tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post1644413731128465760..comments2023-06-14T05:57:07.364-04:00Comments on THE STRAND BLOG: PASSERO DIVES INTO THE DEEP ENDAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16495038420778835026noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-54396249735077638862015-04-26T20:15:25.076-04:002015-04-26T20:15:25.076-04:00Can someone please tell me why the $200 filing fee...Can someone please tell me why the $200 filing fee was not mentioned on this financial statement?? When I read above I see that it states expenses incurred over $10,000 must be accompanied by an auditors report? And IF I AM READING THIS CORRECTLY, adding that filing fee would I believe, trigger that audit needing to be done since the declared expenses add up to only about $14.00 short of 10 grand. If I am wrong, well, sorry...that explanation at the top is kind of confusing. observernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-51496943794705129492015-04-20T10:38:00.307-04:002015-04-20T10:38:00.307-04:00TruthBeTold, you order food items that you can'...TruthBeTold, you order food items that you can't see? SP, doesn't have a Web site, Brochures or even a Free FB site showing what he makes. How does one know what to order??23 Primehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530974008417413921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-83284918629888244562015-04-19T23:15:08.746-04:002015-04-19T23:15:08.746-04:00Curious from CB.... Maybe you should change your...Curious from CB.... Maybe you should change your name to "Nosey in CB.... how about you tell us your yearly income? Got any Investments? Did you inherit any money? How about we just stick to politics and leave personal lives out of these discussions. Also, as information... I have ordered cakes and tortes from SP..... He bakes to order and they are excellentTruthBeToldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-23995640748157306102015-04-19T21:43:42.521-04:002015-04-19T21:43:42.521-04:00If there are readers of this blog who attend JT...If there are readers of this blog who attend JT's "horsey love-ins" and havent been able to get any really profitable tips in the past.... well that must be really annoying, not to mention a real waste of money. Horse tips. That what falls out of the back end of a well starved runner after an inside close call. They drop turds, you drop your money. Always there are those who would pick up after you and leave the track employees to pick up the other. Horse tips? Without losers, that place would be a distant memory by now. Except for a few well paid employees (a very few) who dont need to bet, they already had a sure thing with this latest gift from the frightened towns council. JT And Crew to finish. A $750 bet on this bunch of insiders will pay off big time. Ask Stpiss how that worked out.H. Tradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-31867231691505185962015-04-19T18:58:58.987-04:002015-04-19T18:58:58.987-04:00If any of the track insiders have tips (after all ...If any of the track insiders have tips (after all it is their job and theyre sure to have some insight the average track goer wouldnt have) maybe they drop a few names before post time to selected friends and the race is on. How could they not have an edge? The whole horse race game has been dirty for years in ways most non track goers couldnt imagine. And for the development of this insight the town pays a lot of monet to those people. They even threw in another $500,000 of our tax money when the track was getting...what was it?...$6,500,000 from the "province" as some sort of fund to the "industry"? Another half million from this towns tax base? As JT would laugh and say.."it never hurts to ask". And it didnt. Except the bottom line for the towns already stretched budget. Makes one wonder what does that group of tax suckers have on the members of our council that they would vote for such a needless gift? Its early and lets hope the truth comes out.John AMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-40071174485720429602015-04-19T13:27:51.282-04:002015-04-19T13:27:51.282-04:00A point of interest, in most families in this day ...A point of interest, in most families in this day and age it takes two incomes to survive, perhaps the better half, has an out of town lucrative job, the $12,000 dollars from serving on council , one third of it ,is tax free. The ''Steve" does volunteer for Bingos on behalf of the Bridgeburg BIA. for that he deserves a pass, but we do have lot's of questions about this pool. Also this court case brought by him against the "4" including Doug Martin and Tim Whitfield is still out there.!!Porgeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-70357002309096855822015-04-19T10:53:22.084-04:002015-04-19T10:53:22.084-04:00Well said Wow. We hoped an election would solve th...Well said Wow. We hoped an election would solve the battlegrounds of the Eastenders but the new Council already has fallen into disfavor....And Rightfully So.<br />Perhaps hauling the whole bunch of them in front of Dr Phil to resolve their differences with an intervention is the only recourse left now. The new Council had better get over themselves and start representing We The People and stop catering to the Racetrack Boss or Dr Phil might be needed to straighten that misbegotten bunch of five out. Howienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-72085061200061579672015-04-19T10:01:49.323-04:002015-04-19T10:01:49.323-04:00I apologized about the cookies. Do you know if th...I apologized about the cookies. Do you know if that business still exists after closing the store at the Garrison strip mall? He states he is running a business - if true than fine, if not than there is a ethic issue! 23 Primehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530974008417413921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-57368557592675142912015-04-19T07:53:44.748-04:002015-04-19T07:53:44.748-04:00Not to insinuate anything but how can a young man ...Not to insinuate anything but how can a young man live on only 12,000 a year?