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Todd Langlois and Mayor Francis: Transcript of Statements

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My client had legitimate and reasonable concerns about the chairmanship of the audit committee.

It is chaired by the current CEO of Enwin. And as there was a dispute with the Mayor, about whether Enwin was subject to audit by my client, there was a possibility of, at the least, an appearance of conflict given the dual roles of the chair of the audit committee

Mission Accomplished: Outsourcing The Auditor General

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It only took a year, but it seems the council majority was successful in their initial quest – to outsource and ultimately control the Office of the Auditor General - in the latest development in Windsor’s Auditor General saga. “If one is a micro-manager needing to control every function of the administration of the city, having an Auditor [...]

Lack Of GPS Least Of Transit Windsor’s Concerns

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A GPS service may be required in Windsor if only to locate the head of a certain transit commissioner. Demonstrating his ineffectiveness yet again, Ward 10 councillor Al Maghnieh lashed out at his transit colleagues for failing to cave to his demands that a GPS system and Iphone application be implemented: “They always say there’s no money,” Maghnieh says. [...]

Require Municipal Candidates To Submit Receipts

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Limited availability of public information filed with municipal election finance reports seem to be causing numerous requests for compliance audits across the province.  Under the Municipal Elections Act (MEA), any registered voter may request an audit of a candidate’s election expenses within 90 days of the report being filed.  The deadline to request an audit [...]

Maghnieh Mum On Election Spending

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(Please note - this is a repost since the entry was deleted in the server migration.  So rest assured, you are not experiencing déjà vu). Whether it is decrying secret email votes among city councillors or calling for greater accountability at the Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board, Al Maghnieh has been a vocal proponent of increased [...]

Al Maghnieh and Mayor Ford Among Many To Use New Technology

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Nothing beats knocking on doors, but during the last municipal election, council hopefuls were using more advanced techniques to get their message out . According Josh Justice, President of Prime Contact, more candidates than ever used his company’s services. “When the phone started ringing, it didn’t stop ringing from Windsor,” said Justice. “We expect this [...]

Conduct Unbecoming

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Ward 10 city councillor Al Maghnieh is claiming  a “couple of our local bloggers” are being paid by the Ambassador Bridge Company.  The Twitter comments made earlier today follow news that Ambassador Bridge Company owner Matty Moroun and Detroit International  Bridge Company president Dan Stamper were jailed for being in contempt of court.  “With Moroun and Stamper in jail, [...]

Oh Lord, Won’t You Buy Me Some Pepto-Bismol

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  City councillor Al Maghnieh must have died and gone to the Mercedes-Benz dealership in the sky.  Predictably, the Windsor Star waited until the Saturday edition with its largest circulation to unleash their nausea inducing full-page ”profile” which had nattering types chasing their Gaviscon with shots of Pepto-Bismol. Never before has a city councillor who has accomplished so little [...]

Crying Wolf(son) At Enwin

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It’s a brand new year and yet another brand new “crisis” with EnWin Utilities crying Wolfson.  I wonder how many Enwin board meetings had to be held to deal with it, all of which meant city politicians would be paid a board fee for attending a meeting to be divided up amongst all council members. [...]

Undercutting Democracy and Diplomacy

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  I just don’t understand it – two very different messages about the DRIC bridge. The message in Toronto was the Canadian government is considering passing legislation preventing the Ambassador Bridge Company from taking legal action that could stop the development of the DRIC bridge: The Canadian government is considering the extraordinary step of using an act [...]

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