Sunday 30 September 2018

Lack of INTEGRITY: Resign!!!

Resign because to Auditor General has exposed you for what you are!
...and because Niagara Citizens have lost faith...





Friday 28 September 2018

Excerpts from NPCA Study

45. Under the direction of the NPCA the board of DIRECTORS the NPCA has received rebuke from none other than Ontario's Attorney General!

46. Under the direction of the NPCA the board of DIRECTORS the NPCA was caught using corrupt hiring practices!

47. Under the direction of the NPCA the board of DIRECTORS the NPCA lost public Trust!

48. Under the direction of the NPCA the board of DIRECTORS the corruption of the NPCA was allowed to metastasize to every level of government and judiciary they come in contact with!

49. Under the direction of the NPCA the board of DIRECTORS the NPCA corruption transformed it from a conservation entity into to a vile and abusive empire building machine!

A special recognition to the Niagara Land Owners Association for the years they have kept this issue before the Niagara Public! 





A Study in elected Corruption (Update #7)

This study is the culmination of years of observation and through the effort of many organizations and a small army of dedicated Citizens in the face of absolute secrecy.

If power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely then surely the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) epitomizes  corruption of power predicated on the NPCA's opinion that they answer to no one, are accountable to no one according to their stated belief in the Ontario Government act that created their absolute authority. 

Study of the Niagara Peninsula Corruption Authority 
Following Mr. Ed Smith’s pointed presentation at the (45:00 Minute Mark) to the NPCA Board of Directors meeting September 20, 2017 the board members sat in sullen silence without so much as asking Smith a single question.

As an example Smith picked his ‘smallest case’ concerning the overcharge of ($800.00) for a so-called ‘Freedom of Information’ (FOI) request.

Expanding on Mr. Smith’s example we offer some of the outrageous behavior foisted on innocent Niagara Citizens at the hands of the Niagara Peninsula Corruption Authority all with the approval of the NPCA Board of Directors.

'News Alert Niagara' points out the true character of the Niagara Peninsula Corruption Authority! (NPCA)

Starting with some of the Niagara Land Owner Association (NLA) many disturbing stories Synopsis of NPCA Tyranny’.

The above members of the NPCA Board of Directors has authorized some of the most unbelievable attacks on private property and home owners including ‘A Travesty of Justice’, ‘Smoking Gun’ and many more.

Most egregious is the NPCA’s corrupt practice of charging private property owners and even ‘judge shopping’ over so-called environmental transgressions, while ignoring the same transgressions perpetrated by developers and friends. Thundering waters being a most significant example! 

The same NPCA Board Members allowed their staff to promote their ‘Bovine Waste’ of ‘Bio-diversity off-setting’ scheme in a specious effort to destroy The ‘Thundering Waters’ Provincially Significant Wetlands slough forest in favor of development.

1. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS we have ‘wetland designation’ placed on valuable properties for insiders to pick up cheap! 

2. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA claims authority over all home owners yet has no home owner representation on the Citizen Liaison Advisory  committee! 

3. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS we have lost an astonishing amount of our natural environment!

Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA has extortionists on payroll!

4. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS, NPCA employees trespass without notice!

5.  Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS staff demands a $1400/$1800 work permit to have expensive professional soil testing (geotechnical assessment) at a further cost of many $thousands only to have the professional soil test refused!

6. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the required Citizens Liaison Advisory Committee (CLAC) is avoided like the plague because the CLAC Members object to some of the boards directives and because the CLAC members refuse to sign a ‘code of secrecy’ clause as directed by Bruce Timms.

7. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA started holding their monthly board meetings in locations other than their own venue in an attempt to avoid public scrutiny. They even gave false directions to venues in remote locations such as the Port Colborne & District Conservation Gun Club!

8. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA CAO, Carmen D`Angelo physically assaulted a photo journalist and used police to enforce trespass for taking a picture at their public board meeting!

9. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA 2018 budget slashes 29% of workforce watershed and corporate services salaries by $863,889.00.

10. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS there is a $half-million dollar increase in salaries proposed for the CAO/Administration department!

11. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA conduct is the reason they are now battling a worker protective union!

12. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA changed their regular 6:30 pm meeting times to 9:30 am to further eliminate Working Citizens from scrutinizing their activities!

13. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA reduces the Speaker Volume for the public gallery necessitating continued calls to ‘turn up the gallery speakers’!

14. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS we witnessed a near meltdown at the sight of an audio recorder!

15. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS we have captured a recorded NPCA admission of Land Confiscation without Compensation!

16. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS a call from citizens and several MPPs for a forensic audit have been continually stalled!

17. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS we citizens find ourselves under the authority of people who, like their ilk in Pelham, believe they are omnipotent! Now they face the wrath of Citizens and Ontario Members of Parliament Bradley and Forster who are fed up with NPCA Corruption!

18. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA arrogantly called concerned Citizens a 'Special interest group' and "Fringe group of complaining people!

19. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA totally destroyed Mark Barnfield over trumped-up charges even though Barnfield already had permits for non-permanent paint ball facilities, while the cunning NPCA board built a commercial banquet hall in competition with private enterprise. 
Worse they built this competitive commercial banquet hall on a UNESCO World Biosphere Park-Balls Falls!

20. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA want us to believe that their sins of the past are in their past and that they have changed! However they still have innocent Citizens trapped in our judiciary and they have yet to make amends for past conduct!

21. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA has been funding their NPCA Foundation with the money they 
Legally Stole in court action from Niagara's private Citizens!

22. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA executive was allowed to bring an expensive, improper and losing lawsuit against private Citizen whistle blower, Major Ed Smith. Message from Judge Ramsay to NPCA Board: NPCA board needs to accept its missteps — or resign and allow others to frame the future!

23. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS foul mouthed lying bully member of the board is allowed to disparage our judiciary simply because the NPCA lost their illegitimate lawsuit against a private citizen!

24. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA has wasted $Half a Million Dollars on persecution of Niagara Citizens, its own employees and innocent property owners!

25. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA wasted another 
$50,000 tax dollars on the best flattering report money could buy! 

26. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS 'News Alert Niagara' has been accused of having a number of untrue statements in this article 'A Study in Corruption'! 

27. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA refuses to address the alleged 'untrue statements(with the exception of The CAO diatribe) even when asked several times to do so!

28. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the executive is allowed to decide who addresses the Board! 

29. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA is allowed to lie to our municipalities!

30. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the NPCA has blamed their conduct on the Ontario Liberal Government! 

31. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the executive of the NPCA has caused a negative December 8, 2017 Brief to Premier and Minsters on the NPCA!

32. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the executive of the NPCA is allowed to lie and mislead our municipal governments and to Niagara Citizens!

33. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the executive of the NPCA is allowed to bully Media at Niagara Regional Council!

34. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the executive of the NPCA was allowed to make Mr. Smith and Family wait until the last minute of December 27, 2017 to NOT inform Smith and Family that the appeal was moot! 
Merry Christmas!

35. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS Former CAO D'Angelo and former Chair Bruce Timms have succeeded in ripping-off the City of Hamilton in their provincially supported empire building!

36. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS property rights of Citizens have and are being severely trampled on with the approval of elected government!

37. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS Citizens are forced to pay for a non-refundable building permit BEFORE the Citizen is allowed to present their case to the NPCA Board of Directors! 

38. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS The NPCA looked the other way when Mount Carcinogen was Born!

 39. Under the direction of the NPCA board of DIRECTORS the slap suit cost created by former NPCA CAO Carmen D 'Angelo will be born by the hapless taxpayer!

40. Under the direction of the NPCA the board of DIRECTORS the NPCA is allowed to dishonor contracts!
  
41. Under the direction of the NPCA the board of DIRECTORS the NPCA allowed their newly formed propaganda team to mislead the Taxpayer with half-truths and lies!

42. Under the direction of the NPCA the board of DIRECTORS the NPCA allowed their Chair to lie to our Municipalities on their behalf!

43. 
 Under the direction of the NPCA the board of DIRECTORS the NPCA attack innocent home owners as in 'An Extraordinarily Disgusting Story'

44. Under the direction of the NPCA the board of DIRECTORS their sordid CAO Carman D`Angelo was boosted beyond his ability to contaminate the CAO position of our Niagara Regional Government!

45. Under the direction of the NPCA the board of DIRECTORS the NPCAhas received rebuke from none other than Ontario's Attorney General!

46. Under the direction of the NPCA the board of DIRECTORS the NPCAwas caught using corrupt hiring practices!

47. Under the direction of the NPCA the board of DIRECTORS the NPCA lost public Trust!

48. Under the direction of the NPCA the board of DIRECTORS the corruption of the NPCA was allowed to metastasize to every level of government and judiciary they come in contact with!

49. Under the direction of the NPCA the board of DIRECTORS the NPCA corruption transformed it from a conservation entity into to a vile and abusive empire building machine!

50. Under the direction of the NPCA the board of DIRECTORS can possibly be excused for their silence given that their inappropriate oath and their non-disclosure contact to this dodgy secret society is overly onerous as can be witnessed at the 5:00 Minute Mark of their swearing in ceremonyPlease note the absence of mention regarding conservation of our environment or to the society that pays their freight!  
Never in the history of Canada have so many been deceived by so few!
 

