6 DAYS - TRUTHFUL TUESDAY
Lots of negativity rolling around this election season. The myth of the 4 to 3 vote is just that. Only 1% of all council votes were settled in this manner. Bob Steckley had to go to the media to...
View Article5 DAYS - DEMOCRACY UNDER ATTACK!
UPDATE: The rumour is that Doug Martin has told at least one person that Bob Steckley quit his candidacy for regional councillor. Seems the mayor-by- five-votes is actively working to control the...
View Article4 DAYS - VOTE LIKE YOUR FUTURE DEPENDED ON IT. IT DOES.
He was guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial as part of a one month tour of duty. The National War memorial is located close to the Parliament Buildings where democracy...
View Article4 DAYS - VOTE LIKE YOUR FUTURE DEPENDED ON IT - IT REALLY DOES
I admit: this blog is biased. Has been since Day 1. However, it is not biased in order to feather my own nest or anyone else's. It was started and continues to reveal the other side of local politics:...
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3 DAYS - WELL, LOOKY HERE
Looks like the town received a grant to enhance the sand dunes at Bay Beach in 2008. Certainly would give one the idea that the town was on board with preserving the uplands. Here the town is working...
View Article2 DAYS - SO LONG, MAYOR-BY-FIVE-VOTES
BULLETIN:There is a mistake on the Voter Identification Notice that was sent to eligible voters by the townIt was the one with instruction: Please take this notice to the pollThe Inquiries Number is...
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1 DAY - THINK ABOUT IT
In late 2003, I wrote a series of articles about Fort Erie for the Downtowner, a magazine that is now called Niagara Life. At the time, I reported that Fort Erie was on the cusp of greatness, that the...
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN ORDER TO VOTE
VOTE TODAY!POLLS ARE OPEN 10:00 am - 8:00 p.m.HERE IS THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO VOTEIN THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION TODAYHERE IS THE LIST OF VOTING LOCATIONS GO TO THE VOTING PLACE IN YOUR...
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NEW COUNCIL MAKE-UP IS A COSMIC JOKE. BUT WE'RE NOT LAUGHING
Councillor Paul Collard offered this to me to use because I'm pretty sure it will be needed over the next little while. All but one of The Four will not be representing the people of Fort Erie next...
View ArticleONE EGG ROLL AND WON TON SOUP LATER ...
I needed some comfort food after last night. Luckily, I live near our fine Chinese Restaurant in the Beach. Now I feel better:While others in town are whooping it up and slapping each other on their...
View ArticleWHAT'S HAPPENING?
I can't understand why the number of hits to my blog has increased so dramatically of late. Even after the election. Makes me wonder just who is out there reading The Strand Blog. Perhaps it is...
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN
I think that Halloween came earlier this week for some of us. Scary thought that three of our best were sent packing in Monday's election. Certainly no treat for many of us.. It's one thing to win an...
View ArticleANOTHER IMPORTANT ELECTION
On Tuesday, November 4, Americans will go to the polls in what is called a "Mid-term Election." This is one which falls halfway through a presidential term. Every two years, the entire House of...
View ArticleFORT ERIE REALLY IS A MICROCOSM
It would seem that Fort Erie's recent municipal elections are really a microcosm of what is happening in the US. As I said before, tomorrow, Americans go to the polls to vote for the entire House of...
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AND NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS
The secret is coming out! The Globe and Mail published an article about Canada's South Coast, especially Crystal Beach, as the first of seven desirable places for the over fifty crowd. Of course,...
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MORE POSITIVE NEWS
This time the article is about the Point Abino Lighthouse. Of course, written by someone from outside the area who is not influenced by nasty local rhetoric about the money (in reality $400K) spent to...
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My mother used to call it Armistice Day when I was growing up in Buffalo, New York. Later, I heard it called Veteran's Day. Now I know it as Remembrance Day here in Canada.Although there were many...
View ArticleHOPEFUL NEWS
At least for Crystal Beach, there is a mini building boom going on. Schooley Road houses going up; Marz Homes getting ready to begin building on Ridgeway Road and numerous in-fill new builds and rehabs...
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I have taken the above Letter to the Editor and adapted it to the current situation in Fort Erie. "You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone." (Joni Mitchell)You Americans Fort Erians have no idea...
View ArticleBRING ON ANDRÉ MARIN
It looks like the Ontario Ombudsman will have increased powers over the 444 municipalities of Ontario. According to an article in The Toronto Star, Bill 8 is currently before legislators at Queen's...
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