Understanding Loon Dunk: by Marshall Muckloon

Are the news media giving you the straight goods about the City's proposed development of 80 acres of land at Leigh's Bay Road and Base Line?

We've heard Frank Manzo's version of the facts.

But what's the rest of the story?

What do Manzo's neighbours think?

And where do the engineering experts and the City's planning staff stand on the issue?

Are these two Algoma Steel properties worth buying and developing as industrial land, or are they just what Manzo colourfully refers to as "muck loon dunk?"

SooToday.com is currently preparing a comprehensive package of information, derived, for the most part, from 30 pages of briefing documents prepared for your City Councillors in advance of Monday night's Council meeting.

Primary source documents

Letter from Barbara Wallace, 792 Base Line Letter from Kim and Suzanne Marshall, 782 Base Line Letter from Jennifer & Douglas Manary, 748 Base Line Earlier letter from Jennifer & Douglas Manary Rick Talvite of TSH Engineers responds to Manary letter Letter from Frank Manzo (as previously published here) Frank Manzo's original 'muck loon dunk' brochure

SOOTODAY HOPES TO ADD TO THIS COMPILATION OF SOURCE DOCUMENTS SOMETIME ON TUESDAY.

DOCUMENTS STILL TO BE POSTED INCLUDE:

- TWO REPORTS FROM DAN McCONNELL, THE CITY'S PLANNING DIRECTOR

- A LETTER FROM W.H. ALLEN OF 1155 WALLACE TERRACE

- A SUMMARY OF RESIDENT CONCERNS, WITH RESPONSES PREPARED BY BRENT COULAS OF TOTTEN SIMS HUBICKI ASSOCIATES ENGINEERS

- A MAP (JUST FOR YOU, CITIZENKANE!)