<br />Own a house with a spouse, pay utilities, mortgage, insurance etc, drive a car pay insurance, put gas in the car to attend all the municipal functions, cell phone & internet & the list for basics goes on & on. So where is S. P. additional income coming from it is certainly not a part time bakery? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-23151923332836118752015-04-18T23:15:36.030-04:002015-04-18T23:15:36.030-04:00Also, while I also don't think much of Passero...Also, while I also don't think much of Passero, criticizing his personal business seems to stoop to the level of the ninjackasses. A job is a job in this town and the way he supports his family is his business. The reality is that the majority of politicians don't enter politics because they are overly educated or successful in business, but at least they are making an effort, regardless if we agree with it or not. As he is a politician, stick to his politics.wow...noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-18096776533839634192015-04-18T23:01:31.678-04:002015-04-18T23:01:31.678-04:00What the hell is happening in this town? I have n...What the hell is happening in this town? I have never been so repulsed by a volunteer organization I once held in such high esteem. With every volunteer organization scrounging for funds and volunteers, I can't understand why a group like the kinsmen would let themselves be represented by individuals with such low moral fibre. Do they not have a code of conduct for their members? Sorry to the great work that many of their members do but my donations will no longer be going in their direction. I'm sickened by the childish behaviour of a few. Just because you volunteer your time (which I can respect), doesn't mean you can be a jackass the rest of your life. Needless to say, my company will be procuring our flooring contracts from outside of Fort Erie from now on! Well done!<br /><br />It is too bad that a few individuals, who I believe think they are actually doing something of value, are gradually ripping this community apart. Well done ninjackasses. Get your head out of your a$$es. If you honestly consider yourselves "journalists" and an asset to this town, opposed to the joke that everyone else see you as...then you truly have more problems than I thought.wow...noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-61959116021192985992015-04-18T20:44:46.829-04:002015-04-18T20:44:46.829-04:00I hail from Merry Olde England and Wales over the ...I hail from Merry Olde England and Wales over the pond, where, old schools are treated with a certain respect,, the original Yale located near Wrexham North wales is smaller than Ridgeway School, and kind of plain. Thomas Jefferson of a Welsh background founded Yale in New England, based on that little school, my brother-in Law used to teach German there and took his students to Germany several times a year, Oxford, ,Cambridge and Eton, are centuries old schools, yet there is a loyalty to those old buildings , if anybody tried to demolish them, there would be a revolution. This Town Council reveres a stagnant old pool but a School that has a certain character is given the death sentence. Luddites, all of them, off with their heads.!!Porgeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-37449880707557848182015-04-18T14:02:05.801-04:002015-04-18T14:02:05.801-04:00They all went for the fake "Ridgeway Heritage...They all went for the fake "Ridgeway Heritage" structure along the trail near the downtown, The outdoor market still needs tent awnings on a rainy day. The whole thing is so misengineered when it comes to spending money for public services its painful to look at. Heritage structures? With a bunch of hockey nuts in charge? A new museum at the rink for local historic sport has beens? Theres heritage and theres has beens. You can see the thinking on this one. That ship has sailed never to be seen again most likely.Bob Sandersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-87567073282838548852015-04-18T09:03:11.242-04:002015-04-18T09:03:11.242-04:00Don't hold your breath regarding that pool.Don't hold your breath regarding that pool.an observernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-24841059571360666002015-04-18T07:57:33.567-04:002015-04-18T07:57:33.567-04:00Not to hijack this train of thought but it does in...Not to hijack this train of thought but it does involve switch hitter Steve to a lesser extent as he voted for it..........anyone want to weigh in on the complete short sighted waste of a fine historic building with the Ridgeway Public School. What's wrong with upgrading it and preserving it for future generations to gain some sort of appreciation for our past. It's only 10 million $$$ by the way now add to that the 17 million on the new high school leaving by the way 4 very large empty buildings in their wake when it's over(2 high schools and 2 public schools gathering dust).<br /><br />Intelligent thought is rare around these parts on the best of days so I'm hoping for a little here.......anyone?? Ward 4 certainly didn't get any help from their so called voice at council as it doesn't jive with her agenda(is this more politically correct Madam Editor??) Or are we to sit idly by and watch a repeat of what we are so noted for, stupidity and self serving waste of the insider few.