Objections and/or Corrections can always be made in the 'Comments Section' below

Don't forget to click on the Blue Links to Complete the Study



1 comment:

Our present system breeds corruption. We need to be able to hold all politicians accountable for their actions, by way of suing them personally, of their own money. It would not stop all corruption, but at least it would drop the level of corruption we are witnessing in today's society. The democracy we have right now has no deterrent built into the system to stop corruption. If we sue a politician, it costs us tens of thousands of dollars to hire a lawyer. It costs the politician nothing, he gets to use our tax dollars to pay for his lawyer. If we win, the monies we receive comes from the taxpayers too. If we lose, we must pay the politicians legal fees too. No wonder few people sue these days, it's unaffordable for most people and the risk is too high. Our inaction gives our politicians a sense of increased power and entitlement to continue with 'their ways'. I believe this is why corruption has reached an all time high. Your thoughts?
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In the mid 1800's, Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Baronet likely said it best "Power Corrupts and absolute Power Corrupts absolutely....." and to this day, nothing has changed. I find that all Conservation Authorities have too much power not just the NPCA - just some are a little more dishonest than others...Dick Brady
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Wednesday 26 September 2018

TORONTO: Integrity Lost

Only in Canada, EH! Not Hardly!
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In Toronto, Ontario, Canada Politics have hit a new low where a political candidate in good standing and even polling third is barred from political debate. Toronto Mayor Candidate Faith Goldy was forcefully remove by police when she rightly attempted to inject herself into the mayoralty debate. Candidate Goldy is a candidate in good standing and has every right to participate in any debate for the position of Toronto Mayor! 
In fact any Candidate for any political position anywhere in Canada has the right to participate in any and all political debates! 


It's shameful for any person or group to decide otherwise! 


Worse! What is the integrity of any candidate that would allow themselves to participate knowing there is a candidate in good standing being banned?


Worse yet! What is the integrity of Toronto Mayor John Tory who just sat there witnessing  this assault on our democracy? A person of character and integrity would immediately leave the the stage in protest of police manhandling a legitimate Candidate that has been shamefully banned from the Canadian Election process!

Message to Toronto Mayor John Tory: "Banning any candidate in good standing negates the legitimacy of the winning candidate"!

It's up to the electorate to decide who should be their elected; not some sordid miscreants lacking in  integrity and/or their equally corrupt cronies.

QUESTION: Can Integrity lost ever be recovered?






Tuesday 25 September 2018

Diogenes Searching Niagara

Niagara Regime has been scrutinized by integrity Commissioners, Ombudsman Officials, and some of the best 'store bought' characters money could buy and still no resolution to our political corruption. 

So Far it has cost Niagara Taxpayers $Millions on Crime, Corruption and dysfunction.

Radio, Television, Newspapers, Facebook, twitter and even blogs can't embarrass these miscreants of corruption and misery who sit in bazaar silence as if they are no part of the problem.

If they were people of good character they would resign! But, that would take integrity! 
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Now we have reports that there are staff afflicted with the same lack of integrity! 
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How deep does the lack of integrity go? How far and wide does it go? Are those remaining silent and not speaking out any less accountable?
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'News Alert Niagara' (A totally unfunded volunteer citizen group) has made everyone involved aware of what is happening to the Citizens of Niagara with 334 Articles and 290K page-views.

It has become painfully obvious that all levels of our Canadian Government Authorities are either unable or God forbid unwilling to correct the widespread corruption of those we have elected or hired!

It's painfully obvious, also, that it will be up to the voting public to address the mess! 

Diogenes: Diogenes of Sinope (c. 404-323 BCE) was a Greek Cynic philosopher best known for holding a lantern (or candle) to the faces of the citizens of Athens claiming he was searching for an honest man.

Background litany of information:
https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/8700137-region-faces-deadline-to-respond-to-ombudsman-report/
https://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/news-story/8917602-regional-survey-critical-of-d-angelo-buried/?s=e



Monday 17 September 2018

Dirty Dozen Outrage

Dateline September 17, 2018
Thanks to Regional Councilor Baty the outrage of the corrupt Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) continues. 

Peeling back the layers of this horror story we uncover a miscreant with a sordid history involving treacherous behind the scenes dealing not in the best interest of the environment and certainly not in the best interest of Niagara Citizens!

Regional Councilor Baty made himself famous as head of the CORK Committee when they actually banned the Public from their Public Forum!

That's right folks. Authoritarian Councilor Baty deliberately tried to block Niagara Citizens from presenting their concerns to the Regional Council at council meetings and in the Public's Council Chamber!

At the time 'News Alert Niagara' asked: 'How can anyone in good conscious vote for people who would consider Niagara Citizens with such contempt? In fact how can anyone respect any Regional Councillor who would protect their ‘Country Club’ from those they refer to as the ‘great unwashed’ whose presence at Council might just interrupt their co-called peaceful, amenable and orderly deliberations?'
The next time Councilor Baty came to our attention was when the Pelham Town Council took
him to task for throwing his Pelham Constituents under his NPCA bus!
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Now we find this 'Dirty Dozen' miscreant is not only a failure on the corrupt NPCA Board, The questionable NPCF Board, but also a failure as a Niagara Regional Council!

