Tag: Doug Sartori
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Rose City Politics: It Looks an Awful Lot Like Hypocrisy
Doug dives into local employment data and we talk what it means, Windsor Police are back at council meetings, & Mayor Dilkens accuses WECHU of Bait and Switch in CTS compromise.
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Rose City Politics: White People Shit
The panel discusses Windsor’s agency, board & committee appointments & public, media & political response, & “Carry on Kiemia” & “For Your Consideration”.
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Rose City Politics: Turbo and the Baconator
The panel reviews the fallout from Councillor Agostino’s CTS motion, a possible anti-panhandling bylaw, and Transit Windsor buses running at capacity.
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Rose City Politics: Live from Maiden Lane: Mostly Gristle
The panel talk about panhandling bylaw proposal, Consumption & Treatment Site rescind motion, & Windsor Police Services Board of Directors composition.
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Rose City Politics: Powered by Millennial Rage
Doug, Don, Jon, Melinda & Kiemia talk about the Windsor’s digital modernization consultation, the Capital Power gas plant issue, and a school naming policy report for the public school board.
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RCP in BIZ X: State of the City: 2022 Retrospective
For January 2022, three of the panelists take a look backwards, rather than forward, to provide a retrospective on 2022 before moving ahead to what 2023 will bring.
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Rose City Politics: The Marvelous Ms. Munro
New regular panelist Melinda Munro joins Kiemia, Jon, Don, and Doug this week. Kiemia walks us through the upcoming Council agenda and the panel discusses the process, substance and politics of the 2023 City Budget based on initial reports. Add a couple of For Your Consideration items and you’ve got a show.
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Dan MacDonald Show: JAN 10, 2023
Boris Bytensky on Canadian bail rules; Steve Bell on Windsor Spitfires acquiring Shane Wright; Doug Sartori on Kindergarteners coding fundamentals; Maria Derubeis, Relationship Advice.
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Rose City Politics: Reeve of the Wasteland
Rose City Politics discuss the auto industry and Windsor’s economy, Project Arrow, Invest Windsor-Essex’s agenda for 2023 and a scuffle between APMA and the Mayor’s office over the 2022 Ambassador Bridge blockade.
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Rose City Politics: 2022 YEAR IN REVIEW
Doug and Jon did a rundown of the TOP 10 listened to episodes of ROSE CITY POLITICS for 2022 (from lowest to highest). Rose City Politics is brought to you with the kind support of LiUNA Local 625: Building Better Communities. Support the show on Patreon.com/RoseCityPolitics. Find us in print in Biz X Magazine, online […]
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Rose City Politics: Fill em’ Up with Coney Dogs
Jon, Don, and Doug are joined by Raheem Younes, owner and founder of RaheemCo, to talk about his participation in the new Southwestern Ontario Black Entrepeneurship Network. Later, we talk about the Mayor’s trip to South Korea and riff on auto industry matters.
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RCP SHOW: Carry On, Kiemia
Kiemia Rezagian hosts a new segment, Carry on Kiemia, about the upcoming city council agenda, the panel discusses a GECDSB policy proposal to require new books be publicized before circulation, & Windsor ranked BEST of the WORST cities for commuting to work via sustainable transportation.
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RCP SHOW: Shit Sucks, But It’s Not Your Fault
Jon and Doug chat about the megahospital construction timeline, a photograph of Mayor Dilkens that has surfaced and raised eyebrows online, the new County Warden, and more.
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BIZ X Magazine: Ta-da! Windsor’s New City Council Has Been Decided
Rose City Politics outlines what the priorities of the next city council should be.
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RCP SHOW: Tune out the Pundits
Don, Jon and Doug dive deep into the 2022 Windsor election results & POST MORTEM; 3 New Councillors; Councillors that got more than 50%; Data analysis + accessibility issues; How Holt won most weeks yet lost the election; Mayor Dilkens says to tune out the…pundits?
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BIZ X Magazine: New City Council Priorities
Rose City Politics outlines what the priorities of the next city council should be.
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AM800: ELECTION ROUNDTABLE
Rose City Politics was invited by AM800 CKLW’s Dan MacDonald to talk about the 2022 Windsor Municipal Election.
