By Robert Tuomi (WINDSOR, ON) – In the land of the unaccountable, the councilors of Windsor are peasants. Kudos are definitely needed these days and should be lavished on the mayor of Windsor, Edgar Francis legally, Eddie Francis by choice. He has effectively succeeded in sweeping his councilors under the carpet with none of them [...]
By Robert Tuomi (WINDSOR, ON) – These are really tough days for Windsor city councilor Drew Dilkens. People should have compassion and empathy for the poor fellow and forget that he has shown no compassion to the denizens of the once great Rose City. He is the same councilor who tried to block the sale [...]
By Robert Tuomi (WINDSOR, ON) – What is wrong with Windsor’s county cousins? On February 16, 2012 some of their brethren were heard on CKLW radio complaining that the region’s un-development corporation and lack-of-tourism outfit have done nothing, at least anything that is discernible down there in Leamington, the so-called Tomato capital of Canada. Wait [...]
By Robert Tuomi (WINDSOR, ON) – There seems to be some who are a little ticked about the city of Windsor’s plans to remove the disabled from 40 city parks. It will do this by simply ripping the parks up so no one will go there, disabled or otherwise. Of course it is speculated that [...]
By Robert Tuomi (WINDSOR, ON) – There is a saying, half-baked is as half-baked does. Although it helps to understand why the mayor of Windsor and his inward and selfish council are such failures, it really only touches the surface. The real reason the mayor fails is because his focus is limited to one-upmanship. There [...]
By Robert Tuomi (WINDSOR, ON) – In the land of no accountability, the mayor of Windsor appears to be king. Okay, so that is the way it is going to be now that the mayor has nicely had his famed and adoring sycophant columnist at the Windsor Star, a fellow known as Vander, put the [...]
The parent company of United Solar, a solar panel maker that once operated in the region, has filed for bankruptcy. The company earlier shuttered its LaSalle plant. Energy Conversion Devices Files Chapter 11; Seeks Sale of Businesses Operations Will Continue During Sale Process Ovonic Battery Company Sold to BASF Corporation AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 14, [...]
By Robert Tuomi (WINDSOR, ON) – There are some in the city who outright cheered when they heard that Windsor’s ward two councilor Ron Jones had switched his allegiance from Old Sandwich Town to a small stretch of Wyandotte, near the university, where he plans to do a little streetscaping to the tune of some [...]
By Robert Tuomi (WINDSOR, ON) – There was the city of Windsor’s ward two councilor, Ron Jones, on local radio stations the morning of February 9, 2012 talking up some new street lights and bump outs with trees on a select and short section of Wyandotte Street in the city’s west end. According to the [...]
By Robert Tuomi (WINDSOR, ON) – These days some readers of the Windsor Star are shaking their heads wondering what ever has happened to a columnist who is billed as provocative by the paper and who is said to write “hard-hitting views on city hall.” What passes for his columns these days are anything but [...]
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