Full plate at the loony bin...

Those of you looking for fun-in-the-sun this week have a full plate before you.

Tonight's council meeting is full of all-out craziness. Well, maybe not all-out, but certifiably interesting to say the least. We have yet another well-intentioned Community Improvement Plan to occupy city hall's dusty shelves. It's too bad, because it looks like an excellent plan that the community of Little River Acres would benefit from tremendously. Then, we head on over to the alternative transportation department and their plans to increase bus fares while keeping their level of service at sub-standard. And then to top the night off, a nice little reminder to everyone exactly what sprawling development actually costs our city. Take a look at those astronomical numbers that we're paying out and then tell me that you support all these infrastructure improvements to the 'burbs that we cannot afford.

Then, if your Monday night extravaganza hasn't worn you out, head on over to the Fogolar Furlan Club on Wednesday to hear our favourite union-basher speak at the conference on the Housing & Automotive Perspective for Windsor & Essex County, hosted by the Greater Windsor Home Builders’ Association. Now, when the GWHBA says "Housing" - they means sprawl. So they are finally coming out of the sustainable development closet and hosting a conference on the automobile and sprawl-development with keynote speaker Dennis DesRosiers. From DesRosiers mouth...

"I have agreed to speak again this year to The Greater Windsor Home Builders’ Association Viewpoint 2008 conference on the Housing & Automotive Perspective for Windsor & Essex County. It is scheduled for Wednesday November 28, 2007. I will be updating the City of Windsor on the current state of the auto sector in the area and discussing the implications for auto workers in Windsor of the recently negotiated contracts in the US. Needless to say it is going to be a difficult labour year for Canada. I also plan on a deep dive into the "Windsor Issue" and will provide an outside perspective on some of the problems facing Windsor and their root causes and offering some thoughts as to what I think needs to be done to 'rescue' this region."

Goodie! Hang up your hat, Mayor Francis. Dennis DesRosiers to the rescue! The circus at the Fogolar starts at 1:00 pm. Don't worry, he promises "not to hold back anything"!