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RCP SHOW: Chamber of Commerce Mayoral Debate Recap and Analysis
Doug and Jon recap and review the discussion at this week’s Mayoral debate hosted by the Windsor-Essex Chamber of Commerce. Rose City Politics is brought to you with the kind support of LiUNA Local 625: Building Better Communities. Support the show at Patreon.com/RoseCityPolitics.
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RCP SHOW: Detroit River Shark Watch
Don, Jon and Doug are on board tonight for our usual election time segments: Ward 9 Die Roller, This Week in The Mayor’s Race, This Week in Council Races, and Election Tips. Rose City Politics is brought to you with the kind support of LiUNA Local 625: Building Better Communities. Support the show on Patreon.com/RoseCityPolitics. […]
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RCP SHOW: ZuuZuu & Escobar
Don, Jon and Doug are joined by WindsorOntario subreddit moderator “ZuuZuu” to talk about their coverage of the municipal election, Die Roller lands on Ward 1, This Week in The Mayor’s Race, a discussion on press releases and earned media for ward candidates, and For Your Consideration. Rose City Politics is brought to you with […]
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RCP SHOW: Don Makes it Creepy
Don, Jon and Doug talk about Mayor Dilkens’ health care announcement, break down municipal candidate sign wars, plus the Die Roller dictates we analyze Ward 8, and For Your Consideration. Rose City Politics is brought to you with the kind support of LiUNA Local 625: Building Better Communities. Support the show at Patreon.com/RoseCityPolitics. Find us […]
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RCP Show: Know Your Ward with Frazier Fathers
Guest panelist Frazier Fathers joins Don, Jon and Doug to talk about the demography of Windsor’s wards, Die Roller decides on Ward 7, federal electoral district changes in Windsor-Essex, and the lawsuit filed by fired unvaccinated city workers. Rose City Politics is brought to you with the kind support of LiUNA Local 625: Building Better […]
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BIZ X Magazine: WINDSOR 2022 ELECTION
For September 2022, the Rose City Politics panel asks Biz X readers if they know who they are voting for and why? With the municipal election next month (October 24, 2022), now is the time to take stock of the candidates and issues before you head to the polls. Jon Liedtke Windsor has a municipal election shaping […]
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RCP Show: Back Door to the City
Jon, Don and Doug roll the Die Roller and break down Ward 10, review the reaction from municipalities to the province’s proposed strong mayor powers, and talk about eyebrow-raising municipal honours in Windsor. Rose City Politics is brought to you with the kind support of LiUNA Local 625: Building Better Communities. We appear monthly in […]
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RCP Show: Dungeons and Dragons and Driving
Don, Jon and Doug try out a new segment called Die Roller and analyze Ward 4, and talk about the debate around Mayoral Candidate Chris Holt’s Vision Zero policy announcement. Rose City Politics is brought to you with the kind support of LiUNA Local 625: Building Better Communities. Read our stuff at BizXMagazine.Com and RoseCityPolitics.ca. […]
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THE SHIFT – Aug 19, 2022
Jon Liedtke fills in for Patty Handysides on The Shift. Doug Sartori (Rose City Politics) joins to talk about the upcoming election and council nominations.
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BIZ X MAGAZINE: Summer in the City
Summer is a glorious season in Windsor for residents, and for our Summer 2022 Biz X Magazine column, the Rose City Politics panel opines on what Windsor can do to make summer living better?
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LIVE AND LOCAL – June 25, 2022
Guest host Jon Liedtke is joined by Doug Sartori from Rose City Politics to talk about the possibility of decreasing the number of polling stations.
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BIZ X MAGAZINE: Here’s what Ontario’s next government should focus on
For June, the Rose City Politics panel opines on the provincial election and what the next government must focus on. The election’s over and it’s time for the government to get to solving the problems. Rose City Politics tells you what the government needs to focus on post-election. There are numerous issues the next government […]
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BIZ X MAGAZINE: Windsor’s EV Battery Plant
For May 2022, the Rose Rose City Politics panel opines on the recently announced Stellantis-LG EV battery plant and what it means for Windsor Essex. First 2500 jobs. Now 3200 jobs. The potential of up to 15,000 spinoff jobs. An entirely new supply chain. Economic diversification this is not, but it is great, necessary, and […]
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BIZ X MAGAZINE: War on Auto or Bikes?
