Another Set Of Stories For You

I have to admit that my life these days is busier than I thought it would be with someone who has finally "retired" in the way I carry on.

I have spent a lot of my time building myself back up from the terrible sickness I possessed just over 3 years ago. Of course, I have not been able to overcome all of the negative issues that impacted me. However, I recovered remarkably well compared with so many people whose life ended because of the illness or the number of people who recovered so poorly and are living in a very difficult situation these days.

Fortunately, I was able to deal successfully with many personal issues that required a resolution in the past. Naturally, these days, I partner well with my wife, Marsha, to handle whatever issue happens to arise now. I am sure that you have read the many stories I have written on here to come to a conclusion quickly and successfully with so many matters.

Just to make sure that you understand, I still do have difficulties handling many issues these days because my mind does not work as well as it did in the past. This happens whether these matters are "problems" or not. As an example, it just seems that I cannot handle as many negative problems in the relatively short period of time as I did before because the people that are with me now may not be as cooperative as others that I had negotiated with the past. Moreover, as you know, I do not want any difficulties lasting more than a day either. I want problems solved right away, right at the time when the matter arises. Unfortunately, some of these people on the other side just cannot handle a situation as quickly as I want to do so

Let me give you a short list of interesting matters with which I deal in this way so you will see what I mean. I need to:

-- Figure out some very old taxation issues that arose in the past which gave me credits then. I do not understand why they do not apply today based on what I have read. Accordingly, I have to pay out now what could be considered to be extra money for me. It means that I may have to meet with the tax authority to try to convince them of my point of view and to get them to go back and support my old taxing system.

-- Handle some issues that may cause serious problems in my household and would then have to deal with a number of outside people who are the ones personally involved.

-- Act in this manner:

·       consider what is going on in the events municipally in this area that have to be considered before one can make a decision about for whom to vote in the coming-up election,

·       understand that the Provincial Government parties are having a horrible time these days with all the political nonsense that has been going on that will impact the election taking place shortly,

·       remember that the US every two-year election is taking place in the fall and its results could impact the Canadian relationship with them in a very tough manner, and finally,

·       do not forget that a Federal election will take place next year as the parties are trying to place themselves in the most favourable position for the future right now.

I trust now, dear reader, you understand that a person, especially one in my position, has a fair number of matters that have to be handled. I have to figure out as best as I can how to deal with them but, more importantly, have to handle the situation as best as I can even if I cannot act as well as I did before. 

Sure, my life is more difficult than I thought it was previously. However, I have no choice but must deal with any concerns as best that I can and as quickly as I can.

I am hoping though, dear reader, that you enjoy reading what I have written on here. Moreover, I hope that I am helping you understand what difficulties can arise in a matter that impacts you, how to handle these situations and how to achieve a successful answer as quickly as possible.

Now, let me point out some interesting stories that I have read recently so that you can consider my perspective.

NEW ELECTION INITIATIVES

Wow, I don't think I have ever seen something like this in other elections recently and certainly not something like this when the election first starts. Seriously, how many more times do you think it will happen and against whom will the applications be made? Here is what I mean:

"A sudden string of integrity commissioner complaints against city councillors — the latest against Mayor Drew Dilkens — is partly their own fault, says political scientist Lydia Miljan.

The three complaints in less than a week have come in the wake of integrity commissioner Bruce Elman’s report on a complaint made by council itself against Coun. Rino Bortolin. Council voted Monday to reprimand Bortolin and seek a public apology for a comment he made to the Windsor Star in October about a rape in an alley.

“The initial complaint against Bortolin, given the fact he had apologized for his statement already (last fall) … seems to have opened up a whole can of worms, and so in some respects you can say they started it,” Miljan said Wednesday, referring to two complaints made this week against the mayor and Coun. John Elliott, who were both critical of Bortolin at Monday’s meeting. Council critics, said Miljan, are now giving councillors a taste of their own medicine." (Brian Cross, Windsor Star, May 9, 2018) 

I really have no intention of discussing any of these complaints in my article right now, certainly not who may be responsible in a negative way or not. I just wanted to point them out to you, dear reader, in case you have not seen many of the various stories that are talking about them these days. And all of which I believe need to come to a conclusion before the next municipal election.  Seriously, though are these issues all that serious so that in the first place they require a hearing to take place?

