Fix the basics. Streamline government. Invest in the simple things. It’s the stuff election campaigns are made of. And anyone contemplating a run for the Mayor’s Office could turn to Anne Jarvis’ recent column as the beginnings of a platform. They could start by asking how much has been spent by all levels of government to “revitalize” downtown? [...]
After years of demanding the Ambassador Bridge Company meet with the City (and threatening to take action if they didn’t) to discuss their plans and “hammer out an agreement so the parties will live by their commitments,” (Doug Schmidt, The Windsor Star, December 4, 2009), Mayor Eddie Francis is now claiming he’ll only talk if the company “agrees [...]
Mr. Mayor and Members of Council: I am unable to attend the April 22, 2013 meeting of council; therefore I submit these thoughts for your consideration. The estimated $330,000 required to pursue phase two of this so-called audit that “does not constitute an audit in accordance with the Canadian Auditing Standards” nor provide “opinion, attestation [...]
According to Mayor Francis, the review of Enwin Utilities was nothing more than a “political witch-hunt“ claiming the review of board attendance, credit card usage, executive and board compensation, and dividends paid to the city, ““clearly shows” there is “nothing wrong” with Enwin’s operations” (Doug Schmidt, Windsor Star, April 15, 2013). It’s like saying because your car [...]
“This engagement does not constitute an audit in accordance with the Canadian Auditing Standards (generally accepted auditing standards) issued by the Auditing and Assurance Standards Boards of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Accordingly we will provide no opinion, attestation or form of assurance with respect to our work or the information upon [...]
City council will be asked next Monday to approve spending more than $300,000 on phase two of the Enwin audit to conduct something that “does not constitute an audit” and will not “audit or otherwise verify the information supplied” to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). That’s according to the report of the phase one “review” of Enwin Utilities . But it [...]
Not to be confused with the Monty Python film, “The Life of Brian,” but the Logic of Brian could be just as amusing if we weren’t paying for it. Windsor-West NDP MP Brian Masse has had a busy month. What, with all his letter writing – both actual and preparations thereof – it’s surprising he’s been [...]
The annual Money Sense Magazine city rankings are out – and the City of Windsor came in 80th out of 200 Canadian municipalities surveyed. Last year Windsor ranked 84th out of 190, so the ranking this year is a slight improvement over 2012. Last year, Windsor’s ranking fell to the lowest since 2008 when the city was ranked [...]
A Walkerville landmark built in 1918 has been sold to a Montreal investor the Windsor Square has learned. Sources say André Bandé, owner of performance and film theatres in Montreal and Québec City, finalized the purchase of the old Tivoli theatre last week. Contacted at his Outremont home, Bandé confirmed the purchase and said he plans to begin restorations [...]
The annual sunshine list is out and the City of Windsor’s Helga Reidel made more than double the provincial average for CAO’s in 2012 and over 50% more than she did last year. Reidel was the 7th highest paid municipal civil servant in all of Ontario raking in $318,469. The average CAO salary of 230 municipalities was [...]
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