Subject: Paul Miner gets it Right.

Early in the campaign, Paul Miner candidate for the Mayor of Essex, is quoted as saying, “There is no vision for Essex.”

Paul’s vision includes a development of Colchester Harbour.

  “I can see an improved harbour with a townhouses/condominiums development,” Miner says.

Now in this week, Essex free Press (October 6, 2010) has reported that the Colchester Harbour is in troubled waters.

Why?  

“I can tell you--the hold up is the town of Essex,” Watsa said.  The inaction on the harbour is due to the lack of real leadership in Essex.  

“We need true leadership. Excuses are useless,” Miner says. 

What Essex needs is the right leader: one that will work to get things done.

In this election, do what is right for Colcherster Harbour and vote Paul Miner for Mayor of Essex.

www.votepaulminer.com

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Best comment ever on Eddie Francis

I as a senior think Eddie Francis is a liar, self serving holy than thou attitude. He is corrupt and just this about the Windsor Star thing make me ill. I cannot believe this is happening in my city. Limoges will not have time to do too many new things as he has to undo all the knots in the last administration. To you my take on it, how is it right to not do an audit because it is too close to election time, how is it right to swap land with friends and the friend does not take ownership because he will have to pay taxes on it as was agreed. How is it right for Francis to give a tax break to his friend at the Tunnel duty free because he is going through hard times. How is it right for him to give himself and exhorbanat raise when this town is crying for jobs, How is it right for him to give management a 15% raise and force others out on strike. How is it that there was NEVER a derrogartory thing written in the newspaper for 7 years right his chief of staff.

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Jeff Watson slams Rick Fryer

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      When Jeff Watson was elected in June of 2004, it was an historical political event.  The Liberals had dominated the area for decades, even before the Trudeau era.  He was the first Conservative to be elected in 46 years within Essex County.  Watson had been outspoken about: the Members, federal pensions, the gun registry, and Liberal accountability.  He ran against Susan Whelan, the incumbent Liberal and daughter of popular Senator Eugene Whelan, a former Trudeau cabinet Minister and Member for the Essex Riding.  This young Conservative and former auto-worker had done what most thought was impossible! 
     Soon after his election Watson charged his former campaign manager, Nick Kouvalis with 'uttering threats' in 2005.  This case went to trial in Windsor and resulted in all charges being dismissed against Mr. Kouvalis, on June 24th 2007.  Justice Llyod Dean commented that the charge 'appeared' to be 'politically motivated' by Watson, his wife and Watson campaign workers. Dean cited testimony that the two witnesses spent five days discussing the alleged threat with family and friends, most in the Conservative party, and with Watson, weighing the pros and cons of having Kouvalis arrested, before reporting it to police.
He also cited Schnekenburger's testimony that she and Jonsson had collaborated on a written report about what happened before talking to police. They didn't tell police they had done this and told the court they had lost the report. 
     Jeff Watson made several announcements on moral issues including, condemning Dr.Henry Morgentaler receiving The Award of Canada, in 2008.  Watson in his written statement said the choice of Morgentaler, one of 75 people receiving the honour this year, is a “continuation of the sad legacy of the Paul Martin administration. Today, through his appointee for governor general, Mr. Martin has succeeded in politicizing the Order of Canada and in doing so diminishing its value and undermining our culture of life.”  Certainly, Mr. Watson's stance upon such ethical issues in the rural County of Essex has helped his career.
      Other issues and comments have placed Jeff Watson countering his own policies.   In 2007, a soon-to-be federal Reform party candidate, Watson described the pension plan for MPs as "filthy rich" and a trough for Liberals. In a letter published in The Star, he praised Reform MPs for acting with integrity by opting out of the plan.  On Friday, June 25th 2010 Watson said the plan has changed. "The pension plan was different then," he said. "There's no opt-out provision now." Pensions are also only one part of the benefits package, Watson said. "My benefits as an MP are less than what I had as an autoworker." Watson said a majority of federal politicians aren't in office long enough to qualify for a pension and those who leave politics will not necessarily find it easy to return to a former job or line of work. "There's no safety net." But as a member of the "Class of 2004," Watson finds himself in the crosshairs of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.   It is obvious that Mr. Watson's stance is less than credible, claiming his benefits are less than those of an auto-worker, especially when he ran on a platform against pensions.
       Now, Watson has weighed into municipal politics, slamming a candidate against an incumbent.  As a Member of Parliament his actions smack of interference in the democratic process.  "I don't think it's appropriate for the MP to stick his nose overtly into municipal politics," said Lloyd Brown-John, University of Windsor professor emeritus.  "I don't think he (Watson) has a grasp on what his role is," added Brown-John.  Dr. Brown-John also commented that: " Watson appears to think that he is The King of Essex". 
       Citizen comments in rebuttal to Watson's attack, on CKLW AM 800, were against his interference and deeply contaminative of his actions.  It is obvious that Watson is contributing to his own political demise, and his arrogance may not serve him well in a coming election.  Maybe there is an autobiography in the work here with a possible title of "My Own Undoing", by Jeff Watson, former Member of Parliament.

