Bob Gale
From the Niagara Falls Review:
For the first time in years, the Maid of the Mist will have to fend off competitors to hold onto the right to run boat tours in the Niagara River.
Ontario Tourism Minister Monique Smith announced Wednesday the Niagara Parks Commission will solicit competing bids from companies interested in leasing the property [...]
Continue reading about Province orders lease for Maids reopened
From the Niagara Falls Review:
It looks like any bid to get Bob Gale a second term on the Niagara Parks Commisison is almost out of gas.
Niagara’s own oil baron was sidelined from the government agency in February, when his three-year term expired. Now, after Friday’s reaffirmation by the commission of its 2008 decision to extend [...]
Continue reading about For Gale and the Parks, the divorce appears final
From the Niagara Falls Review:
The province has reappointed three Niagara Parks Commission members whose terms were ending -but not Bob Gale, the controversial member whose term expired in February.
“We wanted to make sure the board remained functional. We were concerned about that,” Ontario’s Tourism Minister Monique Smith said in an interview Tuesday.
Niagara Falls lawyer Italia [...]
Continue reading about Three Parks posts refilled -but no word on Gale’s spot
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Calling it “time to move on and get better,” Bob Gale dropped a second complaint about the Niagara Parks Commission he had filed with Ontario’s integrity commissioner in February.
“I am satisfied with the Integrity Commissioner’s report from earlier this week that the Niagara Parks Commission is on the right path to [...]
Continue reading about Gale drops second complaint against Niagara Parks Commission
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Fax machines were buzzing. The email inbox was overflowing. The spin cycle was in high gear.
You know the political stakes are high when The Review’s newsroom is ankle-deep in press releases. That was Monday morning after Ontario’s Integrity Commissioner Lynn Morrison took what she called the “unusual” step of publishing her [...]
Continue reading about Responses to integrity commissioner exercises in political spin
From the Niagara Falls Review:
It’s not over until Dalton McGuinty sings.
Ontario’s Premier should reappoint Niagara Falls businessman Bob Gale back to the Niagara Parks Commission, says city council.
“You hope a government appoints someone who will speak up,” said Coun. Carolynn Ioannoni, who commended Gale for his often public criticism of the commission.
City council voted 6-1 [...]
Continue reading about Give Gale another turn, councillors say
From the Niagara Falls Review:
No news is bad news, according to Bob Gale, who’s taking his lack of contact with the Ontario government as a sign they don’t want him back on the Niagara Parks Commission.
After a controversial three-year term, the Niagara Falls businessman sent an email to his supporters Tuesday night thanking them for [...]
Continue reading about Gale figures he’s through with parks commisson
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Bob Gale has filed a second complaint against Niagara Parks Commission Jim Williams, suggesting Williams is using that position to help his private consulting business. Williams called it “a ridiculous insinuation” and accused Gale of trying to create the impression he has done something wrong.
“He’s obviously looking for something to try [...]
Continue reading about Gale files second complaint against Williams
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Results of an investigation into the Niagara Parks Commission’s process for awarding contracts should be made public, says Bob Gale, the commissioner who complained to the Ontario Integrity Commissioner. But the rules might not allow it.
“I’m saying it damn well should be released,” Gale said in an interview this week about [...]
Continue reading about Results of NPC probe should be public, Gale says
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Niagara Falls businessman Bob Gale was interviewed for three-and-a-half hours last week as part of an ongoing investigation into a complaint he filed against the Niagara Parks Commission regarding its process for awarding contracts.
Gale, a member of the parks’ board, says he spoke to forensic investigators from the Ministry of Finance. [...]
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