Councilor Baty perfectly fits the definition of 'Freedom Fighter' because he fights against freedom every chance he gets!


Donors to the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Foundation (NPCF) who thought their money was going to conserving land, planting trees, protecting the watershed or any of the other environmental actions that Conservation Authorities normally do, should be demanding refunds from the NPCF since its board spent exactly NOTHING on those activities. Instead, they spent 88% on fundraising and 10% on management/administration. Hopefully the 2% ($3,500) they gave gave away to other groups actually went to real conservation work. Since government funding accounted for $64,750 (31%) of the NPCF's revenue, taxpayers should also be asking why our money is being used to help them throw parties that cost a total of $199,266 in 2017.







Sunday 16 September 2018

Dirty Dozens Strike Again

Dateline September 13, 2018
3:52 Time Mark Niagara Regional Council Meeting
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Regional Councilor Bruce Timms, who is also a board member of the corrupt Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA)  rose to state, at the 3:52 time mark, an increase in the number of NPCA board members.

Worse; Councilor Timms indicated that 2 new non-elected members would be appointed by the Region predicated on their environment and conservation qualities! 

Really! And just what was the environment and conservation qualities of the dirty dozen when they first came to the NPCA?

Speculation has it that councilor Bruce Timms is setting up a method for the NPCA to cherry pick the new non-elected candidates molded in their own image; in the NPCA mind-set and of the character of themselves and their ilk
The Machiavellian machination of these sordid members of the NPCA are predominately the cause of the Niagara Region's dysfunction!

The sordid conduct of these 'Dirty Dozen' miscreants represent a very real danger to our environment, to Niagara Taxpayers, and to all property owners.

The uncontrollable corruption of the NPCA flourished under the Ontario Liberal Government. 

It remains to be seen if the Ontario Conservative government with allow the NPCA to continue in its present disgusting form of abusing citizens.


When in doubt - vote them out!






Friday 14 September 2018

Niagara's Shameful Ten

It took years to finally crack the code of silence posed by the corrupt machinations of the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA).

As things came into focus 'News Alert Niagara' started to compile a dossier titled; 'A study in elected corruption'. We are currently working on update #7.

News Alert Niagara started to pay attention from the first time we were invited to cover the annual general meeting of The Niagara Landowners Association (NLA) held at the Beacon. Speaker after speaker rattled off horror stories of tactics used against property owners by the NPCA.

At first it was somewhat intimidating trying to alert Niagara Citizens as to just what the corrupt NPCA was up to while they hid behind the deceptive misnomer of 'conservation'. We suffered Physical Assault, Criminal Mischief and damaging hack-attacks on our computers.

However, we are pleased to report that other citizen groups, news outlets and individuals are joining the fray.
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Until recently the plaintiff cry of thousands of members of Ontario Landowners of Ontario (OLA) fell on deaf political ears of the Provincial Liberal Government. When the President of the Land owners begged for help from the regional regime, the decades-long Councilor George Marshall orchestrated his fellow councilors to throw the Property owners under the NPCA bus. 

Of the many stories that can be found in 'A study in elected corruption', surely the two most disgusting stories are The Willie Wakulich Story closely followed by The Barnfield Story.

Please click on the blue links for more of the story!


The shameful ten pictured above are all NPCA Board Members who sat by in a silent cover-up of the outrageous and despicable conduct of their NPCA either through ignorance, ineptitude or larcenous attitude.

Then there is the seldom mentioned Regional Councilor Dave Barrick who is not a Board member of the NPCA but is on the executive of the NPCA.

Worse, after their glaring failure as overseers of the corrupt NPCA, these same feckless individuals expect us to re-elect them to our Niagara Regional Council, no doubt, predicated on their extraordinary and historic shameful example! 

But, just what is their shameful example? Perhaps they would like to point to their involvement in allowing the NPCA to corrupt our judiciary?

Maybe they could brag about allowing the NPCA to contaminate everything they come in contact with; or their  corrupt financial practices; or their abusive employee relations?
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Now after two (2) specious, expensive, and deceptive Machiavellian style cover-ups promoted by the same miscreants designed to throw the public off their scent, we are finally having the Ontario Ombudsman for an investigation we can rely on!

The worst thing these political miscreants should take credit for is the metastasizing of their NPCA corruption to the Niagara Regional Government by foisting their sordid NPCA, CAO Carmen D`Angelo to the CAO position of the Niagara Region, where he immediately started with his sordid shenanigans!  



P.S: Its not a matter of political Right or Left; its a matter of Right or Wrong!