What I'm hearing at doors
These are the concerns Ward 1 residents raise with me most often, and exactly what I'll do about each one.
"I never heard back."
Availability and accountability
More than any single street or issue, this is what I hear at the door. People called, emailed, filed a 311 report, and then nothing. No answer, no update, no explanation.
- Answer everyone. Every call, email and message gets a reply from me. If the answer isn't ready, you'll hear that too, along with when to expect it.
- Track every request. Keep a log of every resident issue, who it went to at the City, and what happened.
- Close the loop. When the City acts, or doesn't, I'll tell you.
- Report back to the ward. Hold regular ward meetings and post updates online on what was raised and what got done.
When: From day one.
Dougall Ave and West Grand Blvd
Traffic flow and intersection safety
This intersection backs up at peak hours. Drivers get stuck in the middle waiting to turn, lights don't give enough time to clear, and frustrated drivers run late yellows and reds. Pedestrians crossing here don't feel safe.
- Retime the lights. Request a City traffic signal review so the timing matches actual rush-hour traffic, not a fixed schedule.
- Clear turning traffic faster. Push for an advanced or protected left-turn arrow, so turning drivers aren't stuck in the intersection waiting for a gap.
- Keep the box clear. Ask for "Do Not Block Intersection" markings and signage so backed-up traffic doesn't lock the intersection.
- Give pedestrians a head start. Request a leading pedestrian signal — which gives people on foot a few seconds before cars move — plus countdown timers if they're missing.
- Use the data. Request collision and traffic-volume data for this intersection, and share it with residents.
When: Signal review requested in my first three months. Results shared at a ward meeting within six.
Pedestrian safety: speeding on residential streets
Casgrain and Kennedy
Drivers use streets like Casgrain and Kennedy as shortcuts and speed through them. Parents tell me their kids are fine until they reach the corner.
- Measure first. Request City speed and volume counts on the streets residents flag most.
- Let residents choose the fix. Bring the results to a ward meeting and take residents' preferred measures to council: temporary speed bollards, radar speed signs, speed cushions, curb extensions, better-marked crosswalks, or community safety zone designation where fines are higher.
- Check that it worked. Request a follow-up speed count after any fix goes in.
When: Counts requested in my first three months. Ward meeting within six.
Illegally modified e-scooters
Enforcement and family outreach
Kids and teens are riding e-scooters that have been modified to go faster than the law allows, weaving through traffic and sidewalks. Ontario's rules limit e-scooters to 24 km/h, and riders must be at least 16.
- Coordinated enforcement. Bring the issue to Windsor Police and bylaw enforcement and ask for a joint plan, with a focus on modified scooters and underage riders.
- Reach families directly. Work with local schools to get clear e-scooter safety rules to students and parents.
- Report back. Tell residents what was done and whether it's working.
When: Meeting with Police and bylaw within my first three months.
Property standards
Dominion and Cabana
People take pride in where they live. On streets like Dominion and Cabana, residents point to overgrown lots, deteriorating exteriors and piled-up debris that drag down the whole block. They've complained, and they don't know if anything happened.
- Find out what happened to the complaints. Request a breakdown of property standards complaints and enforcement outcomes in the ward.
- Close the open files. Push for follow-through on every outstanding order.
- Give residents an answer. Anyone who reports a property to me gets a reply on what the City did.
When: Enforcement breakdown requested in my first three months.
Basement flooding
Mapping repeat locations and helping homeowners now
Some homes flood again and again. Each flooded basement is treated as a one-off, so a home hit three times is counted the same as a home hit once.
- Map the repeat streets. Request the City's 311 flooding reports for Ward 1 and map which streets keep flooding.
- Spend where it floods. Use that map every time drainage and sewer spending is decided, and publish it.
- Help homeowners protect themselves now. Help residents on repeat streets apply for the City's Basement Flooding Protection Subsidy, which covers a backwater valve and sump pump. Apply before any work starts.
When: Flooding map published within my first year.
Roseland
The course, the condos and what comes next
Residents love the golf course and have had questions about the clubhouse and condo project from the start. Many felt shut out of the decisions, and the answers they did get came in pieces, months apart. Now they want to know the course itself is safe.
- Keep the course off the table. The 18-hole course and the par-3 are still zoned open space and still heritage-protected. I'll vote against any rezoning or heritage change that touches them, and I'll move to require a public meeting in the ward before any such proposal can even reach council.
- Hold the project to what was approved. Watch the condo and clubhouse construction closely: the approved height, unit count and parking, plus construction traffic, noise and street parking. If anything moves away from what was promised, residents hear it from me first.
- Bring the answers to the ward. Push for a public ward meeting on the construction timeline, the parking plan, and course access during construction, with residents able to ask questions directly.
When: Ward meeting requested within my first three months.
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