This story is major national news all across Canada -- the award of the Niagara Falls boat tours contract to Hornblower Co.!
In Canada, we were successful due to five factors.
First, a former government official, Bob Gale, exposed the corruption that he knew about and was constantly in the media.
Second, Frank Parlato of the Niagara Falls Reporter newspaper ran story after story exposing what I had discovered, and we worked together on a lot of research.
Third, "Deep Throats" sent me confidential evidence and documents that made the extent of the wrongdoing easy to prove.
Fourth, Tony Reinhart of The Globe & Mail -- Canada's newspaper comparable to the Washington Post, New York Times, and USA Today -- made this front-page news, and stories were all over the radio and TV nationwide.
Last, and I hope not least, I blasted this story out online and by e-mail every day for years. I published a daily e-mail newsletter called "Niagara Falls Rumour Control." It went to leading government officials, tons of media, and a variety of others. I wrote dozens of letters to the premier in Canada. I squeaked like no squeaky wheel ever has, and it was successful. I sued and prevailed, and the contract was tendered for bids.
Sadly, our efforts in America (New York lease) do not yet have a leading current or former government official, and we don't have mainstream or even semi-mainstream media coverage. The Canadians seem much more interested in fighting government wrongs.
| Niagara Falls Reporter | www.niagarafallsreporter.com | Feb. 28 2012 |