It looks like things just got a little hotter at the Region. With many questions surrounding Regional Council, the latest development in the CAO hiring saga is that Niagara Falls City Council passed a motion asking D’Angelo to step down.
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Nothing to do this Saturday night? Well come on down… downtown that is, where Main Street will be closed for a Summer Street Party to raise support for West Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
Photo Credit: Julie Jocsak/ St. Catharines Standard
The Standard recently published an article on the Aleafia medical marijuana facility in Grimsby (378 South Service Road) that we first covered on our site in July. You can find our previous posts by clicking this link.
Grant LaFleche of The Standard published another great article on the “inside help” that Niagara Region’s CAO, Carmen D’Angelo, received as he was applying for that very same position. It appears that he received assistance right from a staffer in Regional Chairman Caslin’s office. The Regional Chair was also on the “selection committee”.
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While much of the talk of “development” in Grimsby has been focused on the West End, the East End of town has been receiving attention on a quieter note in the form of the “Hospital Corridor” Secondary Plan.
For those who have been following the debate over 33 Victoria Terrace, we have an update for you. Following some closed session meetings at Council and the Heritage Committee, the Town has officially published a “Notice of Intention to Designate” (NOID) for the property in Grimsby Beach.
While most of us aren’t fond of surveys, we hope many of our readers will participate in the Region’s “Shape Niagara” survey. This survey is part of the public input process to develop “a new Council strategic plan for 2019-2022”.
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Niagara This Week featured a personal piece with Mayor Bentley or “Mayor Bob” as he prefers to be called and his decision to not seek re-election to Grimsby’s Mayoral seat. With new additions to his family and many years in the public spotlight, we can certainly understand his decision.
With the List of Official Candidates now certified, it appears that Regional Council has found themselves in a “lame duck” situation. With a little less than the 75% of the current Regional Council vying to return to the Chambers, the Region now has a lame duck Council.
Photo Credit: Jule Jocsak/The Standard
After being raked over the coals by the Ombudsman over the illegal seizure and ejection of media from a meeting last year, Regional Council looks like it’s trying to make amends. Did we mention it’s election season?