<br /><br /> Hey don't don't get mad a t me for stating the obvious, this town pays King Jimmy 6 plus digits a year(that's over 100,000$$$ big ones people) to call us stupid in his annual council "performance" and Mayor Red says we have to work on our reputation.as well. I guess because King JImmy owns this council, he can say and charge whatever he wants and his minions will do little to inject any intelligence into this destruction of a fine historic building or the waste of 27 million $$$$$$. <br /><br /> As an aside, that very large number has a few snouts thinking they might be pigging out at the wrong public trough. Fort Smart we're not....CorruptionFighternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-88532724020451369412015-04-17T22:25:05.806-04:002015-04-17T22:25:05.806-04:00I wonder just how much money was ever raised towar...I wonder just how much money was ever raised towards a new pool, supposedly the fund gathering started in 2007 and 2011 Stephen Passero, took over fund raising according to newspaper clippings, that is over 8 years of collecting, the Under water Recovery Unit, has ran bingo's, as I spend up to two days at the Bingo Hall as a volunteer,( Underwater Recovery) seems like a very apt name to me. So where did all of this money go, and who has it ??? Ninja Greggers say we the public, have a right to know.??Porgeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-79274421777255552332015-04-17T20:46:05.177-04:002015-04-17T20:46:05.177-04:00If it were a private pool, the by-law officers wou...If it were a private pool, the by-law officers would have been out a long time ago and the owner ordered to clean up or fill it in.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495038420778835026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-90006968848166247382015-04-17T20:35:26.226-04:002015-04-17T20:35:26.226-04:00Maybe using the underwater recovery people is the ...Maybe using the underwater recovery people is the right idea, although what the clean up crew recovers from under that water (if they ever get to it) is probly not something you would want to touch without rubber gloves on. The roof of that place sure looks weak. Right next to the Central branch of the library system that gets almost $2 MILLION per year. Now doesent that just look like a match made in doggy heaven. There is sure to be a plea for money from he bottomless well of the towns coffers. How much money does it take to clean up this eyesore and replace that stinking water? How effin lazy has this town got? Trash bags and a pump needed, and soon. If that was someones private pool this would be done with no problem. Now that its a "town" property the whole thing is some local joke. And probly an expencive one too if past performances are any indication.John AMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-78773075939892142422015-04-17T17:55:21.043-04:002015-04-17T17:55:21.043-04:00Reversed the address - yes it's a residential ...Reversed the address - yes it's a residential address and it's not listed under the Passero's. Things that make one go HUMMMMMM.. The Guy can't find a job in the real world and wants to become a permanent system sucker. 23 Primehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530974008417413921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-91981110573028006672015-04-17T17:47:28.311-04:002015-04-17T17:47:28.311-04:00Went by the old Kinsmen pool today. Wouldnt really...Went by the old Kinsmen pool today. Wouldnt really know that anything is going on there by any means. Still old rotten garbage and leaves in standing water at the lowest level of the entranceway. Old branches on the pool deck and the old tub still half filled with dark water. Really no sign of anything going on. Is someone waiting for someone to blow a whistle to start up even the most basic of clean ups? Dont take my word for it. A couple of kids yelled over my way "Im not that crazy" while I was looking in. Hmmm...maybe they know something we dont. Anyway see for yourselves if you dont believe me. Hefty bags anyone??Earl Johnsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-80979034825128421322015-04-17T12:36:40.827-04:002015-04-17T12:36:40.827-04:00You are right. Inspection report HERE
Is that his...You are right. Inspection report <a href="https://www.niagararegion.ca/living/health_wellness/inspect/infodine/inspection-results.aspx?id=F11E08E1-1E2E-4F7E-B1CB-50917ACAF8AD&name=Pastries+Rene+-+Bakery&type=infodine&city=1&servicetype=Bakery+-Production&cityname=Fort+Erie" rel="nofollow">HERE</a><br /><br />Is that his grandmother's house?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495038420778835026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-89489452631342847132015-04-17T12:26:42.386-04:002015-04-17T12:26:42.386-04:00Better check the facts before making false allegat...Better check the facts before making false allegations. Niagarahealth site shows inspection was last done Feb 2015. Time to recant the statement and make an apology.TruthBeToldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-57594149946276582882015-04-17T12:19:41.895-04:002015-04-17T12:19:41.895-04:00Even more shocking, how does a man with no job bec...Even more shocking, how does a man with no job become elected to municipal council? A few of our councillors came right from the unemployment line. embarrassing Bill Tealnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-89565968734914910712015-04-17T11:08:33.658-04:002015-04-17T11:08:33.658-04:00The last time the business was inspected, it was l...The last time the business was inspected, it was located on Gilmore Road. That was a few years ago. Seems that someone is receiving preferential treatment when other businesses are inspected and cited for minor infractions. How does a man who does not own a viable business get to remain on the Chamber of Commerce and the Bridgeburg BIA? <br /><br />As we all should know: there are different "rules" for some while the rest must jump through hoops to survive in business. One well-known developer bragged that he "could get anything he wanted in Fort Erie for the right price." <br />Sadly, that is still true and will be for at least four more years with the present council.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16495038420778835026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734542855080671064.post-12750163880757730702015-04-17T11:01:42.024-04:002015-04-17T11:01:42.024-04:00One has to NOT wonder, Why don't the Ninga'...One has to NOT wonder, Why don't the Ninga's don't post the Regional Inspections Records for Passero's imaginary pastry business. Can anyone find any info on that business since it closed it's doors at the strip mall? I just remember the cookies tasted as though they had been frozen for a long time before being served. 23 Primehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530974008417413921noreply@blogger.com