WE WON

By Joe Ingino Editor/Publisher ACCOMPLISHED WRITER/AUTHOR OF OVER 800,000 Published Columns in Canada and The United States “I live a dream in a nightmare world” Always Remember That The cosmic blueprint of your life was written in code across the sky at the moment you were born. Decode Your Life By Living It Without Regret or Sorrow. I know it may be a little premature to claim a win... but practice makes perfect... One thing for sure, good will always prevail over evil. The Good vs Bad complex has been with us both in society and within our own psychological being since the beginning of time. I call it a win for the people of Oshawa. Ever since we published that front page expose, with a huge ‘ZERO TOLERANCE’ sign as shown in the picture here. The city has dropped the automated message that warned of the same and possibly dropped the use of such exclusive, aggressive and anti-customer service. There are many positive changes that with your help we can achieve. We the people should always come first. Our city will change from and institution ran by staff. To a corporate entity ran by the CEO and his upper manager/board members. Primarily Mayor and council. We have to restructure. Regroup and develop a clear vision of where we are going to go. We will take back the OPUC. An entity that has ran away from the people of Oshawa. Our rates are out of reach for some. Yet, the board of management at the OPUC feels they can invest our money without consultation. WE THE PEOPLE OF OSHAWA OWN THE OPUC. We are over paying millions a year so that the OPUC can have reserves. So that then they can turn around and invest on whose authority? Our current mayor. Don’t think so. Doubt he knows where the OPUC is. WE THE PEOPLE OWN THE TRIBUTE CENTRE. Why are we forced to pay almost $650,000. a year to keep that place going? Was it not bad we wasted through the OPUC 50 million to erect one of southern Ontario biggest white elephant. But now we are forced to pay for the mistake of city official for upkeep and maintenance. I can assure you. That these are two of the many issues that we need to address quickly as out of those to entities we the people of Oshawa can save millions. Millions that can be used to create program for downtown business so that they may save on their hydro bill. Create program for those less fortunate and charge them according to what they can afford. No, in Oshawa we paint everyone with the same brush. Who gets hurt? You and I. As for the Tribute Centre. Let’s turn that into a cash cow or look at selling it. We don’t need a deficit of that king for years to come. What has the Centre management been doing all these years? Jobs, will be on the line. Produce or step aside and let someone who can get us out of the debt. NO MORE DEBT. NO MORE WASTE. NO MORE EXCUSES.