TAXES GO UP AND UP AND NO ONE IS COMPLAINING?
Here is a very recent post from Corruption Fighter:Anyone want to weigh in on the over 7% tax increase locally but zero at the Region?? In their first 2 years this council of ol boy lackeys(sorry DL...
View ArticleANNUNCIATA TOPS EXPENSES FOR REGIONAL COUNCIL
Well. he has been off the public trough for about four years, so it should be no surprise that Regional Councillor Sandy Annunciata topped the expenses list for councillors, second only to Regional...
View ArticleANOTHER FRAUDSTER GETS BUSTED
But his victims will never receive restitution. An article in the Niagara Falls Review tells of a fraudster named Robert Rawlings, who fleeced a number of people who thought he was investing their...
View ArticleROOKIE COUNCILLORS JOIN ANNUNZIATA IN RACKING UP LARGE EXPENSES
Well, there it is. The least-productive Fort Erie councillors have joined their regional counterpart in running up large expenses for "governing" their constituents. In Fort Erie Council's case., along...
View ArticleDOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
A fight to save a piece of public beachfront property from a developer is going on in Fort Myers Beach, Florida and it is an eerie reminder of the Great Bay Beach Conflict that took place over the...
View ArticleOH, THIS IS SO GOOD!
What a week of Good News! Russ Wilson will "retire" at the end of June. (Much more on that still to come to light.) Former Fort Erie CAO, now the CAO for the region has quit!Yes, it's official. Harry...
View ArticleCRAITOR THE TRAITOR GETS THROWN UNDER THE BUS
Premier Wrynn recently revealed that former MPP Kim Craitor was forced to resign in 2013 due to sexual harassment allegations against him. He has since said that the allegations were "unfounded,"...
View ArticleRETURN OF TOWN TO OLD BOYS ALMOST COMPLETE
Only one councillor and a couple of committee members left to go and the total removal of any possible chance for transparency is complete. The ouster of Ann Marie Noyes from her volunteer post as...
View ArticleTRUMP PLAYBOOK
Instead of the presumptive Republican Party presidential nominee of the United States, Donald Trump, we have someone who follows the Trump Paybook and who assumes that the people of Fort Erie are...
View ArticleSPEEDWAY SPIN CONTINUES
Well, James Culic's words have been spun so much that even he is getting suspicious. In his latest article about the much-delayed (will it ever happen?) Canadian Motor NOT NASCAR Speedway, he has...
View ArticleCONVICTED FRAUDSTER MEETS JUSTICE AGAIN
Meanwhile, across the river in Buffalo:Buffalo has transformed its waterfront. Just a reminder how a once disused and barren was changed into a great tourist attraction. Too bad Fort Erie mostly...
View ArticleCATCHING UP
I have been very distracted of late. As an American who still votes in US elections, I am concerned over the possibility of a racist, sexist con man being elected to represent the United States. I...
View ArticleNOW, YOU SHOW SUPPORT?
This is beyond the pale for those of us who lived through "The Condo Wars." Now, years later, Kris Dubé who was once the main newspeak proponent for the twelve story condo tower that was to be built on...
View ArticleHALLOWEEN IS OVER, BUT I'M STILL AFRAID
This is a nightmare that has extended past Halloween and will not be fully over after November 8. I'm a nervous wreck over many things, but the American election takes the cake. Although I am a proud...
View ArticleWELCOME TO TRUMPWORLD
I'm already having flashbacks to the Nixon years. Haven't had those for decades. Those original anxieties were bad enough but now I'm thinking that the Trump presidency will be way worse.Back in the...
View ArticleVINDICATION FOR THE FOUR
DECISION: a recent decision regarding the Title Absolute of the Bay Beach Properties has vindicated the position of four Fort Erie Councillors, namely: Bob Steckley, John Hill, Don Lubberts and Paul...
View ArticleFINALLY, THE TIMES REPORTS ABOUT "THE DECISION"
It took almost two weeks for The Times to provide coverage of the recent decision regarding the title absolute of the Bay Beach Properties. The ninety-two page decision pointed out that the town was in...
View ArticleTAXES RISE BY 5.8%
Aren't you glad that the taxpayers are still funding the seemingly useless Economic Development and Tourism Corporation? Yep. All those jobs and new industries coming to Fort Erie. Can't keep up with...
View ArticleCBC REPORTS ON SYNDICATED MORTGAGES
Crystal Beach is once again the centre of a land problem. This one may have cost over one hundred investors millions of dollars. The story was highlighted in a recent CBC report that was partially...
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