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ELECTION NEWS:

  • Stephen Passero has thrown his hat, towel, running shoes, skateboard, bakery apron and whatever
    else he has into the ring as he registered to run in the already overrun Ward 1 election.  That was the
    seat that Sandy Annunziata (as directed by his mother) won in 2006 and recently indicated that he
    would not seek re-election in his quest for higher office - namely the provincial seat now held by Kim
    Craitor.  Stephen, you'll remember, decided to get involved in just about everything after he lost to
    Annunziata in 2006. And he has spread himself as thin as the skin of the councillor from Ward 4.  It will
    be very difficult to discern just what his platform is as he has taken a neutral position on just about
    everything of importance.  And he has sold out the membership and the legacy of the Shorewalk Group
    for a pat on the head from the mayor.
  • Here is the true draft of Kim Zanko's announcement of her candidacy for Ward 3:
Hi, my name is Kimbery Zanko and I live in Ward 3, just down the street from
the drunk faux newsman who writes a slander blog and who is allegedly on
the payroll of my mentor Jim Thibert.  I have been persuaded to run for
election in Ward 3 by said mentor so that he can "crush" Bob Steckley as he
has promised.  It seems that Bob has asked too many questions about the
Economic Development and Tourism Corporation and my Jimmie does not
like to be answerable to anyone.  He is a god, I tell you!

I'm no stranger to the EDTC.  I sit on the board of the EDTC.  But I can't talk
about that.  We're not allowed to.  If someone (like Ann Marie Noyes) wants
to know what's going on in our secret meetings, she'll just have to file with
the Freedom of Information Act.  We are impervious to public scrutiny.  We
are a separate corporation. We are omnipotent!

As to my sitting on the Chamber of Commerce board and serving as chair, I
was proud to serve as one of their token females.  I am part of the "girls
below the glass ceiling" and am quite content.  We enjoy being subservient
to the Old Boys Club because we know that, despite what they think, most of
the businesses in this town have been run by women.  The mayor's former
business is a prime example: Russ Wilson's wife ran Martin's jewelry shop
for years.  Someone said she now works at town hall.  Good for her.  She's
following a tradition.  The mayor's present wife, who used to be his
employee at his jewelry store and who was married to someone else (as was
he) at the time they got together, now works at town hall and has for several
years.  She even receives applications for candidate registrations and has
somehow avoided the usual conflict-of-interest charges that are inevitable
everywhere else.  But Fort Erie is a magical place:  funds are dispersed and
then they disappear; hundreds of thousands of tax dollars are used to keep
a secret corporation going and the town planner is busy trying to find
developers who will take over our shoreline properties and build condo
towers. And there is no transparency or accountability.  Like magic, the
people lose public assets while their taxes go up and up.

And you can be sure that the Bertie Boat Club land and Bay Beach
Properties will be gone forever when I'm elected.  When I was coerced  
asked to run in Ward 3, it was specifically to oust Bob Steckley because he
is strongly against the Molinaro deal and the plans for properties all along
the shoreline in Crystal Beach - including the now out-of-lease Bertie Boat
Club Property. If we can crush Ann Marie and Bob Steckley, we can do
anything we want and there will be no opposition.

See you from the podium some time after October 25!
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