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| ARE WE RUN BY A**HATS? |
MAKE YOUR VOTE COUNT THIS TIME:
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY
BALANCED DEVELOPMENT
IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE
ACCOUNTABILITY
FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
- Doug enjoys his $80,000.+ salary while taxes went up close to 30% since
he was elected.
ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY
- Doug consistently promotes developers who are destroying our natural
heritage.
BALANCED DEVELOPMENT
- Doug believes that developers are smarter than the people of his
community.
IMPROVED INFRASTRUCTURE
- Doug maintained Council's commitment to better roads to his developer
friends' projects and water and sewer rates only affordable to the wealthy.
ACCOUNTABILITY
- As in business, Doug insists that Taxpayers receive prompt bills for their
services. Certain council members and the EDTC head are allowed to
treat colleagues and the public with disrespect.
| OCTOBER 25th, ELECT ANYONE BUT DOUG MARTIN |
| During 24 years of municipal service, Doug has been a proud member of the Old Boys' Club. He is very approachable, especially when he's at the country club. "I believe this is the right thing to do." Doug Martin (In reference to his casting the deciding vote to allow the rezoning of the Bay Beach Properties for the Molinaro Tower.) |
| BEFORE and AFTER |
If recent events and past history are any indication, then Mayor Martin and most of the Fort Erie Town Council are a bunch of a**hats
who are incompetent and clueless. They do not govern or vote with the majority of the people in mind. They certainly do not vote
with any concern for the pocketbooks of the taxpayers of Fort Erie.
Just this week:
Fort Erie Council approved a report that called for an expenditure of over $32,000. for yet another consultant. This one for the
Wayfaring Signage Program. It seems that no one on the bloated town hall staff is capable of gathering the data to determine the
proper materials and structural specifications needed. "We don't have that expertise in-house," said Tripp (Director of
Infrastructure Services.) Then WTF does your department do then? Hire consultants? Seems that way.
And then, Ward 4 Councillor puts his two cents' worth in (actually, that would be exactly $32,750.) "Arguing over $32,000 is
ridiculous compared to some of the other things that have enabled certain councilors to vote against budgets," said
Whitfield, as quoted in the same article. I don't know about Tim, but that's a year's salary for many local taxpayers, yet council
blithely voted to spend it on a very short-term consultant to basically tell them where to put the signs and what to make them out of.
Duh-oh. A**hats for sure.
Mayor Martin jumped ahead of the pack with his latest stroke of brilliance when council discussed the Molinaro's change to their
condo tower plan that would put the tower portion some thirty feet to the east. When the subject of shadow pattern changes as a
result of the design change was brought up by Ann Marie Noyes, Mayor Doug Martin contested Noyes' comments, saying
some visitors of the beach might appreciate the option of having a spot to get out of the sun.
"There are some people who might want a shadow after a long day at the beach," said Martin.
Not only has he already put his foot in his mouth by claiming that the criterion for a hospital emergency room to retain that status is a
CAT Scan, (on video) he has now set himself up as an expert on shadow patterns and beach goers' preferences. Duh-oh. A**hat
for sure.
And then, there's an e-mail I just received that was forwarded to me from someone who received it from Regional Councillor Norm
Puttick. Key points of that will be presented as soon as possible. Martin definitely went into a**hat territory there.
The mayor and the Fort Erie Council are responsible for a lot of the ills of this community, either through lack of interest or not voting
in the best interests of the people. We all know about the consistent 4-2 split. The above examples are but a small part of the
overall a*sshattedness that prevails at town hall. Will we have another four years of our town being run by a**hats? Inquiring minds
want to know.
Maybe you'll see a glimpse of what's in store in Fort Erie's future at the All candidate Nights. Be afraid; be very afraid. There are a
lot of a**hats out there. And they want your vote.
who are incompetent and clueless. They do not govern or vote with the majority of the people in mind. They certainly do not vote
with any concern for the pocketbooks of the taxpayers of Fort Erie.
Just this week:
Fort Erie Council approved a report that called for an expenditure of over $32,000. for yet another consultant. This one for the
Wayfaring Signage Program. It seems that no one on the bloated town hall staff is capable of gathering the data to determine the
proper materials and structural specifications needed. "We don't have that expertise in-house," said Tripp (Director of
Infrastructure Services.) Then WTF does your department do then? Hire consultants? Seems that way.
And then, Ward 4 Councillor puts his two cents' worth in (actually, that would be exactly $32,750.) "Arguing over $32,000 is
ridiculous compared to some of the other things that have enabled certain councilors to vote against budgets," said
Whitfield, as quoted in the same article. I don't know about Tim, but that's a year's salary for many local taxpayers, yet council
blithely voted to spend it on a very short-term consultant to basically tell them where to put the signs and what to make them out of.
Duh-oh. A**hats for sure.
Mayor Martin jumped ahead of the pack with his latest stroke of brilliance when council discussed the Molinaro's change to their
condo tower plan that would put the tower portion some thirty feet to the east. When the subject of shadow pattern changes as a
result of the design change was brought up by Ann Marie Noyes, Mayor Doug Martin contested Noyes' comments, saying
some visitors of the beach might appreciate the option of having a spot to get out of the sun.
"There are some people who might want a shadow after a long day at the beach," said Martin.
Not only has he already put his foot in his mouth by claiming that the criterion for a hospital emergency room to retain that status is a
CAT Scan, (on video) he has now set himself up as an expert on shadow patterns and beach goers' preferences. Duh-oh. A**hat
for sure.
And then, there's an e-mail I just received that was forwarded to me from someone who received it from Regional Councillor Norm
Puttick. Key points of that will be presented as soon as possible. Martin definitely went into a**hat territory there.
The mayor and the Fort Erie Council are responsible for a lot of the ills of this community, either through lack of interest or not voting
in the best interests of the people. We all know about the consistent 4-2 split. The above examples are but a small part of the
overall a*sshattedness that prevails at town hall. Will we have another four years of our town being run by a**hats? Inquiring minds
want to know.
Maybe you'll see a glimpse of what's in store in Fort Erie's future at the All candidate Nights. Be afraid; be very afraid. There are a
lot of a**hats out there. And they want your vote.
Thanks to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart