Monthly Archives: December 2011
Health Care and Ontario’s Deficit: The Shocking, Secret Truth About Who and What’s to Blame – Paul McKeever
Editor’s note: Paul McKeever is the leader of the Freedom Party of Ontario and coincidently was the Freedom Party candidate in Elgin-Middlesex-London in the 2011 provincial election.He forwarded this letter to City Scope and it is printed here in its … Continue reading
Filed under 2011 provincial election, Health Care
We’re being taken for a ride, courtesy city hall
Can you ever have enough pick-up trucks? Forget gas-guzzlers, city hall is making a name for itself as a vehicle-guzzler. In total, the city operates a fleet of 104 vehicles, including more than two dozen pick-ups, and that fact nearly … Continue reading
Filed under City of St. Thomas, City Scope, St. Thomas Police Service
A fundamental change blowing in the budget wind?
Budget deliberations are a critical indicator of the direction city council will follow in the coming fiscal year and the sometimes quirky priorities of our municipal representatives. After a warm-up session Thursday, council will get down to brass tacks on … Continue reading
Thoughts on the potential for economic development between St. Thomas and First Nations of Ontario
The following was forwarded to City Scope by St. Thomas resident Bev Walpole and illustrates the “outside-of-the-box” thinking so sorely lacking today. It’s a case of addressing a large-scale national issue with a made-in-St.Thomas solution.Please take a few moments to … Continue reading
Somebody missed the bus with this press release
A press release from the Chamber of Commerce created an instant stir on the Times-Journal Facebook page after it was posted late Thursday afternoon. The advisory, from the pen of Chamber CEO Bob Hammersley, “No New Year’s Bus Service?” suggested … Continue reading
Filed under City of St. Thomas, City Scope, Heritage, Public transit
Hospital CEO pay to soar as boards use big banks to justify excess
The following is a media release from Service Employees International Union (SEIU). It’s a situation residents of St. Thomas/Elgin can relate to with the case of St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital CEO Paul Collins’ retire/rehire in June 2010 in a classic … Continue reading
Filed under Health Care, public sector salary disclosure
Environmental Clean Up of the Port Stanley Harbour Lands – An Update
Update prepared by Coun. Dan McNeil, Ward 1, on behalf of Central Elgin Municipal Council There is a constant concern among the public that nothing will ever happen with the necessary clean up of Port Stanley’s harbour lands. It was … Continue reading
Filed under Municipality of Central Elgin, Port Stanley
Do city officials have the maturity to move forward?
Monday’s announcement this corner of the province is in line to benefit from an $80-million job-generation fund had the City Scope research department scurrying to dust off the archives. Before delving into those findings, we must note one of the … Continue reading
Filed under Alma College, Economic sustainability, Education, Heritage
