I Double-dare Ya

Wow that Mayor of ours is one tough dude. I double-dared him to sue the Feds in my BLOG yesterday as you may recall and the guy one-upped me. Here is the short article from the Star today in case you blinked and missed it:

• "Explain border plan: Mayor
  Published: Tuesday, September 12, 2006
  
  The binational study group responsible for Windsor's third border crossing should explain their plans directly to the residents who will be affected by them, says the city's mayor.
  
  At a city council meeting on Monday, Mayor Eddie Francis said a letter he plans to send to the Detroit River International Crossing project will include a request for direct correspondence to all those who live in the proposed expansion area of the Huron Church Road corridor.
  
  "We're suggesting that the people should be contacted now," Francis said. "That's a wide swath with severe impacts.... At the very minimum, I think all the residents in that area should be contacted directly by DRIC."
  
  Francis said DRIC are already in the process of an environmental assessment of their final plan. He has previously said the city would resort to legal action if the group pushes ahead with the highway option."
  
  

Whew, we heard about the Letter he is "planning" to send. After all of this time, you might have thought he actually would have had the Letter written by now. But he is probably drafting a "very detailed" response.

And he wants DRIC not just to respond but to respond "directly." Now that is tough talk. An "indirect" response is not good enough for Windsorites! And how is this to be done---by "correspondence." Thousands and thousands of standard form letters would be mailed out I assume. Not third class mail addressed "To Resident" or by flyer hand delivered presumably but by first class mail with the residents' names on them I guess. Wow will DRIC ever have to work hard licking those envelopes and putting stamps on to meet the Mayor's requirements.

The one thing I am disappointed in is that the Mayor will not "demand" the direct correspondence but will merely "request" it. It's not the time to show mercy Mayor. Finish them off. Show us that killer instinct of yours.

Now before anyone gets too angry at the Federal level, it's only a "suggestion." Seriously, if this toughness is what Windsor is depending on for its future.......