Some Thoughts Of Mine

Just some quick entries with respect to some matters that happened over the last while.

Congratulations to Deputy Mayor Joe Bachetti who was re-elected in the Tecumseh municipal election. Based on what I had seen since I have moved to Tecumseh, it seemed to me that he would be re-elected. I'm glad to see that I was right.

Our Mayor, Gary McNamara, had a very easy time of it. He was acclaimed. My Councillor, Bill Altenhof, also did not have the need for an election campaign. He too was acclaimed.

It will be interesting to see if the Mayor stays around for the his next full term. Oh no, I'm not suggesting that he will retire early but I'm wondering if he would become the head of Metropolitan Windsor if Windsor and all of the towns around it become the equivalent to Metropolitan Toronto by being united.

If that took place, I wonder what would happen on Council. There's no doubt in my mind that the Deputy Mayor would now become Mayor of Tecumseh. What would my Councillor do? Would he remain in his position or would he, perhaps with some others on Council or in the public, run if required for the Deputy Mayor position?

Now that would be something exciting to consider!

I wondered what happened to the Windsor Star. I saw something strange when I was reading what I thought was a Gord Henderson column on October 27, 2018. Take a look at this and see if you also can find something strange that was posted in his column:

Do you see what I mean? Who actually wrote this column? Henderson himself or was it Craig Pearson? If Pearson merely "updated" it, I wondered what parts were changed and what discussions were made to get an agreement to those changes.

I'm sure that there are a lot of other questions that should be dealt with with respect to the writing and approval for publication of Star columns. To be realistic though, I'm not going to be bothered thinking about what they should be because I don't expect them to be answered.

UPDATE:  Check out the change in what was posted.  Interesting:

I am positive that I am correct and that a new Ambassador Bridge will be built in the next couple of years and an arrangement will be entered into between the Bridge Company and the Government of Canada that deals with border crossing in this area.

I am sure now that the proposed Government bridge which now has a much longer term in which to be built will not be constructed at all. Seriously, if a new Ambassador Bridge is built, why would the Government spend $5 billion plus more to build another one when the traffic is down significantly from earlier projections. Remember, only another $500 million is necessary to build a new Ambassador Bridge IE a 10th of the cost of its competitive bridge.

Take a look at the hiring which is going to take place. It should give you some interesting information for you to consider about what is going to happen and when:

“It is anticipated by the end of the year there will be at least 100 jobs filled by Bridging North America, the consortia of global construction giants selected to build the new Detroit River international border crossing...

The bulk of labourers, skilled trades workers and heavy construction operators needed on the project will begin to be hired early in the new year…

There are shortages of available skilled trades workers all across North America, so finding sufficient qualified employees for the bridge project is anticipated be an issue at times, Breme said...

“That doesn’t mean we are not cognizant there could be shortages, so we are looking at further workforce development and training (opportunities).” (Dave Battagello, Windsor Star, October 26, 2018)  

Just consider that everything seems to be done relatively slowly at this time. I think that there is a reason for it if the Liberal Government wants to win new Parliamentary seats in this area.  That seems to be the case these days.

The Liberals need to have the election over and done with and with people believing that they want another non-Bridge Company bridge being built in order to get the necessary votes. Only at that time can it start negotiating with the Ambassador Bridge Company to enter into some arrangement with respect to their new bridge. It won't have to worry about losing votes in the upcoming election if it does not support another Government bridge being built now.

Let me show you several photos I took recently of some of the plants in my backyard area. I'm doing it because the usual "green" leafs have changed their colours dramatically in the autumn season just before they fall to the ground:

Oh I know that I have posted similar pictures previously in the past but I am so impressed with the colour change that I just wanted to do it again.