TURMEL: 2003 Ottawa Mayoral Candidate Email
John Turmel
2: Arts in Ottawa Questionnaire: pe...@arts-ottawa.on.ca
3: Riverside Oct 22 meeting
4: Blackburn Nov 03 meeting: aljan...@sympatico.ca
5: Election Platform: sn...@yahoo.com
JCT: The Glebe Report asked me to make a 100 word statement,
my share of the press coverage for mayor:
1: Glebe Report Statement: glebe...@bellnet.ca
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John Turmel Programs:
ABOLISH INTEREST RATES WITH UNILETS
Engineer of the U.N. Millennium Declaration Resolution C6 to
restructure the global financial architecture with an
alternative time-based currency. Will install an Ottawa
Dollar system to fill underfunding gaps.
http://www.cyberclass.net/turmel
ABOLISH GAMBLING PROHIBITION
Fought many court battles to legalize casino gambling.
http://www.cyberclass.net/turmel/gambler.htm
ABOLISH MARIJUANA PROHIBITION
Facing a life sentence after being arrested on Parliament
Hill in May with 3KG of marijuana to prove prohibition died
in 2001. International coverage but squelched by Ottawa
Citizen, Sun, Le Droit.
http://yahoogroups.com/group/medpot/messages/780
Easy promises to keep.
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2: Arts in Ottawa Questionnaire: pe...@arts-ottawa.on.ca
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JCT: Next is the Ottawa ARTSVOTE questions for candidates
>Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 20:48:59 -0400
>From: pe...@arts-ottawa.on.ca (Peter Honeywell)
>Subject: RE: 2003 Ottawa ARTSVOTE questions for candidates
>To: cou...@arts-ottawa.on.ca (Council for the Arts in
Ottawa)
PH: RE: 2003 Ottawa Artsvote
October 15, 2003
Dear Municipal Candidates,
The Council for the Arts in Ottawa in cooperation with the
Gloucester Arts Council and Canadian Artists' Representation
Ontario are working together to inform the community about
City of Ottawa candidate's views with respect to local arts
issues.
Your response, and the responses of the other candidates
will be compiled for public distribution. The information
will be distributed to the media, members of Board of
Directors of local arts organizations, to their members,
patrons at upcoming events and other interested parties.
We request that your answers to the following questions be
returned to the undersigned no later than October 22, 2003.
An Ottawa Arts Facts report is also provided for your
review.
Excerpt from the approved 20/20 City of Ottawa Arts Plan
The Five Year Action Plan
The five-year action plan consists of 25 actions for
implementation over a five-year period. Five of these are
deemed to be urgent actions that require immediate launching
into an initial implementation stage. They are:
1.. Develop and sustain adequate municipal arts grants
investment;
JCT: Underfunding problem calls for LETS Timedollars.
PH: 2.. Develop and sustain new municipal spaces for the
local arts;
JCT: Underfunding problem calls for Alternative Currency.
PH: 3.. Develop and sustain a cultural capital funding
program aimed at improving existing local arts space;
JCT: Underfunding problem calls for Timedollars.
PH: 4.. Establish a municipal, cultural capital reserve fund
for new arts facility development; and
JCT: Underfunding problem calls for Greendollars.
PH: 5.. Mount a local, arts marketing campaign.
JCT: Underfunding problem calls for LETS currency. If you
think this is boring, imagine it at a real live meeting.
Imagine all these different groups worried about the same
problem, their little piece of the shrinking pie, with each
question the same, about whether they get priority. It's a
pigs-at-the-trough mentality that's been conditioned by
their poverty. Remember how I reported that there were 15
out of 16 questions on underfunding at the Brant Provincial
Election Debate? How does one keep telling them the same
answer without sounding boring? How to make the same answer
funny is the dilemma. But back to problems for the ARTS:
PH: Questions:
1.) As an elected City of Ottawa Councillor, will you
support the implementation of these actions during the next
three-year term of City Council?
JCT: I would provide sufficient funding for supplies and as
many paychecks as you can find people to do the work.
PH: 2.) Are there specific areas that you feel urgently
need to be addressed?
JCT: Just switching from borrowing money from banks at
interest to borrowing money from our own LETS community
currency bank to save the interest and fill all funding
gaps.
PH: 3.) What do you feel would be the most effective way of
moving forward on these specific actions?
JCT: Increase funding with Ottawa Timedollars.
PH: Candidate's Name:
Please respond by October 22, 2003
MAIL: Council for the Arts in Ottawa, 2 Daly Avenue,
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6E2
E-mail: cou...@arts-ottawa.on.ca or FAX: (613) 233-0698
JCT: Now look at the financial mess they want us to look at
and the consider that every special interest group has their
own documentation of the shortages they want remedied.
PH: Ottawa Arts Facts
FUNDING
JCT: Expect that the LETS community funding bank will be the
answer to every upcoming woe.
PH: 1.. The following table compares the funding provided by
municipalities and provincial granting bodies to local
artists and arts organizations residing in five major
Canadian cities.
