From our bag o'email:
Sam vs Judy and Sharon
To: talk@kick.fm
Its a good day for democracy in Winnipeg - Judy is supposed to finally make official her intention to run against Mayor Sam. As much as I like mayor Sam, I don't think its healthy for an incumbent to be unapposed at the polls.
THe really good news for Mayor Sam is that Judy has picked Sharon Carstairs to run her campaign. Sharon comes to the position with a wealth of experience in losing elections. In fact, if the popularity of the NDP under Howard Pawley had not totally imploded, paving the way for a temporary two and a half party system in Manitoba, she would have been yet another "unknown voice" of liberals in the province, rather than the "lone voice" that she became.
One thing really bugs me though: Judy will resign from federal politics to run for office, just like Kevin Lameroux will resign from provincial politics before he runs for Judy's seat. That's fair.
But for the duration of the campaign, will Sharon Carstairs continue to draw her salary as a senator while she concentrates on the full time job of running Judy's campaign? If Sharon continue's to draw a paycheque from the public coffers, does that count as a donation to Judy's campaign? As a senator, can Sharon take an un-paid leave of absence?
As a tax payer - one of several million who actually pay Carstairs salary as an unelected official till she turns 75, I say this: Get your ass back to Ottawa and DO YOUR JOB. If you want to play in politics again, RESIGN YOUR SEAT in the Senate. While you are employed on MY dime, I expect you to work for the nation, not just for one person.
HP
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The quality of civic consultation is gar-bage.
Mr. Gold,
Hey, we got our brand new brochure today about the Disraeli project update.
And once again the City toots its horn about using the special Stakeholder Advisory Committee to justify all the new add-ons like the stand-alone bike bridge, and now a new "art gallery" under the overpass near Higgins Avenue it seems. But unfortunately their Information Open Houses only run 3 hours each and both run right through rush hour. Thank you City Hall for that one.
I dug through my ever-growing Disraeli file and the last time the City held "public" open houses for this project ( April/May 2008) there were 3 such events with much more convenient times:
--Norquay CC 2-8 PM
--MTS Centre 11AM-4PM
--Good Neighbours Senior Centre 11AM-4PM
So in effect they've cut out 10 hours of public input for this project compared to 2008.
Hello City Hall, why is the general public being short-changed on these new open houses?
For $200 Million we deserve better than this crap.
Livid in SPD
and...
Marty,
That's great that the city posts updates on open houses on its' website - but what about folks who live in lower income areas such as the north end,
or areas where there are a lot of seniors and elderly folks who may not have computers or access to computers .....so website updates are completely
useless to those residents. Good thing the flyers are delivered....albeit after the fact.
OL
and...
Hey Marty,
Here's a fun piece of garbage bin information:
Last week I got home from work to my back-alley driveway, and noticed that the automated garbage truck had left the lid of my garbage bin open after depositing it back on the alley-side. I thought, "Gee, that will be a pain when it's raining or snowing." As I went to close the lid, I saw printed clearly on the inside (paraphrased from memory), "FOR YOUR SAFETY, KEEP LID CLOSED AT ALL TIMES."
Thanks for endangering my safety, City of Winnipeg!
Citizen Programmer.
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Gail Asper can't handle the truth
Hi Marty,
The previous message was sent quickly as I was trying to send it to you
before you got off the air. I was probably to late. Anyway, I was
driving home today when I noticed that there is a carnival set up on the
old Aboriginal Graveyard at The Forks.
Just when I think I can take abreak on the issue of the graveyard, I see this and it brings back into focus that people need to be aware of its existance. The Forks
Foundation and The Canadian Human Rights Museum would like us to forget
it.
They ignore the bones of the dead and continue to insult the
Aboriginal people.
I believe more than ever that the only way the facts will come to light is when I write a book to show the truth.
Your show seems to be the only light in this darkness. Thank God for
people like you and programs like The Great Canadian Talk Show. At
least with you the truth is something that isn't inconvenient.
David Carriere
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: NDP Immigration policy hurting small rural businesses
The obvious question that needed to be asked and answered when Bill 22 was proposed was:
"Of the some 10,000 immigrants who come to Manitoba on an annual basis what was the average size of the business who employed them? Moreover, what is the capacity or willingness of these businesses to "absorb" the $8,000-$12,000 cost" associated with this Bill?"
Keep in mind these costs are over and above the typical start up costs associated with new hires (ie EI, training, CPP, etc.).
The full impact of Bill 22 will come to light when the immigrants who are grandfathered are processed through and then the business communioty will have to absorb these costs.
Not every company is a Maple Leaf with the capacity to front these costs. Lots are small to medium sized business.
YF
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24 breaches not a pattern worthy of calling cops = dead cabbie
Mr G;
I read Tom’s article today and I’m stunned to read what our “Honourable” Justice Minister has to say about breaching probation.
