May 43 minLoss of Younger Citizens Met with Sucking and BlowingWhen it comes to doing more to attract and retain youth and young families, Fort Frances is paralyzed by contradictions in local civic...
Apr 262 minMunicipal Council and Board Remuneration for 2021At last night's meeting of Council, the Treasurer presented a report outlining the compensation paid to members of Council and local...
Apr 123 minMore Mayoral BullyingAt tonight’s meeting, Council officially received my March 30 resignation from 3 executive committees. I am no longer available to attend...
Mar 302 minLetter: Are You at the Table or on the Menu?An editorial which appeared in the March 23, 2022 edition of the Fort Frances Times made a number of statements about efforts to improve...
Mar 291 minHartlen Interviews Judson About Council RenewalOn March 25, 2022 I sat down with Caitlin Hartlen to talk about the upcoming municipal election and why change and renewal on Council is...
Mar 292 minCouncil Declines to Reconsider Tree PolicyAt tonight’s meeting of Council, I asked to have our municipal tree policy referred to committee for review and updating, following...
Mar 273 minWhat is a ‘Lame Duck’ Council?At recent meetings of council of the Town of Fort Frances, the prospect of entering a ‘lame duck’ phase later this year was discussed....
Mar 2015 minCouncil Adopts Flawed Report on Closed-Door MeetingOn January 10, 2022, Council of the Town of Fort Frances ["Town"] met in closed session (also called in-camera) to discuss an item of...
Mar 172 minCouncil Rejects Request for Letter of Support for Public Art ProjectAt Council’s meeting on Monday, March 14, it declined a request from Eric Keast, an Anishinaabe artist looking for a letter of support to...
Mar 173 minLetter: Council Blocks Removal of Barriers to Participation of Working-Age PeopleFollowing the events at the Council meeting of March 14, 2022 (which I wrote about here), I submitted the following letter to the editor...
Mar 156 minDavid Kircher is Lying, while Council Blocks the TruthIn January 2022, Council learned that Mayor June Caul illegally leaked a legal opinion to David Kircher, as part of a months-long...
Mar 153 minStatement from Councillor Douglas W. Judson“Tonight I walked out of a meeting of Council of the Town of Fort Frances in protest of a series of undemocratic actions taken by my...
Mar 114 minReforms Proposed to Remove Barriers to Council ParticipationA few weeks ago I wrote about the need to improve the diversity of our Council, after speaking on the issue at our meeting of February...
Mar 85 minBudget 2022: The Good, the Bad, and the MoneyTonight, in a 6-1 vote, Council adopted the following resolution, putting in place the municipality's 2022 operating budget: THAT Council...
Mar 58 minSo You Want to Run for Council? Some Unfiltered AdviceI have been fielding calls from people in my municipality and others in the region who are eyeing the upcoming municipal election, and...
Feb 153 minWe Need More Diversity at Town CouncilCouncillor Douglas W. Judson delivered the following remarks during his report at the meeting of Committee of the Whole of Council on...
Feb 153 minStatement Regarding Litigation with Mayor CaulToday Councillor Douglas W. Judson made the following statement: “As previously reported, on September 3, 2021, I commenced an...
Feb 13 minThree Items from the Fort Frances 2022 Capital BudgetOn January 31, 2022, Council adopted the Town of Fort Frances' 2022 capital budget. Here are three items of community interest from the...
Jan 195 minLetter: The Accountability of Elected Officials is a Matter of Public InterestThe Fort Frances Times received a letter to the editor from Diane Maxey, which it printed in its January 19, 2022 edition. The editor...
Jan 113 minCouncil Declines Opportunity to Canvass Public OpinionAt Council’s meeting on January 10, 2022 it considered whether to take advantage of the ability to place “referendum” questions on the...