Thunder Bay – A Story So Nice…Lets Announce It Twice 2
The study will begin this summer and is expected to be completed by 2015. – Michael Gravelle, January 22, 2013 Its deja vu all over again. So how stupid do the politicians think we are? Very. Very stupid. A Story So Nice…Lets Announce It Twice post here.
Thunder Bay – The Year Of The Wallet
Yes, its Michael Gravelle’s pre-election costume party where our MPP dresses up like a wallet and goes around the city handing out cash. Unfortunately, he is handing out cash taken from you and me as well as your children and my children and their children and their children’s children and their children’s children’s children…..etc Billion […]
Thunder Bay – Billions And Billions
You have to ask just how much of a return on these billions of tax dollars of investments the provincial and federal governments will ever see? You see, businesses like the ones involved in the ROF don’t want to pay taxes and will use every accounting trick in the book to keep every penny, I […]
Thunder Bay – Price Gouging The Taxpayers
Why are our taxes so high? Well….the province has a program called Assistive Devices Program. The objective of the Assistive Devices Program (ADP) is to provide consumer centered support and funding to Ontario residents who have long-term physical disabilities and to provide access to personalized assistive devices appropriate for the individual’s basic needs. Basically, the […]
Thunder Bay – What’s Fairness Got To Do With It?
The provincial money, up to $16 million, will be distributed through the Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program. “How are we actually going to do what we have to do and what are the rules and guidelines that are set up by the government,” he (Fletcher) said. City clerk John Hannam said the amount of funding from the […]
Thunder Bay – Looking Out For Number Two
Not a real headline but it is something that CJ could print. You know. Might get our hopes up? Then, surprise!, it all comes to an end… “I don’t want to put the fault on anyone,” Gravelle said. “The fact is there was the possibility that the eligibility could be two-for-one. I was speaking in […]
Thunder Bay – Cascades Paper?
The old Cascades Mill. Ahhhh how short our memories are. Lets take a trip down memory lane. Remember Thunder Bay Fine Papers? Maybe Superior Fine Papers? How could anyone forget? Winston Churchill said , “History is written by the victors.” Had Churchill lived in Thunder Bay, he might have said “History is written by the […]
Thunder Bay – Buying Your Vote
There is a provincial election on the horizon. Be prepared for all the “good news” and all the generous provincial spending. With an election looming, you will never hear a politician tell any municipality that their ideas are crazy. That their demands are outrageous. Never. All ideas and funding demands are met with positive enthusiasm […]
