I have lamented in several posts on this blog that natural coverage of the county of Essex is 3.5% — the worst in all of Ontario. I have since learned that this point of data from 2002 is no longer accurate. In 2012, the coverage moved 8.5%. My new question is why hasn’t the measure […]
Category archives: City
Weeknote Oct 20 – Oct 26 2020
On Tuesday, October 20th we learned that the Ford government intends to remove the ability for a municipality to use ranked ballots. I’m a bit gutted about this. There is still time to register for a 60 minute session on Monday October 26 at 7:30pm from Unlock Democracy about the success of Ranked Ballots in […]
A city with a strategic plan is the goal
It’s a cliché but a goal without a plan is a wish. If that’s the case, the City of Windsor is a city of wishful thinking. Tonight I spent a little time re-reading The City of Windsor’s 20 Year Strategic Vision just to remind myself if it still holds up as the weakest and the […]
Weeknotes, Oct 6 – Oct 12 2020
Jeewen Gill is Windsor’s new Ward 7 councillor with a share of 19.7% share of the vote. Despite my misgivings, I did listen into the virtual Ward 4 & 5 Town Hall meeting last week. It was better than I expected and I did appreciate the ability to be polled about future budget priorities and […]
Weeknotes, Sept 22 – Sept 28 2020
There’s a City Council Meeting today at noon. The agenda is pretty light. It includes the question of whether used clothing bins be regulated by the city and potential relief from 2019 property taxation due to extreme poverty and/or sickness. While the agenda is light, there are nine delegates lined to up to speak to […]
Weeknotes, Sept 15 – Sept 21 2020
On Monday, September 15th, City Council held a meeting. Unfortunately, the archived video is not time-stamped, which means it is very difficult to find out, for example, Did measure 8.17 about city support of community gardens pass? [Answer: yes and you can hear so at the 1:49 mark] My colleague, Carina Luo is Geospatial Data […]
Weeknotes, Sept 8 – Sept 14 2020
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 […]
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 […]