Thursday, 16 February 2017

Presenter Abuse

You bring your concerns before the Niagara Regional Council (21:00 minute mark) only to be met with arrogance and ignorance.

Your ask is that citizens be informed when something in their neighborhood is about to affect them.

The response is that it is up to the Citizen to monitor any and all 'public meetings' or be uninformed! To monitor any and all 'public meetings' would mean spending an inordinate amount of one's time or all of one's time to stay informed.

 Ludicrous!

The St. Catharines' mayor's response (55:00 minute mark) that private enterprise could build a much taller building on the site was not an answer to Citizen notification and flies in the face of the necessity for private enterprise to post information of upcoming changes to any community. 

What was the necessity of determining whether St. Catharines City Councilor Mike Britton (59:00 minute mark) was raising the same concerns as a Councilor or or a private Citizens?







Tuesday, 14 February 2017

Thundering Water Safe - NPCA Chair Annunziata Says

In a statement by Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority Chair Sandy Annunziata the NPCA chair points out why Provincial Significant Wetlands are Safe. 

Feb 13, 2017 (WELLAND, ON) - Sandy Annunziata, Chair of the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) Board of Directors today announced the official position of the organization regarding the development of Provincially Significant Wetlands (PSW).
 
Wetlands in Ontario are evaluated and ranked by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) to determine whether a 'provincially significant' designation is required. Under the Provincial Policy Statement (PPS), interference and site alteration of a PSW is not permitted.
 
"Let me be clear, there are no less than 18 provincial instruments that facilitate wetland conservation in Ontario," stated Annunziata. "The language is very clear and will be respected. The Provincial Policy Statement is unequivocal in its interpretation, 'development and site alteration shall not be permitted in significant wetlands." 


On behalf of our mandate to further conservation, restoration, development, and management of the watershed, we will not compromise our efforts to comply with current policies and legislation. We will continue to listen to our partners, manage their expectations, and do so exclusively within the language of the various provincial policies we adhere to."
 
The NPCA reviews and provides comment on planning applications based on the Region of Niagara's Official Plan and NPCA regulations as it relates to natural features. The intent is to not only provide regulation of natural features but to protect people and their property from the effects of flooding and erosion while maintaining and improving water quality.
 
"The MNRF have been very clear on this issue," added Annunziata. "All checks and balances will be applied in every development application the NPCA receives. The legislation does not allow for exemptions concerning PSWs".


--ABOUT NPCA
Conservation Authorities, created in 1946 by an Act of the Provincial Legislature, are mandated to further the conservation, restoration, development and management of natural resources through programs that balance human, environmental and economic needs. The NPCA was established on April 30, 1959, under the Conservation Authorities Act, and serves approximately half a million people in the Niagara Peninsula Watershed, encompassing the entire Niagara Region and portions of the City of Hamilton and Haldimand County. The NPCA manages the impact of human activities, urban growth, and rural activities on the watershed










Saturday, 11 February 2017

High Speed Socialism

'Single Source' is the term Niagara Regional Council applies to dealing with only one business entity excluding all others.

Worse it not only applies to  'Single Source'  but to a 'government run single source business'.

They succeeded in giving $1.4Million to a government run entity that councilors where unaware of. They had to ask the name of the government run business entity which turned out to be Niagara Regional Broadband Network (NRBN)

The FIX was in!

The enlightening exchange between Councilors can be view at the 2.22 minute mark Council Click Here.

Niagara Falls' Mayor's angry response produced a vision of Ontario Hydro in all its glory complete with 182 employees in the $Million Dollar Club and outrageous costs increases for the Citizen.

Every Government run entity the Mayor cited is a prime example of what happens to the Citizen once government run entities gains sole control.

It was alarming to hear a leading political figure rail against providing equal treatment for any business predicated on a stated abhorrence for 'private enterprise'.

Without the private business of Xplornet, rural internet users would be out of luck for high speed internet and yet $Millions can be withheld from this private company (Xplornet) based on some misguided and sordid socialistic predilections.





Tuesday, 7 February 2017

Another Media Triumph


The Media supported the Socialists of Venezuela creating this great triumph !!!




VENEZUELA: Another Media Success Story

The Socialists of Venezuela and their Socialist Media Allies Are now languishing in their success. 








The Shame of the NEC





Just when you make the mistake that one of the most perplexing and disgusting chapters in the history of Premier McGuinty’s Liberal Government attacks on Ontario Citizens has been concluded, along comes a sign of clarification.


It all started with a surprise visit from the Niagara Escarpment Commission (NEC) in the form of an over-zealous NEC operative. 


Over-zealous is an understatement! This guy put Victor Hugo’s Inspector Javert to shame! 


Once he gained entry into the home of Jim and Beth Williams ostensibly on a concern over loads of dirt being imported to smooth out Flood damage on the William’s tree farm property, the Javert type character started picking apart everything he could find even items not related to the importing of dirt.


“He was really bullying us, saying ‘I want the truth’ and asking how long exactly things were here, boom, boom, boom. That’s what we had to deal with,” said Jim.

According to Williams, the enforcement officer had an extensive list of complaints during the visit. The officer also questioned the existence of a lumber mill and small boutique operated by Beth Williams. Both have been in operation on the property for several years. He also questioned the presence of a basement apartment, which the Williams said is un-rented and used only for the sake of a second kitchen.

“There’s an apartment downstairs, he’s unhappy about that. He looked in the window. We do process fire wood, and the logs, once they’re small enough we chop into firewood. And the boutique, he wasn’t happy about that,” said Williams. 


Friends and neighbors were astounded by the tone and tenor of the NEC enforcement officer against an 88 year old Canadian WWII War Hero who was using common farm practice to make the land safe.


Folks rushed to the Williams’ property determined to protect Jim and Beth from any further mistreatment by the NEC or their bully boy.


Since the NEC was and is in the business of making sure that nothing and no one could alter the character of the escarpment it puzzled everyone as to why the NEC and their official was so hard on the Williams. The question became; what’s in it for the NAC or their bully boy?


Jim has his Land Patent Grant, which under a proper and legitimate government would have and should have protected the Williams. Under the Ontario Liberal Government as perpetrated by the ‘Queen of Corruption’ the Land Patent Grant holds about the same value as Toilet Paper making the Sovereign’s word equally worthless. 

Startling would have to be the sudden appearance of the ‘Sign of Clarification’!




Wednesday, 1 February 2017

The Great Tax & Spend Brigade




Half a $billion in debt and the Region's Tax and Spend Brigade is determined to keep digging a deeper hole while ignoring the dire straits of its citizens. 

Infrastructure already $1Billion in the red; Prosperity diminishing; Corruption Flourishing; Undue Secrecy; Backroom Deals; Decades long wait for Public Housing; Poverty Soaring; Anemic Growth; Employment Cratering; Youth Exodus; Seniors Neglected; Tens of $Millions Missing; Denying Citizen's Presentations and backing wholesale attacks on property owners.

Is this the way these councilors live their own private lives?

Do they put their own families at risk by financially capitulating to every want and desire?

Would they drive their family so deep in distressful debt that they would jeopardize their children’s physical and financial well being?

Does the overabundance of Regional Councilors save this socialist disorder for over-spending someone else's (their constituent’s) money?

Obviously the days of electing a representative hoping they will properly husband the community on your behalf is over!

When they stay in office too long they morph into something that you would never vote for.

Obviously we must demand ‘Term Limits’ as well as a ‘recall mechanism’.

Failing that we must keep a much closer eye on those we have hired and elected!


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