“It’s the best advice of the department that the actual number of breaches is not really indicative of how well the system is working,” Justice Minister Swan said during a recent legislative committee meeting.
“What is far more important is the relationship each probation officer has with the offender and how that individual probation officer is able to encourage that person to comply with their conditions of being out in the community,” Swan said
And to think this joker wanted to be our Premier?? IS he completely out of his mind?
Is probation not a condition of a sentence that someone receives after being put in front of a judge?? I have no idea how this makes sense to anyone. You are told you are on probation for a crime you committed, and there are stipulations to what that probations deters you from doing. You are told if you violate this probation you will go to jail, and our “experienced” probation officers refuse to call the cops when probations are breached????
Then you have a Minister of Justice in a Province that ranks first in Canada amongst car thefts and murder tell the public breaching probations for car theft is not a big deal?????
Is this not like saying we really don’t care how many times prisoners break out of jail, we are really more concerned with how their relationship with their prison guard is, so that we can encourage them to stay in jail.
I think what is really going on here is that the proverbial “ fit has hit the shan” and these clowns do not know how to handle it. They are pulling a Les Nesman from WKRP and yanking out the radio warning for when the Germans are invading so he can tell Cincinnati about the tornado that is about to hit the city.
It’s insane and really it shows that they simply do not care about public safety. Well I for one am done. From now on, I will tell anyone and everyone who wants to listen that I am not voting for the NDP in any shape or form come the next election. When they ask why, it’s as simple as me telling them, they don’t care about keeping us safe anymore.
They aren’t unable to do it, they don’t care if it gets done or not.
This kind of nonchalant attitude about a kid who breached his probation 18 times in 6 weeks which ultimately lead to the death of Tony Lanzolotti is atrocious. The simple fact is that had the probation officer just one time called the cops on this kid, just one single little time, Tony Lanzolotti most likely would be alive today. So basically if the probation officer had done the FRIGGIN job, we wouldn’t have someone DEAD!!!!!
Instead of saying we need to review our policies, not admitting guilt like they never do, just simply saying they had to review their policies, would have most likely got them off the hook for the time being until they could figure it out, but no, Andrew Swan actually suggests that breaching probation is not something that matters to them. What matters more is how well the criminal and the probation officer get along.
How’s this for simple, Andrew Swan should either be told he has to resign or be fired. I really don’t know how we have any room in our government or patience in the public to listen to our JUSTICE MINSTER, they guy who’s ONLY job is to care about the safety of the tax payers of this province, say out loud that he doesn’t think criminals breaching probation is a big deal.
If he has issues with the way probations are handed out, then he’s the Justice Minister and he should have the balls to stand up in the Legislature and propose lightening the restrictions on probation. If he has the guts then face the Legislature, not that he would have any serious opposition to pushing through the changes, since the NDP will put anything through that their party wants to do. They are all sheep.
Instead he tells criminals that they aren’t too concerned if they breach, it’s not a big deal. Just make sure you buy your Proby Officer a card on their birthday and send them a Tim’s card every now and then.
Disgusting, and I hope Tony Lanzolotti’s family sue the crap out of the Government for neglect. Neglect that got him killed.
N
and after we read it on the air...
That email you read is right. If Swan doesn't realize that breach of probation is a serious thing, he must be removed from his position as justice minister.
After all, would anyone have faith in an education minister who said "“It’s the best advice of the department that the actual number of illiterates who graduate is not really indicative of how well the education system is working” ???
What bothers me most is Swan's comment “What is far more important is the relationship each probation officer has with the offender and how that individual probation officer is able to encourage that person to comply with their conditions of being out in the community":
Okay Swan, put your money where your mouth is: Every time a reprobate breaches probation and "fails to comply" with their conditions, FIRE the probation officer. OR put the responsibility back on the offender. Jail them for each and every breach.
This is MY society your playing with, Swan. Your decisions affect the safety of MY wife, MY kids and MY friends. By letting the criminals take over the justice system, by allowing them to abrogate their responsibilities, YOU are creating a dangerous situation. Whenever one of these idiots spills innocent blood on our street because YOUR department failed to keep them reigned in, the blood is on YOUR hands.
Marty: As a lead in to the next provincial election, why don't you task one of the CreaCom students to compile a list of victim names of every person injured or killed by those on probation or on bail in 2010. Then when it comes time to re-elect the NDP on their "law and order" campaign, we can ask the minister what justice each of the victims received?
-L -
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Our tribute to Canada's Greatest Athlete
Re: Kiniski Interview
Friday, April 16, 2010 5:11 PM
From: "Jeffery Doyle"
To: talk@kick.fm
I'm so glad you replayed that, I didn't get to listen to it last summer.
He was a Man's Man and a Canadian Pioneer.
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