1980 – Page 2 – Freedom Party of Ontario Archive

News report: Marc Emery offers to assume control of London’s kiosks

May 151980

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In this brief news item, it is reported that Marc Emery appeared before a special meeting of the London Board of Control and offered to assume control of London’s downtown kiosks that have become eyesores, covered with posters. He proposes that he will take care of the kiosks if he is permitted to keep the advertising revenues. Tongue-in-cheek, Emery explains that he’ll set aside two kiosks for public postering purposes so that the people will not poster the rest but, if they do, he’ll have the perpetrator covered with glue and postered, then handcuffed to the kiosk with a sign explaining why he’s in the state he is in.

TV news report [audio only] – London Mayor Al Gleeson says Marc Emery faces court action if he does not pay BIA tax

All, Pre-FPO Featured

May 151980

AUDIO – DESCRIPTION:

In this news broadcast, it is reported that London Bookstore owner Marc Emery (who, in 1984, would co-found Freedom Party of Ontario) who has announced that he will not pay a new Business Improvement Area (BIA) tax, could face court action if he does not pay. Marc Emery describes who was motivated to ask for the tax and why; and he describes the fact that those business owners who did not respond to a questionnaire about imposing the tax were deemed to be in favour of the tax, such that the city then created the bylaw for the small handful of business persons who wanted the money to do with it as their association wanted to do with it. Mayor Al Gleeson is heard stating that the tax is a legal by-law and that the city will seek enforcement through the courts against a person who does not pay it. It is reported that Emery is circulating a petition among other store owners in the area.

News report: Emery refuses to pay BIA tax, offers to take over city kiosks

All, Pre-FPO Featured

May 151980

AUDIO – DESCRIPTION:

In this news broadcast, it is reported the London Bookstore owner Marc Emery (who, in 1984, would co-found Freedom Party of Ontario) has – like several other business owners in west London – received a notice that he is required to pay a new tax in connection with the founding of a Business Improvement Area. It is reported that he is circulating a petition among other store owners in the area, and that he will refuse to pay the tax. In addition, it is reported that Emery has offered to London’s Board of Control that he will take-over London’s kiosks, which have become over-run with graffiti, if he can keep the advertising revenue that they generate.

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