Just Some New Stories

No big, long introduction today in this column. I thought that I would start giving my comments right away about the news stories I have seen recently

VOTE FOR JOE BACHETTI

I live in Tecumseh and this is my first time when I am experiencing a municipal election here.

It's an interesting one for me because both the Mayor here, Gary McNamara, and the Councillor in my Ward, Bill Altenhof, are not running for re-election.  They both have been acclaimed! I cannot ever remember that happening where I lived before. They must be very powerful political people because no one has the nerve to run against them it seems.

That is very good for me because they are people for whom I would have voted as MY representatives!

However, the exciting part for me now is that three people are running to be the Deputy Mayor in Tecumseh. This is a new political position for me because both in Toronto where I was born and in Windsor where I moved, I was not used to such a political office. Who gets elected then will be of interest to me.

To be direct, I have my favourite candidate for whom I am going to vote. He is the present Deputy Mayor, Joe Bachetti. I trust that you do as well so he will be re-elected.

I have met him a number of times since I have moved to Tecumseh and he has helped me with several matters that arose after I came here with which I had to deal. For that, I am very grateful. Moreover, I expect that he has helped a number of other citizens in this Town handle their concerns.

I was going to give you a bunch of reasons why I think you ought to vote for him. My view is that he will be a very excellent person to be in the Deputy Mayor position based on what I  have seen. However, I don't have to do it now. 

I am terrifically excited about what has happened to him that tells me that everyone should vote for him to be the Deputy Mayor here. Take a look at this Facebook page that I just saw a few days ago:

That absolutely gives you the evidence that you need that you ought to be voting for Joe Bachetti to be the Deputy Mayor. If our Mayor, Gary McNamara, wants Joe there helping him out and is prepared to tell people about that, then we better vote for him as well!

IS HE A WINDSOR MAYOR RE-ELECTION SUPPORTER

I have no idea

However, go and take a look at a very interesting photograph that I saw on the Facebook page that was provided online by Edy Haddad on September 15, 2018. It was quite a surprise because I have never seen anything like that before.

I'll let you go to his Facebook page if you want to see it for yourself. It is a photograph of Edy and former Mayor of Windsor and now WFCU Credit Union President and CEO Eddie Francis standing together and posing for the photograph. Eddie is also the brother of Fred Francis who is a Ward Councillor in Windsor and who is also running for re-election.

I have no idea exactly where that photograph was taken but given all the election posters with the name "Dilkens" on it, I assume that it may have taken place somewhere which is one of Dilkens' offices where he has his operation for him running for Mayor.

I also don't know why Eddie was there. I'll let you decide that for yourself, dear reader. I just thought it was an interesting photograph to tell you about in case you have not seen it.

Oh by the way, I happened to see this in another recent Windsor Star story. It is all about a different subject---Mayoral candidate Marchand looking for an Enwin audit. In the story's last paragraph, right at the bottom of it, I saw this:

“Former mayor Eddie Francis sits on one of the boards [Enwin Energy Ltd.], as does Dilkens’ campaign manager Abe Taqtaq [Enwin Utilities Ltd.]. (Brian Cross, Windsor Star, September 13, 2018) 

I'm not sure why it was added by the reporter in this story since it has very little to do with it but there it is.

DILKENS' PROMISES

Here is an easy task for you to perform to help make you a decision about whom you should vote for Mayor of Windsor.

You should make your own decision, if you live in Windsor, whether you should vote to re-elect Drew Dilkens as Mayor.

If you want a way that this could be done, let me make a suggestion for you. Here is a link to the first major speech that Mayor Dilkens made after he was elected Mayor back in 2014. It is his City of Windsor Inaugural Address. Just go to this web address and you can read it: Dilkens Inaugural Address 2014 

After all, the Mayor made this statement recently when he announced he was running again:

“In 2014, we made campaign promises and we delivered on most of those promises,” he said.

"People know what they get with me. I have spent four years as mayor and eight years on council. People know when I say I am going to do something, we get it done.” (Dave Battagello, Windsor Star, September 16, 2018) 

You decide how well he delivered what he promised four years ago!  That should help you decide who gets your vote in the election.