The snow is melting, and with that comes hidden potholes and an annual conversation: cars versus bikes. Rose City Politics dives into the war on cars…or bikes. Jon Liedtke: Cars Rule & Bikes Drool! Or is it Bikes Rule & Cars Drool? Oh the annual conversation, so tired, so outdated, so BORING. We all want […]
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Dan MacDonald Show: March 18, 2022
Guest Host Jon Liedtke is joined by Rose City Politics panelists Doug Sartori and Don Merrifield.
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BIZ X MAGAZINE: Windsor’s Council Compensation Review Committee
The City of Windsor’s Council Compensation Review Committee reviews remuneration/compensation and benefits paid to the Mayor and City Councillors, as well as equipment and staffing resources, with a mandate to make recommendations which would come into effect January 1, 2023 for the new term of Council. Rose City Politics dives into city councillor and mayor […]
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AM800 CKLW: DAN MACDONALD SHOW: CITY BUILDING: A 2-ELECTION YEAR AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR CITY BUILDING
Why it’s so important to engage in both! Interview: Kiemia Rezagian – community organizer & advocate Interview: Doug Sartori – Panelist on Rose City Politics Listen to the interview on AM800 CKLW HERE
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BIZ X MAGAZINE: 2021 City Council Report Card
The year is 2022. The next municipal election in Windsor is scheduled for October 24. Do you know what your elected representatives’ grades are? In this piece the Rose City Politics panel grades our elected representatives on their performance over the past year leading into the next Windsor election. Ward 1: Fred Francis Don Merrifield […]
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BIZ X MAGAZINE: Festival Plaza Development and Completion
For November and December, the Rose Rose City Politics panel opines on the proposed redevelopment and completion of the riverfront festival plaza: Finish the damn plaza. For those who know me, it shouldn’t come as a surprise I support finishing festival plaza as presented, complete with translucent canopy and all. My parents Sheryl Davies and […]
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BIZ X MAGAZINE: International Podcast Day
September 30 is “International Podcast Day” and Biz X Magazine’s Joe McParland recognized what’s been going on in the local podcast scene.
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BIZ X MAGAZINE: How should Windsor prepare for population growth projected by StatCan?
For September 2021, the Rose Rose City Politics panel answers “How should Windsor prepare for population growth as projected by Statistics Canada?”: With up to 35 per cent population growth projected for both Windsor and Essex County over the next 25 years by the Ontario Ministry of Finance, Windsor needs to deal with being a […]
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BIZ X MAGAZINE: What Can and Should the Municipal Government do Post-Covid19?
here are many different strategies that governments of all levels will take to deal with the impacts of Covid-19. Windsor City Council is tasked with coming up with a strategy for all Windsorites.
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BIZ X MAGAZINE: The City of Windsor New Economic Diversification Strategy
For March 2021, the Rose Rose City Politics panel opines on the Windsor City Council endorsement of the Public First report on economic diversification, with recommendations to come from administration on implementation. The City of Windsor has seen many economic diversification strategies over the years and the Rose City Politics panel (each in their own individual opinions) breaks down what, if anything, is different about the situation now.
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BIZ X MAGAZINE: COVID-19 & the 2021 City of Windsor budget
This month, the Rose City Politics panel is considering how the City of Windsor should address the costs imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic in its 2021 budget. The year 2020 brought with it unexpected municipal expenses and revenue shortfalls and the Rose City Politics panel breaks down the situation.
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BLACKBURN NEWS: Popular downtown Windsor restaurant closing
On a Facebook post on Sunday, owner of Rino’s Kitchen Josh Fraser announced the restaurant will be closing at the end of January.
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Rose City Politics: 2020 Episode 1: A New Host
Tonight on the show, we welcome our new panelist, Jon Liedtke! We get to know his background in politics and then jump into a discussion on the last decade in Windsor. From there, news du jour on collecting DNA at the border and new business investments in the core. Listen to “2020 Episode I: A […]
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The Urbanite: The imaginary battlefield of Ingress
There’s a global war happening around us, all day, every day, being waged by two opposing factions the Enlightened and the Resistance and no one seems to notice.
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ourWindsor: HackForge seeks to enhance technical community through community collaboration
HackForge, a technical alliance which aims to foster creativity, enhance the technology sector and where resources are pooled for the benefit of participants, is steadily growing in both size and in terms of the projects undertaken.
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UWindsor Lance: Plugging in to plug the brain drain
HackForge, a hackerspacewill open at the Windsor Public Library central branch in the area formerly occupied by the Windsor Woodcarving Museum, later this month.