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Sheila Wisdom (born 1950) is a former municipal politician in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. She represented the second ward on the Windsor City Council from 1988 to 1997, and later became a journalist with the ''Windsor Star'' newspaper. ==City councillor== Wisdom studied linguistics at the University of Windsor, and owns South Shore Books in private life.〔" 15 area students Christmas winners in writing contest", ''Windsor Star'' 6 December 1986, A5.〕 She was thirty-eight years old during her first election in 1988, and campaigned on a platform of waterfront renewal and economic diversification. She was also known to oppose student housing plans by Canterbury College in her area of the city.〔"Wisdom bids for seat", ''Windsor Star'', 19 October 1988, A11.〕 She was endorsed by Bert Weeks, a former mayor of the city.〔Marty Beneteau, "Eight fight it out in west-end ward", ''Windsor Star'', 8 November 1988, A5.〕 Wisdom was not identified with any party, and was regarded a supporter of fiscal restraint.〔Marty Beneteau, "Votes make right turn", ''Windsor Star'', 15 November 1988, A1.〕 She won election to the ward's second seat, and was appointed to the board of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra after the election.〔"'No guff' Millson says he's the boss", ''Windsor Star'', 13 December 1988, A3.〕 She later co-authored a fiscal policy to keep annual mill rate increases at the level of inflation. This document became the cornerstone of Windsor's fiscal policy during the 1990s.〔"City's fiscal fitness top priority: Wisdom", ''Windsor Star'', 24 September 1991, A5.〕 Wisdom was a prominent supporter of culture and the arts. She fought for increased cultural spending in the 1989 city budget and supported increased funding for the symphony, although she also presided over a musicians' pay cut to stabilize its finances.〔Marty Beneteau, "Stingy council holds tax boost to around $30", ''Windsor Star'', 21 April 1989, A3; "Windsor Symphony asks city to bail it out", ''Windsor Star'', 1 September 1989, A7; Lauren More, "WSO tills alive with sound of money", ''Windsor Star'', 1 December 1992, A3.〕 She criticized conductor Dwight Bennett, who was forced to resign in 1990, for trying to grow the orchestra too quickly for the city's capacity.〔Marty Gervais, " Sour notes?", ''Windsor Star'', 29 September 1990, C1.〕 In November 1990, she advocated a significant spending increase in hiking and bike trails.〔Chris Vander Doelen, "Group seeks $300,000 for bike trails", ''Windsor Star'', 29 November 1990, A5; Chris Vander Doelen, "Bikeways plan lacks only cash", ''Windsor Star'', 13 February 1991, A8.〕 The following year, she promoted the idea of an international Air Pollution Advisory Board.〔Gary Rennie, "IJC called 'toothless' over air emissions", ''Windsor Star'', 20 March 1991, A11.〕 Wisdom was re-elected in 1991, with an endorsement from the Windsor Labour Council.〔Don Lajoie, " Labor council endorses slate for Nov. 12 election", ''Windsor Star'', 16 October 1991, A5.〕 She supported an inventory of Windsor's green spaces in 1992, and was disappointed when council deferred the decision for another year.〔"Green space inventory off until next year", ''Windsor Star'', 31 March 1992, A5.〕 She voted for a comprehensive waterfront renewal plan later in the same year, despite her doubts about a planned aquarium and science centre as the waterfront's centerpiece.〔Chris Vander Doelen, "Riverfront plan leaps forward", ''Windsor Star'', 15 October 1992, A1.〕 Wisdom served on the city's budget committee during this period,〔Chris Vander Doelen, "Hunt is on to cut dollars", ''Windsor Star'', 10 May 1993, A1.〕 and was also appointed as executive director of the Windsor Family YMCA in late 1993.〔"Wisdom to run Y for next 3 months", ''Windsor Star'', 11 August 1993, A3.〕 She supported the arrival of a Windsor casino in the mid-1990s, but opposed plans to make it a twenty-four hour operation.〔Ellen van Wageningen, " 24-hour casino backed", ''Windsor Star'', 14 June 1994, A3.〕 (She later voted against the final deal, citing concerns about the city's concessions to the casino).〔"The big deal: Wisdom of debate" (), ''Windsor Star'', 6 July 1995, A6.〕 Wisdom was elected to a third term in 1994, again with support from the labour council.〔"Labor council releases its picks for election '94", ''Windsor Star'', 19 October 1994, A5.〕 She was chosen as chair of the Essex Region Conservation Authority in 1996, and was re-appointed to the position the following year.〔Sharon Hill, " Wisdom takes reins of ERCA reins", ''Windsor Star'', 19 January 1996, B1; "ERCA sets 1% levy increase, Wisdom wins second term", ''Windsor Star'', 17 January 1997, A5.〕 She voted against a new farmer's market plan in December 1996, arguing that she could not support it without further financial details.〔Ellen Van Wageningen, "City Council: Council votes for pavilion-style market", ''Windsor Star'', 17 December 1996, A1.〕 The following year, she was the only councillor to vote against a new mall development.〔Chris Vander Doelen, "Hotel wins approval", ''Windsor Star'', 18 February 1997, A1.〕 She declined to run for re-election in 1997. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sheila Wisdom」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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