Rolly Marentette is a labour activist, and has served for several years as chair of the Windsor District Labour Council's Health and Safety Committee.[1] He was a member of the Essex County District Health Council in the mid-1990s, but was not reappointed by the provincial government of
Mike Harris in 1996.[2] He was also a board member of the Community Care Access Centre until 2002, when he resigned to protest the provincial government's management policies.[3] Marentette has been involved with local environmental groups such the Windsor and District Clean Water Alliance, and was actively involved in composting and recycling projects in the early 1990s.[4] In 1998, he called for improved safety measures in the farming sector.[5] Marentette is a member of the
New Democratic Party.[6]
Gail Zdyb is a community activist. She gained local fame in the late 1990s for opposing liquor-licensed establishments in the Ouellette Avenue region.[7] Zdyb argued that these bars were frequented by rowdy patrons, many of whom came from the
United States.[8] In 2003, she supported a ban on new entertainment lounges in the city centre.[9]
Robert Joseph Potomski is a businessman, and a frequent candidate for public office. He campaigned for the second Windsor council ward in
1985,
1988, 1997 and in a 2002 by-election, and also campaigned for a seat on the Roman Catholic Separate School Board in
1991,
2000 and
2003. He is seeking the latter position again in
2006. He was thirty-eight years old in 1988, and was described as a frequent critic of the city's spending policies.[10] Potomski was later treasurer of the parents' association at St. James school, and was involved in a controversy over how to spend $10,000 raised for school improvements.[11] He supported deregulation of the city's
taxicab industry in 1993.[12]
Footnotes
^"Workers-Mourning", Broadcast News, 27 April 2006, 01:56 report; Mark Stewart and Anne Jarvis, "Noisy casino crowds worry area residents", Windsor Star, 27 April 1994, A3; "Media advisory - 2nd International (RSI) Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day" [news release], Canada NewsWire, 21 February 2001, 15:07 report; "Media Advisory - Canadian Auto Workers, Windsor and District Labour Council, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Father of deceased young worker to address Windsor-area students", 12 April 2002, 13:59 report.
^Brian Cross, "Tories flex muscle on health postings", Windsor Star, 7 June 1996, A3.
^"A strike for clean water alliance funds", Windsor Star, 6 November 1989, A5; " U.S. admires Canada's Green Revolution", Calgary Herald, 26 March 1990, B3.
^Sharon Hill, "Labour to pursue farm safety issues", Windsor Star, 12 August 1998, A5.
Rolly Marentette is a labour activist, and has served for several years as chair of the Windsor District Labour Council's Health and Safety Committee.[1] He was a member of the Essex County District Health Council in the mid-1990s, but was not reappointed by the provincial government of
Mike Harris in 1996.[2] He was also a board member of the Community Care Access Centre until 2002, when he resigned to protest the provincial government's management policies.[3] Marentette has been involved with local environmental groups such the Windsor and District Clean Water Alliance, and was actively involved in composting and recycling projects in the early 1990s.[4] In 1998, he called for improved safety measures in the farming sector.[5] Marentette is a member of the
New Democratic Party.[6]
Gail Zdyb is a community activist. She gained local fame in the late 1990s for opposing liquor-licensed establishments in the Ouellette Avenue region.[7] Zdyb argued that these bars were frequented by rowdy patrons, many of whom came from the
United States.[8] In 2003, she supported a ban on new entertainment lounges in the city centre.[9]
Robert Joseph Potomski is a businessman, and a frequent candidate for public office. He campaigned for the second Windsor council ward in
1985,
1988, 1997 and in a 2002 by-election, and also campaigned for a seat on the Roman Catholic Separate School Board in
1991,
2000 and
2003. He is seeking the latter position again in
2006. He was thirty-eight years old in 1988, and was described as a frequent critic of the city's spending policies.[10] Potomski was later treasurer of the parents' association at St. James school, and was involved in a controversy over how to spend $10,000 raised for school improvements.[11] He supported deregulation of the city's
taxicab industry in 1993.[12]
Footnotes
^"Workers-Mourning", Broadcast News, 27 April 2006, 01:56 report; Mark Stewart and Anne Jarvis, "Noisy casino crowds worry area residents", Windsor Star, 27 April 1994, A3; "Media advisory - 2nd International (RSI) Repetitive Strain Injury Awareness Day" [news release], Canada NewsWire, 21 February 2001, 15:07 report; "Media Advisory - Canadian Auto Workers, Windsor and District Labour Council, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Father of deceased young worker to address Windsor-area students", 12 April 2002, 13:59 report.
^Brian Cross, "Tories flex muscle on health postings", Windsor Star, 7 June 1996, A3.
^"A strike for clean water alliance funds", Windsor Star, 6 November 1989, A5; " U.S. admires Canada's Green Revolution", Calgary Herald, 26 March 1990, B3.
^Sharon Hill, "Labour to pursue farm safety issues", Windsor Star, 12 August 1998, A5.