Two Wrongs Make A Right
How can a parent teach a child about right and wrong when our Mayor makes absurd statements to support a failed process. Especially because he should know better given his educational background.
Probably the most absurd justification given for the process that the City of Windsor went through to approve the East end proposal was given by the Mayor:
"Francis noted that the association's complaint about sole sourcing would have applied to Windsor Raceway's proposal for the Ice Track arena, since that would not have been tendered either if council chose that project. "That would have been sole sourced as well."
Of course this is a bunch of BS. The process involving Project Ice Track was following the Purchasing By-law if the Mayor would only read the By-law. It was the East End arena proposal procedure that was faulty in my opinion. Remember also that the Mayor said that the By-Law could be "waived." Of course that was ridiculous as well since the By-law is "mandatory" under Provincial law.
The Teflon Mayor, and only he, can take the blame as CEO of the Corporation of the City of Windsor for the mess that the arena fiasco has become. And it will only get worse.
Can you imagine if the Mayor allowed himself to be questioned on his positions on the process by someone who read the By-law. He's on CKLW on Friday isn't he! Perhaps we will get our chance after all.
No matter....as readers will recall, I contacted Gord Henderson's "star performer" performer in Ward 5, Councillor Jo-anne Gignac, and asked her to "let me know forthwith which section is that because there is none in the By-law that I can find. Section 32, the Sole Source section, has no such provision." She claimed "a contractor can be chosen without asking for bids, if the city feels it's in its best interests."
The following is her long, detailed and thorough response that obviously must have been cleared by the Mayor's office and Administration:
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Probably the most absurd justification given for the process that the City of Windsor went through to approve the East end proposal was given by the Mayor:
"Francis noted that the association's complaint about sole sourcing would have applied to Windsor Raceway's proposal for the Ice Track arena, since that would not have been tendered either if council chose that project. "That would have been sole sourced as well."
Of course this is a bunch of BS. The process involving Project Ice Track was following the Purchasing By-law if the Mayor would only read the By-law. It was the East End arena proposal procedure that was faulty in my opinion. Remember also that the Mayor said that the By-Law could be "waived." Of course that was ridiculous as well since the By-law is "mandatory" under Provincial law.
The Teflon Mayor, and only he, can take the blame as CEO of the Corporation of the City of Windsor for the mess that the arena fiasco has become. And it will only get worse.
Can you imagine if the Mayor allowed himself to be questioned on his positions on the process by someone who read the By-law. He's on CKLW on Friday isn't he! Perhaps we will get our chance after all.
No matter....as readers will recall, I contacted Gord Henderson's "star performer" performer in Ward 5, Councillor Jo-anne Gignac, and asked her to "let me know forthwith which section is that because there is none in the By-law that I can find. Section 32, the Sole Source section, has no such provision." She claimed "a contractor can be chosen without asking for bids, if the city feels it's in its best interests."
The following is her long, detailed and thorough response that obviously must have been cleared by the Mayor's office and Administration:
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posted by JoeBlog at 6:58 a.m.
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