City
Total Municipal Arts Grants (2000-2001)
Municipal Arts Grants as Per-Capita Measure
Total Provincial Arts Grants (2000-2001)
Provincial Arts Grants as Per-Capita Measure
Toronto
$ 13,006,700
$ 5.11
$ 11,927,3441
$ 2.50
Montreal
$ 7,826,000
$ 7.60
$ 11,853,3562
$ 6.50
Vancouver
$ 5,081,230
$ 8.98
$ 6,049,6163
$ 3.00
Calgary
$ 3,440,000
$ 3.93
$ 6,176,5634
$ 6.40
Ottawa
$ 2,604,602
$ 3.29
$ 1,561,3975
$ 1.90
1 Ontario Arts Council
2 Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qu=E9bec
3 British Columbia Arts Council
4 Alberta Foundation for the Arts
5 Ontario Arts Council (includes some grants disbursed to
artists residing in Gatineau, Qu=E9bec in the Arts Education
and Franco-Ontarian categories)
2.. The following table compares the funding provided by
municipalities and Canada Council for the Arts to local
artists and arts organizations residing in five major
Canadian cities.
City
Total Municipal Arts Grants (2000-2001)
Municipal Arts Grants as Per-Capita Measure
Total Canada Council for the Arts (CCA) Grants (2000-2001)
CCA Arts Grants as Per-Capita Measure
Toronto
$ 13,006,700
$ 5.11
$ 23,483,776
$ 5.00
Montreal
$ 7,826,000
$ 7.60
$ 24,061,615
$ 11.10
Vancouver
$ 5,081,230
$ 8.98
$ 10,470,061
$ 5.20
Calgary
$ 3,440,000
$ 3.93
$ 3,374,097
$ 3.50
Ottawa
$ 2,604,602
$ 3.29
$ 2,331,672
$ 2.90
3.. City of Ottawa Motion carried unanimously by full City
Council on April 23, 2003.
Ottawa 20/20 Arts and Heritage Plan
Item 8. WHEREAS arts and heritage policy statements mean
little without a funding strategy;
BE IT RESOLVED that the 20/20 Arts and Heritage Plan include
an investment direction based on the following:
JCT: Now we have to get into investment directions for
funding plans...
PH: 1.. increasing the per capita funding for arts and
heritage on an annual basis until Ottawa's per capita art
funding is on a competitive basis with the six (6) other
large Canadian cities.
JCT: Where will the money come from? The shrinking pie.
PH: FACILITIES
1.. City of Ottawa People Services Facility Study - Final
Report - March 2003
Key findings concerning major indoor facility requirements:
Rehearsal and Performance Space: There is a need for
rehearsal and performance space in the City's East and
Central Districts.
Recommendations:
Performance Venues/Facilities
a.. Opportunities for arts, rehearsal, training,
instruction and production support should be incorporated as
part of the development of future multi-purpose community
centres and/or libraries. The size, distribution and
composition of these spaces should be developed with input
from staff based on confirmed facility requirements.
Partnerships with arts organizations are encouraged, to
deliver programs, and manage spaces.
JCT: Will these empty spaces accept Ottawa dollars all may
use to pay their municipal taxes, OC transpo and other fees?
PH: a.. At minimum, two new performance venues should be
developed to serve the central and east areas of the City.
JCT: Would more funding help?
PH: a.. Opportunities to develop production facilities
should be considered as part of these performance venues.
Recommendations:
Visual Arts Venues/Facilities
a.. New visual arts space suitable for introductory and
intermediate interest and instructional levels should be
developed as part of future multi-purpose space in the west
end.
JCT: It can be funded with Ottawa community currency.
a.. The City should assess the feasibility of developing
one or two visual arts centres able to accommodate
introductory to advance interest and skill levels, permanent
and temporary exhibit space, and inclusive of a wide variety
of visual arts.
JCT: It can be funded with Ottawa timedollars.
PH: a.. The activities of the Facility support the
development of a gallery as part of the Central Library and
Arts and Heritage Centre.
a.. The City should investigate the feasibility of
providing artist studio spaces within community or other
city owned or leased facilities, allowing for artist-in
residence programs that would benefit both artist and
community.
a.. A proposed pilot project to develop Ottawa's first
artist live/work space to be undertaken in collaboration
with the City's Housing Branch would be consistent with the
principles of the FDM (Facility Delivery Model).
Facilities information gathered by dmA Planning and
Management Services
JCT: It can be funded with Ottawa timedollars.
PH: For the City of Ottawa People Services Facility Study -
March 2003
ARTS MARKETING AND PROMOTION
1.. Ottawa 20/20 Arts Plan - Strategy Three - Get the Word
Out
Policy Statement:
The City will engage in partnered efforts that make it easy
for residents and visitors to access information about
Ottawa's dynamic local arts scene.
Action (Urgent Priority - Immediate)
1.. Mount Local Arts Marketing Campaign
Mount an aggressive, local arts marketing campaign aimed
at residents to include a high-profile annual arts season
launch, earned media initiatives, a co-ordinated advertising
approach, contributions to relevant, existing external
websites and a promotional campaign that takes local arts
info to the streets (billboards, transit ads etc.)
