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Post by phillymike on Nov 7, 2013 14:47:59 GMT -6
City possibly on the hook for millions more, and completion date may now be 2016 instead of 2015.
Incompetence abound!!! Fire Halls, Police Headquarters, now this! When will it end? It's a rhetorical question.
Anyone have any other city/province/federal government debacles that is bugging them?
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Post by The Unknown Poster on Nov 8, 2013 10:20:51 GMT -6
I joked a couple of weeks ago that if this keeps up, the Province will appoint an Interim Executive Director of Winnipeg (like OH) but its getting ridiculous.
Seeing a bunch of city Councelors jump off Katz' bangwagon is a joke too. Steeves et al voted for Sheegel when there was very real concern about him. Katz bullied some of them into accepting him as CAO but as duly elected officials they should have known better. We often say we want to get rid of politics as usual and get fresh people in City Hall but to be honest, you can never escape politics and you need someone who is politics-savvy to run the show. Katz wasnt a politician and that blinded a lot of us to what he was really doing, what his agenda was.
The Fire Hall thing bothers me more than the Police HQ because to me, the Police Station is a massive but required expense. It's less of a scandal and more of poor management whereas the fire hall fiasco was super shady involving Katz' buddies.
Winnipeg needs to hire an exceptionally experienced CAO no matter what that costs. Recruit someone from outside Manitoba if need be with the mandate to get City Hall and city projects under control.
And the people of Winnipeg need to wake up. I realize that people often feel disconnected when it comes to voting either because "they are all the same" (which they arent) or because "my vote doesnt matter" which also isnt true. Civic politics usually falls under the radar. Katz and his buddies need to go. Steeves? Come on. What a joke. My counsellor is Swandel, another Katz buddy. Time to go.
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Post by Tim on Nov 8, 2013 11:07:31 GMT -6
Steeves is a scum bag, I spent about four hours drink with him and a few friends at the Grey Cup in Vancouver at the Convention Centre, him and his little bitch sidekick who would retrieve girls to our table for Steeves to entertain. I learned enough about his character in four hours that I would never vote for him. So glad I don't live in the City anymore because I would choose Sam over him, and we seen what power did to him!.
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Post by The Unknown Poster on Nov 8, 2013 11:29:27 GMT -6
Make no mistake, Sam was always a prick, it wasnt being Mayor that did it. I rented the park from him in 2002.
I met Steeves years ago and just found him to be less than cerebral although he was good friends with a friend of mine and they liked him. Im hoping we get some solid outside options for Mayor. I'm intrigued by some names floating around, that dude from the Chamber etc.
I also legit believe what has happened lately deserves Sam's resignation.
I remember the first election and he VOWED to put the Goldeyes in a blind trust. He claimed there would not be a conflict of interest but he would do it anyway simply to avoid the appearance of a conflict and once elected he brushed it off like it was nothing. Last election he took everything Judy Whatshername said she'd do and ripped it to shreds and then wins and does all the things she wanted to do. He's a so-called conservative but he raises taxes. its always everyone else's fault.
Sammy's gotta go.
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Post by Tim on Nov 8, 2013 15:43:36 GMT -6
Make no mistake, Sam was always a prick, it wasnt being Mayor that did it. I rented the park from him in 2002. I met Steeves years ago and just found him to be less than cerebral although he was good friends with a friend of mine and they liked him. Im hoping we get some solid outside options for Mayor. I'm intrigued by some names floating around, that dude from the Chamber etc. I also legit believe what has happened lately deserves Sam's resignation. I remember the first election and he VOWED to put the Goldeyes in a blind trust. He claimed there would not be a conflict of interest but he would do it anyway simply to avoid the appearance of a conflict and once elected he brushed it off like it was nothing. Last election he took everything Judy Whatshername said she'd do and ripped it to shreds and then wins and does all the things she wanted to do. He's a so-called conservative but he raises taxes. its always everyone else's fault. Sammy's gotta go. If your Mr Moral like you make out to be, you won't like Steeves!!!
