Winnipeg’s leading public affairs podcast returns for Episode 18 with some Easter, Passover and shopping laws talk- and we mark an important anniversary from our Kick-FM heyday.
8:40 The Moving on Marion debacle, Part 4 – hear the feedback from St. Boniface after our YouTube series.
“What’s all the fuss about?” replied a bike lane acolyte. Well, there’s the total failure of “public consultation” AGAIN for new bike lanes on Marion and Goulet and the exclusion of dozens of owners of the area’s shoppes and services, who already deal with a parking squeeze. Listen to a message from one owner proving how the fix is STILL in at City Hall for the bike lobby- “same M.O.” as 2010, says Spirited Kenny.
Marty interviewed a Marion St. homeowner who is losing frontage under the plan. She got a registered letter to attend a Feb. 28 meeting held by the project consultants and holds nothing back about the experiences of her and her neighbours- “it was a shit show.”
Invitations were apparently sent to only a few of the affected properties. One goal was to gather feedback on how the plan “will change your experiences with the area” for further use at the Open House. She asked what about the effect on our taxes? “We never thought about that” She concurs the entire Marion process is “a farce”.
Others representing St. B neighborhoods like Happyland Park objected at the meeting but their feedback had no influence at all, based on what was presented 2 weeks later to the public. As Kenny explains, “They aren’t inviting people and they aren’t answering questions?” (We’ve identified a dozen businesses on one single block left out.)
The homeowner echoed questions about the grossly under-used Eugenie bike path and adamantly stated:
“The Biz should have been more notified than us.. taking away parking now? That’s rIdiculous!”
“They got screwed over- big time – by not being able to attend these meetings and voice their opinions.”
Her prediction– reducing parking spaces will devastate the St. Boniface shopping district.
Marty has a brief update from the Norwood Grove Biz which contradicts the Open House claim that the organization endorses the Moving on Marion plan. Hear the homeowner lay the blame for the dirty dealings squarely on St. Boniface councilor Matt Allard, and what his successor as Public Works chair Janice Lukes needs to do to unwind “the big mess” he started:
“Somebodies lying, who is it? She needs to have a meeting with the businesses around here and the residents and come clean.” Guess who else she thinks should be there?
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42:15 Part 2 – Why the recent investigation reports are among our most popular episodes -because nobody else on the local media stands up for small businesses and property owners.
48:50 What 2 words did the media leave out of their update on a dangerous abandoned Manitoba Housing complex downtown?
Word games are played by newsrooms and far-left inner city academics to conceal the waste of tax dollars and to protect careers. Wonder why provincial officials aren’t held responsible the way private landowners would? How are there no records of when security patrols visit the site? We challenge a city councilor to prove that if restored, it will be safe enough for Ukrainian refugees to move into.
57:50 The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is at the forefront of irresponsible race-hustlers in Winnipeg who claimed without a shred of proof -and still haven’t retracted the falsehood -that Linda Beardy was a ‘victim of genocide’.We review how a local racism columnist also tried to blame society for her death in a dumpster, and why his attempt to pump up that narrative is losing ground.
Read a sharp analysis at https://melanson.substack.com/p/when-narrative-writes-its-own-scripts/comment/14367935
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