Action (High Priority - Short Term - 1 to 3 Years)
b.. Set up One Stop Physical Kiosks that Promote Local
Arts
Set up one-stop shops(physical manned kiosks in high-
traffic centres of commerce / shopping centres)
incorporating a community box office, an info phone-line,
video and visual promotion and a weekly bulletin that
provides access to information about everything happening
within Ottawa's local arts scene.
Action (High/Medium Priority - Short Term - 1 to 5 years)
c.. Design, Maintain and Promote Local Arts Website and E-
Commerce Program
Design, maintain and promote a vibrant and interesting
website that provides one-stop electronic access to
comprehensive information on the local arts, including an e-
commerce program, visuals and related links.
(This information was compiled following extensive community
consultation in preparation for the development of the
Ottawa 20/20 Arts Plan)
To receive an electronic version of the City of Ottawa's
20/20 Arts Plan, please contact Cathy Shepertycki, Cultural
Planner, Arts Development. Email:
Cathy.Sh...@ottawa.ca
For further information about Ottawa ArtsVote 2003 contact:
Peter Honeywell, Executive Director, Council for the Arts in
Ottawa, (613) 569-1387
Christine Tremblay, Executive Director, Gloucester Arts
Council, (613) 749-4978
(Pour obtenir la version fran=E7aise de ce document,
veuillez composer le 569-1387)
JCT: Isn't it sad they way they're forced to beg, to point
out that they're not given enough?
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3: Riverside Oct 22 meet
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I got an invitation to the Riverside Community Association
meeting somewhere on Riverside Drive. Not sure of the
address yet.
4: Blackburn Nov. 3 meet: aljan...@sympatico.ca
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JCT: Blackburn C.A. always run a good meeting:
>Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:49:39 -0400
>From: aljan...@sympatico.ca (Al & Jane Ross)
>Subject: Candidates Meeting
>To: i...@ikeformayor.ca, te...@kilreaforcouncil.ca,
TUR...@ncf.ca, jfcl...@jfclaude.ca, Rainer...@ottawa.ca
(Rainer Bloess)
Cc: hmro...@rogers.com (Helen Rosseau),
This is to inform you that the Blackburn Community
Association is planning a "Meet the Candidates" meeting to
be held at the Blackburn Community Hall on GlenPark Dr., on
Monday, Nov 3rd starting at 7:30 PM.
Candidates seeking election in Ward 2 and for the position
of Mayor have been invited to participate. The format will
be a simple address from each of the candidates followed by
a brief Question & Answer session. The timing for
candidates' presentation has not been formally set, but it
will be restricted to 5 or 6 minutes each. All candidates
will be allowed to respond to all questions from the floor,
but some timing restrictions may be applied to ensure
responses are remain pertinent to the question asked.
As in the past, I will act as Moderator for the evening.
JCT: After a quarter century, they know that if Turmel's
coming, the rule is "everyone treated the same or there's
trouble." They've always done it right.
I hope you will be available to attend and I would
appreciate it if you could confirm your participation as
soon as possible. If you have any time restrictions for that
evening, I will try to accommodate them as best I can.
Thank you, Al Ross President, Blackburn Community
Association
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5: Election Platform: sn...@yahoo.com
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>Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:16:32 -0700 (PDT)
>From: sn...@yahoo.com (Jessica Snoulten)
>Subject: Election Platform
>To: TUR...@ncf.ca
To Whom it May Concern:
I would like to receive hard copy information about Mr.
Turmel's Election Platform for the upcoming 2003 Municipal
Elections. Please let me know if this is possible. Thanks,
Jessica Snoulten
5 Sovereign Avenue Nepean, ON K2G 4Y1
JCT: Sorry, no snail mail messages available that aren't on
the net. Everything I fight for is online. I guess my
mission statement is best defined by my Abolitionist Party
of Canada Programs at
http://www.cyberclass.net/turmel/abprogs.htm
You might add one last platform, bringing a Poker Casino to
Ottawa. I'm tired of not being able to play in my home town
when others can play in theirs so I can't really say I've
won the legalization of gambling that I've fought for all
these years "enough" if I can't even play in my own
home town. Time to make legal poker part of the program
again. I only dropped it when I'd thought it had been won.
And the most recent good update on what I've been doing is
the http://yahoogroups.com/group/turmel/message/1949 is the
Brantford Expositor Election Profile by Susan Gambler that
best captures the gist of my mission and most recent
developments.
Cross-posted to can.politics, alt.gambling, alt.drugs,
sci.econ, sci.engr, alt.conspiracy, alt.fan.john-turmel,
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Abolitionist Slave Leader John C."The Banking Systems Engineer" Turmel
for UNILETS interest-free time-based currency in U.N. resolution C6
to Governments in the http://www.un.org/millennium/declaration.htm
http://www.cyberclass.net/turmel 519-756-1325 USENET: can.politics