Am I ever glad that I have never decided to run for election nor am I helping out anyone who is running. Who needs to deal with this kind of a situation that just seems so difficult for me to figure out why what is going on is happening in the first place!

WHO IS RUNNING FOR MAYOR IN WINDSOR NOW

I wish I knew the answer to this question. I  mean that I am speaking about the people who are the serious ones running for this office, not just anybody. Let me just talk about 2 people

For example, I would have thought that the former Mayor's brother who is now a Councillor would be a natural in doing what his brother had done. As you may recall, Eddie Francis ran for Mayor and was successful. However, he ran only after he had been in office as a Councillor for just one term.

Interestingly, I saw this comment that Councillor Fred Francis made some time ago:

"Ward 1 Coun. Fred Francis had a similar response. “As of right now, going into November, it’s too early to talk about re-election,” he said." (Brian Cross, Windsor Star, November 1, 2017)

Again, he never mentioned anything but I must admit that I thought he wanted to run again when I saw this comment he made about never wanting to appear to be negative and not on everybody's side:

"Francis, who prefers to not go public with his list of “asks” because he knows he won’t get everything and he doesn’t want residents to get their hopes up.

“I’d rather deliver on a project than promise to deliver on a project and not get it,” he said Tuesday." (Brian Cross, Windsor Star, January 10, 2018)

How wonderful to try never to appear to be against anyone to maintain and even to earn more support for the next election.

Interestingly, he appeared, as far as I can see, quite recently and suddenly and then made a Motion at Council as reported in the Star. The Motion was effectively against a major player on Council, someone who might run for Mayor as well if he lost out in the Provincial Election:

"Coun. Fred Francis made the motion to accept Elman’s report, which called for an apology from Bortolin, but stopped short of any sort of suspension from council. Council passed the motion 7-1, with Coun. Chris Holt the lone dissenter. Coun. Bortolin couldn’t vote due to conflict, and Councillors Irek Kusmierczyk and Bill Marra were absent from the meeting.

“I think the integrity commissioner’s findings were very clear, I agree with them, I think words do matter,” Francis said during the presentation.

“A statement was made and it was either known to be false, or it was made in hyperbole,” said Francis. “At the very least, of whatever else we agree or disagree on, can we all agree that we should not use rape as hyperbole?” (Rich Garton, CTV Windsor, May 7, 2018) 

Was this telling us that he was going to run for Mayor? It was quite a slap against a possible mayoral appointment with a tremendous amount of voting approval on his side!

Now let me deal with the 2nd person, the present Windsor Mayor. I am not so sure that Fred is going to run against him for the Mayor position now. 

If Fred did, supposedly he would not run until after Mayor Drew Dilkens announced that he was not going to run. To be honest, I did not expect Dilkens to do so until very close to election. Accordingly no one serious would want to run against him when that person had very little time to campaign. Accordingly, that would make it a lot easier for Fred Francis to announce that he was going to run at that time. It probably would be too late for anyone else to run against him on such short notice since he has publicity and fame in his name. Moreover, who do you think would help him run----perhaps a former Mayor who ran for office successfully for several terms?

As you know, dear reader, I expected that Dilkens would be appointed to run "Metro Windsor." That appointment would be made before the election and therefore he would not run. However, I don't think that is going to happen. I don't think that an announcement will be made until after the next municipal election which will be several months after the next provincial election. Accordingly, I expect Dilkens to run for Mayor and he could always resign afterwards if he received the new job.

If that resignation happened, obviously, someone will have to be Mayor of Windsor to fill his position. And I have pretty good idea who that will be! Depending on the time, a new election would not have to take place but Fred could be appointed as Mayor!

Am I correct in what I am saying? Who knows! The answer may come after the next municipal election is finished and more actions are taken. I am merely going to say that this is what I think will happen based on what I have seen to date. 

But then again, dear reader, it may all change completely another time.