“It’s my motto to be gracious in victory and defeat . . . in this case I won,” deadpans Dr. David Wonham in resisting the final temptation to publicly […]
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Alan Halberstadt
Alan Halberstadt is a career journalist who served on Windsor City Council for 17 years before deciding not to run for re-election in 2014. Halberstadt believes all businesses share a common interest in how governments spend tax dollars. The emphasis of his columns is to expose and comment on the political gymnastics and taxation excesses of bureaucracies. As a former Windsor City Councillor he has a particular insight on how local municipal governments function or not. The opinions expressed by Halberstadt are not necessarily those of Biz X magazine or its advertisers.
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By the time you read this, Windsor City Council will have mitigated another embarrassing moment, the re-institution of onerous patio fees imposed on small restaurants encroaching on the city right […]
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Anyone who witnessed the City of Windsor’s agonizing December 21, 2015 one-day budget session will have a difficult time arguing against my cry to reform a process bordering on corruption. The session, to decide […]
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The debate over the location of the new $1.9 billion mega- hospital for Windsor- Essex soldiers on although there is no chance the selection will be undone, according to project headmaster David Musyj. By […]
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Sweetheart Cargo Hub Deal Exposed In The Big Reveal. by Alan Halberstadt “What a joke. It’s a crazy deal for taxpayers, period.” “In a nutshell, that’s a sweetheart deal. They […]