Is Halberstadt Running Now For Mayor Of Windsor.

Ward Three Councillor Alan Halberstadt may as well run for Mayor if he is actually taking shots at the Mayor on the arena on his BLOGsite.

I told you, dear reader, that the Power of the Blog is all-pervasive! No power on Earth can dare stand in the way of BLOGpower, not even the mighty in Windsor!

A perfect example is the BLOGsite of Councillor Halberstadt. To be direct about it, Alan and his colleagues, as individual Councillors, have little voice on Council or with Administration. They can huff and puff on Cogeco or get a sound bite on the news or even a headline in the Star but so what. They can ask Council questions which are ignored for years and then written off when they clean up the list.

Poor Alan was shot down on fixing up the Barn rather than spending uncounted millions on a new East End arena. Even his buddy, Gord Henderson, turned on him after Eddie got through with Gord. In other words, after almost three years on Council, Alan and his colleagues were totally ineffectual on the Arena with no action whatsoever. But now, after a BLOG or two by Alan, everything miraculously happens all at once and he can pat himself on the back for it too:

1. Eddie caves in
2. “decision [has to be] made on an arena before next Friday's final day to register for the November 13th election. [or else Eddie has mayoral competition]
3. In quick order, a special meeting of City Council was called -- next Wedneday at 6 p.m. -- to debate the arena sweepstakes. [Now it is put off until early October AFTER the day nominations close]
4. City Councillors are to receive the long-awaited administration report electronically today”
   
   

Sounds like the White Rabbit in the Disney movie of Alice in Wonderland who has to get things done now after stalling things off for 3 years until the last minute before the elections:

• I'm late
  I'm late
  For a very important date.
  No time to say "Hello." Goodbye.
  I'm late, I'm late, I'm late.

If you believe this stuff, then I have a Tunnel under the Detroit River to sell to you because you'd really be in Wonderalnd.

Do you really believe that Eddie Francis is going to worry about Dr. Wonham? Isn’t it amazing that Administration's Council report just happens to be ready now after all of this time?

Eddie has his own time-table for whatever he is going to do and nothing but nothing ever changes it. What could be better than an answer just after nominations close so that the Mayor and Council have another check-mark. By announcing something will be done, that will try and prevent anyone else putting in a last-minute nomination! Of course, it will be up to the next Council to actually do something but this Council can pretend it acted.

Such perfect timing isn’t it. And set up so beautifully too. Do you really think that Alan would commit political suicide by going against Eddie and Henderson? Get real! And the sight of poor Eddie panicking over this is a joke. It’s so amazing that the media picked up on Alan’s BLOGsite so quickly too, especially the Star.

Come on, do you really think that Alan is going to break Council confidence on the arena or any other matter by blogging something that could get him in serious trouble.

Alan better be careful what he writes from now on...They may feel that he accomplishes more in one Blog than he and his colleagues have accomplished in their entire term. His constituents on November 13 may think he is a better Blogger than Councillor and decide to send him on a new career path.