| The Crystal Beach STRAND page five |
| Comment in the Blog. Click HERE. |
| SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION RACE TRACK SCHEME |
| CURRENT OWNER NORDIC GAMES |
| BUYER: EDTC JIM THIBERT |
| MAYOR: DOUG MARTIN |
| AGENT: JOHN PALUMBO Real Estate Broker Century 21 |
| FORMER BOARD MEMBER: PBA (Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority) (Conservative) |
| ANTHONY ANNUNZIATA Chairman, PBA |
| CATHY DENNAHOWER BOARD MEMBER |
| Brought from Elliot Lake by former Fort Erie CAO KEN ZURBY |
| MANAGER: Fort Erie Unemployment Office |
| GENERAL MANAGER: Fort Erie EDTC |
| ASSISTANT MANAGER: Fort Erie EDTC ANTHONY ANNUNZIATA |
| ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER: Casino Niagara |
| GENERAL MANAGER: Casino Niagara ANTHONY ANNUNZIATA |
| GENERAL MANAGER: WINTERFEST |
| CHAIR: Winterfest CATHY DENNAHOWER (Conservative) |
| ANNA ANNUNZIATA Assistant to: ROB NICHOLSON, M.P. (Conservative) |
| COUNCILLOR WARD 1: SANDY ANNUNZIATA (Son of ANNA; Brother of ANTHONY) (Conservative) |
| This is a very incomplete chart of how interrelated many in Fort Erie's "Old Guard" really are. Many went to school together - or played hockey together - or are related. They take care of each other. Read between the lines and connections and see why the scheme to buy the race track has a certain odour of greed. There is nothing new about this. This type of politics has been the norm in Fort Erie for several decades. This is why the "buying" of the race track for almost double its actual value is very suspicious. The real estate broker's cut of this deal could be around $3 million; the $2 million from the province for the resort-to-nowhere last year is still unaccounted for and the town will pledge $1 million of slot money to keep the race track afloat. PREDICTION: Not going to happen. The province isn't that stupid. If, by chance, it does happen, the track will limp along for one or two more seasons and the land will be sold to a developer - which it the purpose of this whole scheme to begin with. Don't you get it yet? A couple of old cronies are going to walk away from this "deal" with millions while the taxpayers finance a lost cause. |
| STILL HAS AT LEAST $1.5 MILLION LEFT FROM PROVINCIAL MONEY FOR RESORT THAT WAS SHELVED |
| HIGHLIGHTS OF EMPLOYMENT |