revenue, even with some funny business. In their projections. Council declined to approve the proposed fare increase, due in large part to public pressure, the efforts of Bus Riders of Saskatoon. Assuming Sa...
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Saskatoon Transit and Budget funny business | yxesimonsays
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Thinking out loud in Saskatoon. Saskatoon Transit and Budget funny business. Recently during budget deliberations by Saskatoon City Council Mandy Chen made a presentation. To City Council on behalf of Bus Riders of Saskatoon objecting to the proposed increase to transit fares. While I have a few quibbles regarding the percentage. Of people who use transit, one of her arguments piqued my interest and my “spidey sense”. She pointed out that per the preliminary budget. The report to council. Now that may in...
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Unique Christmas and Holiday Gift Guides For Your Entire Family | Jordon Cooper's Weblog
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Jordon Cooper's Weblog. 100 Things to Do in Saskatoon Before You Die. Enjoying Winter in Saskatoon. The Call was Clear. 2015 Christmas and Holiday Gift Guides. 2015 Christmas and Holiday Gift Guide for the Men in Your Life. Guest post by Wendy). 2015 Christmas and Holiday Gift Guide for the Women in Your Life. 2015 Christmas and Holiday Gift Guide for the Explorer and Adventurer. 2015 Christmas and Holiday Gift Guide for Your Brother-in-Law. 2015 Christmas and Holiday Gift Guide for the Cook (and foodie).
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Thinking out loud in Saskatoon. Viewpoint: Transit services need to be election issue Saskatoon StarPhoenix. The issue of public transit challenged city council the most in its 2012-16 term. Residents who use transit and want it improved formed Bus Riders of Saskatoon in the fall of 2014. We want to live in a city where using public transit is easy. It should be a viable transportation choice for all, and. Via Viewpoint: Transit services need to be election issue Saskatoon StarPhoenix. October 21, 2016.
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Are Used Buses Really Saving Money? | yxesimonsays
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Thinking out loud in Saskatoon. Are Used Buses Really Saving Money? For years, Saskatoon Transit has been purchasing used buses as a means of replacing or adding vehicles in a cost effective way. But is purchasing and refurbishing used buses really saving money? Of the recent meeting of the City of Saskatoon’s Standing Policy Committee on Transportation is the recommendation to Council that a tender for the structural refurbishment of five. 8220;…to renew the articulated bus fleet by purchasing 306...
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The Cost of Extending Transit Service | yxesimonsays
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Thinking out loud in Saskatoon. The Cost of Extending Transit Service. With the 10 Days for Transit. Campaign about to begin, some ideas for improving Saskatoon Transit have started to pop up on Twitter. Among them is extending transit service later into the night or increasing the pathetic frequency of service in the evening hours. I started to wonder, what would be the cost of extending transit service? Fortunately the Ontario Municipal Benchmarking Initiative. Currently transit service in the evenings...
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Can Saskatoon Transit walk the walk? | yxesimonsays
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Thinking out loud in Saskatoon. Can Saskatoon Transit walk the walk? In the City of Saskatoon’s long term goals for Saskatoon Transit is the objective to increase ridership to 62 rides (annually) per capita by 2023 (see Proposed Performance Measures and Targets on pg 481 here. Currently ridership is just shy of 40 per capita, and as I wrote to the StarPhoenix. In 1966 it was 80. A ridership increase rate of 8.8% annually. Yes, annually. Every year at budget time the most important measure of transit seem...
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