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TUNNEL COMMISSION

Can you make any sense of this comment by the Mayor?

All that he had to do was to fill in this blank

However, if he did that, then everyone would know that he was not offered $75 million by Infrastructure Ontario. Now wouldn't that be embarrassing after spending about $2 million on a deal that was never completed

WASH THEIR MOUTHS OUT WITH SOAP

It is absolutely clear that this Council is becoming one of the most foulmouthed Councils in our history. This is a G-rated BLOG or I would tell you exactly what they are saying.

First we had the Mayor using salty language and having it appear in a Column in the Star:

• "It's going to be rough. We are in deep s**t. It will catch up to us and have a significant impact," said Francis."

Now look at what Council MOM said in the Star. In fact, the Star repeated it much more explicitly than they did before. That may perhaps help explain why the have an increase in readership.

But seriously, Councillor MOM, the Councillor who went after Studio 4's sign said:

• "The province needs to get their sh*t together,” said Coun. Caroline Postma, a supporter of the proposed location near Highway 401 between Walker Road and Concession 8."
  

Oh my!

OPEN AND TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT IN WARD 2

Things are going to get very interesting in Ward 2 with Councillor MOM. It will be true open government after all. Nothing will be hidden. Everything will be exposed for everyone to see. It will all be out in the open. She has decided:

• "I will be in a coffee shop once a month, to openly discuss whatever people want to talk about."

What a strange turn of events for the Councillor who objected to the Studio 4 sign wouldn't you think.

Unfortunately things are not going to be as exciting as I had thought. Obviously, as she also discussed on her website as well, there was " continuous improvement" to her website. I saw this revision to her website:

LUFTHANSA IS IN TOWN

The Foreign Consultants that Councillor Lewenza helped hire were in town looking at our airport.
I wonder if they will be around for the Buy Canadian Motion at Council that the Councillor is sponsoring. I wonder if the Foreign Lawyers that the Mayor has hired to fight the Ambassador Bridge Company will be there too along with the Foreign Medical Consultant that was retained for Greenlink.

ANOTHER MEETING IN SANDWICH

I wonder if they will discuss Heritage matters at this meeting and sign up people to support the City's Heritage Plan. It should be an exciting event at the OMB:

ARCHITECTURAL CONSERVANCY OF ONTARIO
WINDSOR REGION BRANCH
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
April 1, 2009 – 7:30 p.m.
at
Olde Sandwich Bake Shoppe
3118 Sandwich St., Windsor (next to parkette)
GUEST SPEAKER:
John Calhoun
Heritage Planner, City of Windsor

THIS MEETING IS OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS
BRING A FRIEND
MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR

For more information, please call
Pat Malicki at 945-2626

IS THE STAR HYPERACTIVE

I doubt if everyone in Windsor will agree with this statement by the Publisher of the Star:

• "It's the quality of the paper, our hyper-local strategy and how it's been implemented," Venney said, when asked to explain the readership climb. "Hyper-local" coverage diverts more news space to matters of local interest not covered by national or international news outlets."

Some members of CIBPA might be hyperventilating when they hear this kind of hype from the Publisher. As you will recall, CIBPA sponsored a meeting a few days ago to discuss the border file and to demand that politicians at all levels as well as the Ambassador Bridge get together and "do a deal."

Several hundred local residents were in attendance, many of whom I am sure were Star subscribers. A dozen or so of them spoke to express their opinion about what should be done to get this City moving.

I would have thought as well that it was an important event since I saw the Mayor and Councillors Dilkens, Valentinis, Marra, Hatfield and Gignac there along with Dan Stamper of the Bridge Company.

What kind of coverage did the Star give to this important local event that was "not covered by national or international news outlets?"

Zero, nothing, nada, zilch.

BLOGGER POWER

• Gary Cunliffe, managing editor of CBC Windsor, which is also facing layoffs, said traditional methods of news delivery were being challenged by citizen journalists or the "one-man bands operating in Windsor's basements, Windsor's highrises and Windsor's streets."
  

Nice insult. Sheeesh, so now Bloggers are taking down the traditional media. Blame us for everything.

Actually this lonely Blogger works out of a second story office!

A NEW POSSIBLE TUNNEL PURCHASER?

No, seriously, they could not be thinking of borrowing money to take over the Tunnel deal. I mean only our Mayor is that entrepreneurial. Still they are talking with Infrastructure Ontario and Eddie did fail. Perhaps Detroit is really desperate...Cockrel needs a deal. Who knows!

• "Town seeks debt financing through Infrastructure Ontario
  
  AMHERSTBURG — Town council has authorized administration to apply to Infrastructure Ontario in order to borrow money for various capital, water and wastewater projects.
  
  Supervisor of Budget Services Ivano Fregonese said they will gain favourable rates through Infrastructure Ontario with regards to this debt financing initiatives."