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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]