Good luck to all candidates in all races. Each person deserves credit for making their lives public in order to serve.Mr. Shoemaker and several counsellors have taken some deserved criticism and a lot of undeserved criticism. There are so many things that municipal leaders simply cannot control, like the past two winters.Keep your minds open, citizens. Listen to what each candidate has to say. Don't listen to unfounded rumours. May we be served well.
I don't know why anyone would want to be on City Council. The insults, the incessant and ludicrous accusations of corruption, the ridiculous expectations! Nobody gets rich doing this and it's a lot harder than you think to be constantly accused of being at best incompetent and at worst things that aren't suitable for putting in print. I encourage all the keyboard warriors who constantly attack council to run for council or at least serve on a municipal board or committee. Get out from behind your keyboard, stop moaning, complaining, and attacking, and do something constructive. And one final...just because you see a lot of negative comments about mayor and council on Sootoday doesn't mean everyone in the city feels the same way. This is not a representative sample of the people of Sault Ste Marie.
Crossing in the United States is just a mistake. Period. I wouldn’t even go there if everything was free, want to bomb countries, and then expect NATO countries to clean it up after another failed war
"Damage claims can be filed when it’s believed negligent maintenance of municipal roads, sewers, or facilities has caused injury or damage to property." Does this not describe fhe condition of almost every road in the Soo, regardless of the season? The roads here have been neglected for so long it would be impossible for the city to catch up on it. Property taxes are among some of the highest in Ontario and yet nothing to show for it.
"Councillors authorized the road closure of Peoples Road from Penno Road to Third Line, including intersections, from May 1 to Nov. 27." - in what world does this make sense? That is a SEVEN MONTH closure short of a few days. Why do construction jobs take this long? They never used to - and they still don't take this long in other cities. Only in SSM!