SOME FIESTA OSHAWA’S SILENT FIESTAS

SOME FIESTA OSHAWA’S SILENT FIESTAS B.A. Psychology Editor/Publisher Central Newspapers ACCOMPLISHED WRITER/AUTHOR OF OVER 800,000 Published Columns in Canada and The United States Have we not learned anything from Albert Einstein quote, “"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results,". Well, it appears not. The City of Oshawa has great potentials but unfortunately it has become Southern Ontario’s best kept secret. From the political in- fighting to the petty committees that have to vote on who will be turning the lights off or on. They lack direction, conviction and leadership as most of them have no clue what they are doing and the fact that they sit in a committee, it swells most of their heads to a new level of importance and along the way they loose the purpose of their role and become politicized. I have been in Oshawa for over 30 years and it has not changed and if anything it has got worst. The quality of life has deteriorated to the point that we have people living on our streets, crime and drug use at an all time high. Events such as fiesta, cars on main and the peony festival... all great events that could bring millions to the city. Unfortunately, flop after flop. Year after year. Do organizers not get it. Some have the gul to actually call flops a success as at times not only the local dignitaries and elected wanna be’s show up but the odd homeless, hooker and drug dealer may show up... and they claim this an overwhelming crowd. If I had won the Mayors seat. I would have turned the City of Oshawa in to a major marketing machine. Each event including, “Fiesta”. I would have found corporate sponsors and investors. I would have created programs where competition was judged by celebrity judges. I would have had a strong presentation across all media platforms including radio, newsprint and television not to mention social media. Social media in my expert opinion is becoming a media relic. Social media if for people that have little or no budget as it is cheap and anyone can get on social media. More elaborate professionally targeted social media is costly and out of range for many small businesses and most of these volunteer committees. Then what is the secret to Oshawa success. Create, using the current IT at the city a top notch media team. Releasing all kinds of promotional interest to all interested across the planet. Across all media. I would get rid of the corporate discrimination and corporate bias... I would eliminate patronage favoritism that is widely practiced at the city of Oshawa. Not one ad from the City to promote CANADA DAY. The most important day of the year next to Christmas. And these hypocrites are the same people that push down our throats Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.... These are the same people that cry publicly ‘That they care about local small businesses’. I say Malarkey. If they did then why is the City of Oshawa loosing businesses right left and center? Why is the quality of life in Oshawa at an all time low? There is no inclusion in Oshawa. They openly practice corporate discrimination and favoritism and EXCLUDE anyone that does not brown nose. Oshawa has to be the most discriminatory City in Durham. Look at their own City hall meetings. In-fighting. Petty arguments and no sign of corporate leadership or concern for the taxpayer. This is wrong. Let’s stop voting in the same old incumbents and expect change. Remember Einsteins observation and use common sense.