Rob Cheshire

Banana Belt Tories, Windsor

Letters to the editor - Cultural Hub Bub

    A canal with no federal grant monies, an airport hub with no investors and now a cultural hub or Center??  Did not the W.S.O., have to ask for a financial bail out last year?   And, The U of W. is cash strapped after increasing professor’s salaries 30% last year.  Where on God’s green  earth is 30 million dollars for this fantasy ‘cultural hub’ going to come from?  It appears that our elected officials will attempt to paint a prettier picture than reality, when it comes to election time and saving their own jobs, benefits and pensions.

    Imagine a ‘cultural hub’ in a lunch bucket town, that has lost it’s lunch.  Windsor is well known, notorious even, but not for it’s culture.  It is known for it’s strip bars, crime, casino, massage parlors, prostitution, numerous bars, gambling and street fights.  Now, who in their right mind would imagine ‘culture’ in a city infamous for: vomit, vagrants, and violence?  Windsor is well known, far and wide, as ‘Sin City North’ and it’s an embarrassment!   Our glorious City of Roses licenses prostitutes, pimps and has more bars per square mile, per population density than Las Vegas and New Orleans!  Windsor’s idea people, may want to rethink their marketing.

    The status quo is not working, and neither is Windsor.  If Windsor does not change direction, it will soon become the Flint, Michigan of Canada!

Sincerely,

Rob Cheshire
2815 Virginia Park
Windsor, On N9E 2B8
519 9

 

Matt Ford is a candidate for Windsor council.

Photograph by: Courtesy of Matt Ford, The Windsor Star

Matt Ford
3449 Longfellow
N9E 2L8
Phone: 519-551-5414
Website: www.MattFord.ca
E-mail: fordleadership@gmail.com

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Ward 1 candidate pushes incentives for small businesses

BY FRANCES WILLICK, THE WINDSOR STAR AUGUST 26, 2010 8:02 PM COMMENTS (4)

A new candidate for Ward 1 says he wants to provide more opportunities for business in the area and privatize more public services.

Matt Ford, 34, has owned a small restoration business in Windsor for the past four years. Before that, he worked at Wal-Mart.

Ward said business owners are burdened by high taxes, licence fees and too much red tape.

“If you make it hard for people to open businesses and make it hard for them to stay in business, you’re not going to have businesses,” he said.

Making business a bigger priority on council will help boost the area's employment rate, he said. “Let’s put our eggs in the basket of small business and business investors,” he said. “You’re not going to create jobs by taking government money and having ribbon-cutting ceremonies.”

The candidate said he’d push for further privatization of public sector jobs, including city landscaping positions. “I’d like to see a lot more contracting out to our taxpaying businesses and citizens. If they are good enough to fund your government with their taxes, then they should have a shot at the work.”

If elected to represent Ward 1, which is bordered by Dougall Avenue, the E.C. Row Expressway and the town of LaSalle, Ford said he’d work to lower water rates, place a moratorium on construction of new subsidized housing units and rein in spending on “wacky” and “irresponsible” expenditures such as the downtown canal proposal and new police services building.

Ford’s website also promotes a voluntary 10 per cent wage reduction for councillors, the termination of benefits for councillors, and no pay increases for municipal employees.

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