Items of note from last week’s news: LaSalle to construct bike lockers at select bus stops – Windsor Star, September 7, 2020 Privacy, community trust, equity a concern after Windsor police access COVID-19 database, CBC Windsor, September 8, 2020 “A Crown witness in a lengthy gun trafficking trial repeated earlier assertions of “dirty cops” on […]
Author archives: Mita Williams
Weeknotes, Sept 1 – Sept 7 2020
There is still no Greyhound bus service to or from the City of Windsor. For your consideration: Forget Greyhound, Canada Needs A Public National Bus Service. I liked this excerpt of the WECHU September 2, 2020 Public Health Updates Related to Corona Virus that illustrates how the decisions of a couple families led to over […]
Weeknotes, August 25 – August 31
Last Monday, City Council met. These media stories came from the outcomes of that meeting: City Looking to Replace Some Vehicles Windsor Council Approves $550k to Begin Civic Plaza Project City Council Cancels 2020 Open Streets Windsor Event Council softens blow for Baseline Road residents facing ‘crazy’ sewer costs Ward 2 councilor ‘hopeful’ for solutions […]
Weeknotes, August 18 – August 24
Today there is a Windsor City Council Meeting at 11am. My annotated agenda is here. On that note, I did not know until now that the City of Windsor’s website has Municipal Calendar that looks lovely. It would be nice if the calendar could have also been presented as a feed (although when there are […]
Weeknotes, August 11 – August 17
On August 14th, civic activist (civic influencer?) Dave Meslin shared some of the work from his latest project: a Municipal Democracy Index, “ranking Ontario’s largest cities based on a series of quantifiable metrics related to how power is shared / distributed and the degree to which local democracy is accessible, responsive and representative…” Dave Meslin […]
Windsor is not the 4th most ethnically diverse city in Canada so stop saying it
There is oft-made claim from the Mayor’s office that Windsor is the fourth most ethnically diverse city in Canada. But no one can find the data that backs up this statement. Citation Needed Out of curiosity, I checked the Wikipedia entry for Windsor, Ontario to see what they say about this matter and unfortunately it […]
Weeknotes, August 3rd – August 10th
Inspired by both Frazier Father’s weekly editions of A Few Thoughts… as well as the valiant cohort of writers trying to keep blogging alive by publishing Weeknotes, I thought I would try to publish a set of short Windsor-related entries on a weekly basis. Let’s see if I can make this habit stick. Last Tuesday […]
Notes on The Report of the Ontario Civilian Police Commission: The Windsor Police Service and The Windsor Police Services Board
On August 7th (Friday), the Report of the Ontario Civilian Police Commission: The Windsor Police Service and The Windsor Police Services Board was made public : (PDF or HTML). Over the weekend, I gave the report a read and found these points particularly interesting to me: From the section, The Fairness of Promotional Processes (p. […]
The Inspectors We Have and the Inspectors We Need
The City of Windsor employs 500 sworn officers and approximately 150 staff. Yet the most pressing need for our region’s safety and well-being are not those kind of inspectors. We need inspectors who are able to inspect farms in person. The federal government has conducted mostly remote inspections of Ontario farms that employ migrant workers during […]
Taking Suggestions Instead of Making Change
Despite the fact that the post curiously doesn’t use the words #blacklivesmatter, I like the text that introduces the Windsor Black Lives Matter Questionnaire from the Mayor’s Facebook post. I also appreciate the fact that it tells us that the questionnaire closes July 10th. I do not like the wording of the introduction from the […]