The Missing Hotel
Mayor Lynn Peterson told the audience during the Mayor Debate held at the Community Auditorium last Tuesday that the private developer will be signing a deal with a hotelier within a week. Unfortunately for Ms. Peterson, a week from last Tuesday is too late. At the September 27 City Council meeting, the developers claimed they […]
The ABC’s of S&P’s
Our present Mayor, Lynn Peterson, never fails to mention Thunder Bay’s credit rating of A+ whenever her handling of the city’s finances are questioned. I wonder just how good is A+ in the Standard & Poor’s rating system. Is it really THAT great? In high school, I would have killed for an A+ . Even […]
The Big Dig
The Big Dig has begun on the waterfront. This is the soil remediation tender (Tender 15) that came in at $1.1M plus. I have inserted a photo below showing the operation as of 11:30 this morning. You are probably looking at the photo and saying, “That isn’t all that deep. The site remediation isn’t that […]
Thunder Bay – A hole is a hole is a hole
Back in June, I took the following photos. They show a sinkhole of some sort that appeared sometime between Friday June 11 and Saturday June 12. Why am I mentioning this now you ask? Well, that sinkhole made me think about how the infill was placed over the existing lake bottom. The lake bottom was […]
Thunder Bay – Why do they care……now?
Over the passed month or so, I have noticed an increase in interest by our Administration/Council in how the public is perceiving the Waterfront Development. It started back on September 20, when Mark Bentz and Katherine Dugmore replied to my emails. And they were being……nice. Bentz even invited me to the Waterfront Development Open House […]
Thunder Bay – Waterfront Development Open House
Yesterday, the Waterfront Development Office had their open house down at the waterfront. As I said before, there was nothing there to see but some people did go and have a look. I was wondering how the Chronicle Journal was going to cover this event. I knew that they were going to produce an article […]
Thunder Bay – Ian Angus – Bankruptcy
The concept behind personal bankruptcy in Ontario is this: you assign or surrender everything you own to a trustee in bankruptcy in exchange for the elimination of your unsecured debts. There are things exempt from seizure so personal bankruptcy. Things such as: $5,650 worth of personal possessions (clothing, jewelry, sports equipment, etc.); $5,650 worth of […]
Thunder Bay – Word on the Street – The Redig
Word on the street is that the sewer/water line that was installed last fall in Prince Arthur’s Landing will have to be re-excavated. I understand, the work is needed because, when the lines were originally installed, an inspector was not present. Payment for this work is going to be cost plus which sounds like it […]
Thunder Bay – Show ’em or Fold ’em
I see that the Waterfront Development Office/Committee is holding an open house down on the waterfront. The problem is that there is nothing really to look at. The only thing that is remotely close to being finished is Pier 2 and believe me, it isn’t that impressive. I hope that they put price tags on […]
Thunder Bay – Conflict of Interest 3
Mr. J. Hamman, City Clerk, City of Thunder Bay I am requesting that you investigate whether Councilor Aldo Ruberto is in a direct conflict of interest. His real estate holdings ( he is co-owner of Ruberto Holdings and Property Management Company 1987) around the city and the fact that he votes on issues that affect […]