Doug Schmidt, Windsor Star speaks to professors in his article, How to respond when municipal council wannabes come knocking.
Good examples of questions to ask; the challenge is getting the candidates to answer.
Category Archives: Accountability
Windsor Star Profiles Mayoral Candidates
Dave Batagello, Windsor Star reports, Four-person race to become next mayor in Amherstburg.
Amherstburg Hiring Again
The town is currently filling the vacancy of two positions:
Windsor Police Service Strategic Plan: Have your say
From the Windsor Police Service Public News Update:
Over the coming weeks, the WPS will host in-person, one-on-one consultation sessions to offer residents an opportunity to provide input on the development of our strategic priorities and the future of policing in our community.
Town of Amherstburg
When: October 6, 2022, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Where: Libro Credit Union Centre (Essex Power Energy Zone Room), 3295 Meloche Road
Feedback collected through these sessions will be vital in shaping our policing priorities and lay the foundation for ongoing engagement with the community.
We thank you in advance for your participation in this important process. For more information on the process, please contact the Windsor Police Service at info@windsorpolice.ca.
Our 2020-2022 strategic plan is available on the WPS website.
the burg watch questionnaire – Diane Pouget
“I would stop the secret dinners with staff and council. I would lobby for a decrease regarding in-camera meetings. A council may go in-camera for certain things, but they don’t have to. They are only obligated to go in-camera for personnel matters, litigation or possible litigation, sale or purchase of land and security.” Continue reading Candidate Diane Pouget’s answers.
1 Month to Municipal Elections 2022
“Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.” Oscar Ameringer
VOTE on Monday, October 24, 2022.
am800 interviews All Amherstburg Mayoral Candidates
am800 THE SHIFT WITH PATTY HANDYSIDES’ interviews:
Listen to Frank Cerasa interview from
Listen to Michael Prue interview from Wednesday, September 21, 2022 – 3:37 pm
Listen to Joe Laframboise interview from Thursday, September 22, 2022 – 3:43 pm
CBC: Municipal election candidates need to make accessibility part of their platforms
In this CBC News Opinion, Kevin McShan writes, The city of Windsor is at an inflection point, and there’s one fundamental question left for the candidates to answer in the upcoming municipal election: who’ll make accessibility a cornerstone of their platform?
The burgwatch’s candidate questionnaire included, what does accessible mean to you?Of the twenty five Amherstburg candidates, two answered.
If ‘those’ campaigning to represent everyone will be responsible for preventing and removing barriers but will not commit to doing so, no votes from me.
35 Days To Election Day
Are you getting to know the candidates? Patterns are emerging.
Now Six Months Awaiting Answers From Councillor Simone
It’s been 6 months! While I still wait for answers, Simone is campaigning, making appearances, and posting pledges like, “I will continue to speak with residents to understand their concerns.”
She also is not answering questions to the candidates from the burg watch. No obligation, of course, but what will people conclude?
Councillor Patricia Simone promised to answer questions when she campaigned in 2018, and she registered to run for re-election in 2022 but she still not answered questions from March 16; on March 28, she said she would review the questions and respond as soon as possible about Simone’s Notice of Motion To Redefine Town Name.
Councillor Simone promised ‘to be available to answer any questions you may have’ during her 2018 campaign to become a councillor, repeated in A Look Back – Candidate Patricia Simone.
As mentioned in Mayor DiCarlo Responds for Councillor Simone, questions were not answered.
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