Thoughts and Opinions On Today's Important Issues

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Windsor Misinformation,


Nope, I am not going to talk about gambling, Cuban cigars, strippers, escorts or booze. I'll let the Mayor walk the fine line when he talks about our cultural institutions like the Art Gallery, Windsor Symphony and Windsor Ballet to protect our City's image!

I am obviously biased but the Downtown entertainment centre committee should have used my son's promo line and logo above---WINDSOR IS ELECTRI-CITY---when they were looking for a slogan a few years ago so that names like Bartown would not be used.

Ok, you guessed it....it's the border again. I saw this news story about a meeting in Oshawa:
  • OSHAWA -- An all-candidates debate hosted by the Canadian Auto Workers went off without a hitch Tuesday night, despite weeks of uncertainty leading up to the event...

    Traffic congestion on the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor and Detroit was another hot topic, with everyone acknowledging that a single truck breakdown can thrown the whole auto sector into chaos.

    While the three frontrunners floated ideas like a second bridge or a funding boost, Mr. Jobse [Green Party] was the only one to suggest that Canada shouldn't add to the traffic jam by trucking garbage across the border.

Is it too much to expect that our Mayor will jump to Windsor's defence on border congestion as he did about our "Sin City" reputation? Will he say that the stories about border back-ups are untrue? Eddie finally admitted the obvious on his Face-To-Face interview: traffic is moving at the border because of the actions of the Bridge Co. Ironically, I was driving last night and heard on WWJ that there was an hour long truck backup at Sarnia/Port Huron but everything was running smoothly at the Ambassador Bridge!

Let me know IF you find the news story where he says that we do not have back-ups here to counter the negative publicity to protect our City's image!

Sin City and truck backups: misinformation or is it something more?