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Post by Ric O. on Nov 8, 2013 19:09:20 GMT -6
I actually had fairly high expectations for Katz but he disappointed me pretty quickly. Murray was pretty much a self-serving mayor but had a level of competence about him... Katz on the other hand has the disastrous combination of self-serving and incompetence!
Dave Angus would probably get my vote if he runs.
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Post by The Unknown Poster on Nov 8, 2013 23:29:28 GMT -6
I'm also intrigued by Angus.
I certainly wouldn't say I'm mr morals. But yeah I don't like Steeves.
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Post by phillymike on Feb 6, 2014 9:16:20 GMT -6
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Post by The Unknown Poster on Feb 6, 2014 10:27:25 GMT -6
Katz and his admin are seemingly corrupt. Suing a student newspaper? What a class act Sammy is. He wont run again because he knows he will lose.
Between the City and the Province, we clearly have the most corrupt and unscrupulous government in Canada.
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Post by phillymike on Feb 6, 2014 16:33:53 GMT -6
See what they are trying to do with Hydro? If it was not for my family, I would be out of this province so quickly.
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Post by Ric O. on Feb 6, 2014 17:38:28 GMT -6
See what they are trying to do with Hydro? If it was not for my family, I would be out of this province so quickly. What's happening with Hydro?
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Post by phillymike on Feb 7, 2014 8:40:18 GMT -6
Hydro want's to spend extra 20+ billion expanding more damns and infrastructure, based on questionable energy need projections. Experts are saying projections are unrealistic, and the $$$ spent will eventually come from Manitoba Hydro customers, which will needlessly skyrocket our rates. If this was a private company, I could not see this going forward, but it's a provincial crown corporation. We all know how fiscally responsible the crown corporations are with our money.
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Post by USApegger on Feb 7, 2014 9:00:26 GMT -6
See what they are trying to do with Hydro? If it was not for my family, I would be out of this province so quickly. What's happening with Hydro? Really you haven't heard about Bipole III or any of the other dam expansion projects to sell power to the States that they don't want or need?
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Post by phillymike on Feb 7, 2014 9:43:20 GMT -6
www.winnipegsun.com/2013/10/28/filmon-schreyer-call-for-bipole-iii-review"Manitoba's entire provincial debt is $30 billion and yet, Hydro's proposal calls for spending another $34 billion," CTF prairie director Colin Craig said in a release. "That is by far the most costly and risky proposal in our province's history. If the plan flops, experts have suggested hydro rates could triple." I read an interview a few days ago, I can't remember where, or who it was, but it boiled down to this: Question: If this project fails the Manitoba public will be on the hook. Answer: Manitoba has one of the lowest rates in the country. IMO this will fail, and we will go from one of the lowest rates, to one of the highest. The total lack of responsibility or even caring about the consequences is sickening. This explains it in a nutshell. riskyhydroplan.wordpress.com
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Post by jetsorbust on Feb 7, 2014 13:30:10 GMT -6
Hydro want's to spend extra 20+ billion expanding more damns and infrastructure, based on questionable energy need projections. Experts are saying projections are unrealistic, and the $$$ spent will eventually come from Manitoba Hydro customers, which will needlessly skyrocket our rates. If this was a private company, I could not see this going forward, but it's a provincial crown corporation. We all know how fiscally responsible the crown corporations are with our money. I don't have a problem with building the dams. Sure, some experts are saying the projections are unrealistic but those are experts hired by various special interest groups who have largely already decided what they should do. Hydro's projections are based on the average of several, unbiased experts. To me, building dams that will last at least 100 years is a rare, forward-thinking decision. It's obviously a gamble, but one worth taking at least. I also think this is something Hydro truly feels is best, not just what the provincial government is forcing them to do. If you want to be upset with the NDP about Hydro though, the western route for Bipole 3 that costs at least a billion dollars more than Hydro's preferred route seems like a good reason to be angry.
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