Last Tuesday evening there was a very important councillors meeting in ward 4. It was organized by ward councillors Ken Lewenza Jr. and Bill Marra and publicized several weeks in advance. It was announced in council and the Windsor Star had full knowledge of it. Local bloggers waited for the event. Many were in attendance to gather information for their web sites. This very important news event almost didn't happen though. At least that's what your local newspaper tried to make you to believe.
The Windsor Star made one of their signature pro city administration editorial plays by not reporting the ward meeting at all. Their mission is simple. Make it a non-event. It didn't happen because the Star didn't say it did. In a town that depends upon the printed word for it's news, no matter how bruised, this was a very cheap move. On the other hand it proves beyond any doubt that the Star's editorial board has been lying all along about their cozy connection to City Hall.
As it turns out Ken Lewenza Jr. had a lot to say and he had a lot to back up his words. Important information damning the way our council and Mayor squandered 101 days for a strike which should have ended neatly and quickly. Information about how the strike settlement ended up costing Windsor tax payers much more than it should have. The Windsor Star didn't report or publish the event because they have made it their job to run block for this Mayor and council. The Star also hid the event because it was equally damning of them for all of the cover ups and pro admistration blather they pumped out during the strike. They are obviously still at it.
Bloggers filled in for the main stream. They interviewed, reported, recorded and filmed the entire ward meeting and now they are in the process of getting the news out to Windsorites as fast and effectively as they can. It won't be easy because they do not have the ready reach that a newspaper has but they will accomplish that task even if it means requesting their readers to take the news viral.
It's been just short of one week since the ward meeting took place and bloggers have been busy. They are just starting to scratch the surface of the ward meetings content. The Windsor Star failed it's readers by not reporting the event. Whats worse is that they did it purely to uphold a manipulated truth. They just gave local bloggers a very important inch.
These are the blogs you have to visit if you want to read a transcript of the ward meeting or if you want to see the video clip. Please be sure to read the current posts and the back posts and make sure to e-mail the links to everyone in your address book. Blogging is one big conversation. Talk it up.
November 15, 2009
The Windsor Star That Wasn't
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re: Windsor Star that wasn't.
This was your best blog yet. Sending to everyone i know. Thank you MOM.
ps ... Love the headlines ... now why can't the WS write like that ... just imagine the papers they would sell!
Hey MoM,
You almost had me believing that the Star finally wrote something about the meeting...until I spied that Ed had been appointed to the Editorship. Very nice.
LOS
The Star is at it again today. Vander Doelen is pnching CUPE below the belt and demonizing them in general. Comments about where they live etc. If he wants 3rd party garbage pick up he better be prepared to pay more because the Waste Management industry is known to gauge.
The Mayor and his henchmen are not fooling anyone but themselves.
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