March 6th, 2010 - In this, our latest installment on our Libel page (click here) we look at the increasingly desperate measures our esteemed adversaries are taking to attempt to silence this "old guy" - especially before the municipal elections in October. This one's worth it!
March 4th 2010 - We further look into the Power of the TRUTH on our Libel page.
March 2, 2010 - Clicking here to get to our What's Going On page where we delve deeper into the aftermath of the C.C.L.A.'s Intervention Hearing of last December. There's more there than meets the eye, and certainly more than was reported in the paper.
February 27th, 2010 - Click here to read the article in the Guelph Mercury and click here for the latest update on our legal battle.
February 23rd, 2010 - In this report, featured again on the much used What's Going On page, we review the County Council Meeting of January 28th, 2010 and the $500,000 now you see it, now you don't card play by Whitcombe to slip this amount almost unnoticed into the budget. He almost got caught with his hand in the cookie jar by Councillors John Green, Councillor Robert Wilson and Rod Finnie but managed to slip away with the help of the newest 5 minute Mason, Chris White and the lack of apparent "testicular" fortitude on the part of John Green to hang tough and step up. Click here for the latest.
February 21st, 2010 - Wow Webbers, you won't believe what landed at our doorstep. Click here to get all the details on this, the latest attempt to get yours truly to mend his "evil" ways. We all know that desperate times call for desparate measures, but even this caught us by surprise.
February 20th, 2010 - Visit our What's Going On page (click here) where we conclude our evaluation of the Arbitration Hearings between the County of Wellington County and the City of Guelph.
February 15th, 2010 - In this report on our What's Going On page, titled The "Measure of our Strategy" is that it is Working... An Here's How we make our demand of the Honourable (?) Premier McGuinty to step in and take responsibility for the mess that is our municipal government and share our insights on the legal battles that lie before us and our steadfast position against which our named adversaries continue to rant and rave yet achieve nothing. The definiation of insanity (one of them anyway) is clearly at play.

January 29th - Update on Puslinch
Well Webbers, Its been awhile but everything is coming together and the once hidden strings of "coincidence" are beng revealed! Click here to read our most recent installment in the ongoing saga of municipal corruption.
January 24th and 25th -Winston Churchill Taxpayer Fraud and What's Going On Dominate the Latest on the Radar Screen -Webbers, we jump back into the fray after taking some time to absorb the recent events which include the delay until early February of the pre-trial for Arthur (again). Seriously folks, how many times can they play the "something new has come to our attention" card. In addition to this we add several items of interest onto the Winston Churchill page (click here), including a F.O.I. request addressed to C.A.O. ( as interim County Clerk (does this mean he double dips into the payroll pool?)). This is worth a gander as things rapidly come to a head. On the What's Going On page (click here) we take a look at the classic "foot in mouth" comments made by our own Brad Whitcombe in 2009 and, in a related piece, ask the very serious question "What about..." referring to each issue currently on our radar screen. As a recap of all our items under investigation, this page makes for a must read.
January 13th - Wow, things are starting to pop - We invite you to read our Arthur page (click here) and then to take a stand, not just you residents of the Town of Arthur, currently suffering, but everyone who doesn't want the same thing to happen to their community, by attending the pre-trial being held January 22nd in Criminal Court, Guelph, in front of Justice Norman Douglas. It is imperative that make our point that we are (to quote the movie "Network"), "Mad as hell and we're not going to take it any more!" See you there.
January 5th - Editorial on the Supreme Court Decision of December 22nd, 2009 and its Impact on our ongoing Court actions.
Webbers (et al), I wish to address the aftermath of the controversial interpretations, made in the public forum following the release on Friday, December 18th, 2009 of Justice William Hourigan’s endorsement, related to the C.C.L.A.’s Intervention Motion, heard, for a full day, in Guelph Superior Court on Monday, 14th of December, 2009. Click here for details.
Much has been said in the local press related to the Hearing itself and, of course, the final endorsement (decision) of Justice William Hourigan (click here to read). We all must understand, in the absence of official transcripts, (which are now available), the press reported happenings were the personal interpretations of the attending press reporter who will, I believe, admit to the non-recordance of critical statements made in Court, understandably glossed over as unimportant or “too hot” to report.
Up until Tuesday, December 22nd 2009, journalists, reporters, newspaper editors and even bloggers like myself, were hamstrung by our antiquated, and much out of date, libel laws. On the 22nd of December 2009 the Supreme Court of Canada voted by a 9-0 Court decision, that drastic changes to the libel law, driving “public interest” reporting by the media, inclusive of citizen bloggers etc, had to be made! And they did just that!
The impact of this monumental decision is “timely” for my libel case before the Courts, and all of the peripheral related legal matters, which are arguably, related, i.e. Libel charges, Motions, Countermotions to Libel charges etc, etc. Enough to make McCarthy Tétrault (et al) drool in anticipation of the enhanced opportunity to greatly expand their ability to increase their billable hours, at the 100% cost to the Taxpayers, of course, only if the same Taxpayers remain publicly apathetic to the fact that $500,000 (that’s half a million dollars folks) worth of legal services have been invoiced to date on Wellington County Council pertaining to these matters, civil and criminal against myself, Mr. Bill Manderson! How much has been paid is available through the submission of a formally funded Freedom of Information request.
This will be formally submitted, building on our last recorded request, which identified 11(eleven) pages of financial invoiced information up to September 2009. This is all recorded on our website on the Libel Suit page (click here). We believe it’s worth a look Webbers. You  will observe from the information posted that my County interactory is non other that the County Clerk of the day, Ms. Donna Van Wyck. You remember her, she was the young lady who was presented with her 20 year long service award one week, then one week later was unceremoniously fired from her senior staff position, for apparently no reason, as no reason has been given to date by the County Warden or C.A.O. Mr. Scott Wilson, co-incidentally one of the 2 (two) listed plaintiffs in our actions and also co-incidentally now handling the responsibilities and duties of County Clerk in addition to his own. Hmmm? Now there’s a strange thing, what do you think Webbers? Smelly-Welly indeed!
I am, as I have said many times, an unashamed “man of faith” who has been along the way, these past 10 (ten) years a grateful recipient of many “candies,” which just seem to fall from nowhere into my lap. I have become unquestionable less inclined to spend too much time on analyzing – why? I just accept the “candie” as given and, I believe, apply the “candie” to the process as intended by the “candie giver.” If you don’t understand the true meaning of faith, don’t try to analysis it, it will drive you nuts! Being nuts is not one of my attributes, but, of course, I have been accused accordingly. I would ask, “Now, who is nuts now?” (Cat got your tongue?)
Well Webbers, it’s back to the drawing board for all of the legal matters before the Courts, none having been a trial. The Supreme Court decision to amend the libel laws on the Statute Books, as laid out in the 9-0 decision by the Honourable Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin (Scots wummin!) clearly identifies the requirement to re-construct all of the libel/defamation currently before the Courts, civil and criminal. By association, it would be totally irresponsible to spend any more of the Taxpayers money to gain what? Taxpayers in this issue are precisely that – payers! Either outcome yields them the same dollar value – 0! Any logical person would ask, “If this is correct, as it appears to be, why have our elected officials “dumped” this financial burden upon us? We pay the full shot for $0 return? Why are we doing this?” Bravo, Bravo, Bravo! Eureka – Now you do get it!
Your doing this to protect your long time, consistently productive, criminal public servants from exposure by me! No arrogance on my part folks, but kind of silly, leaning towards stupidity on your part folks – Sorry, it’s as simple as that, you have created your own “Frankenstein monster.” Eureka revelation. Remember, “Liberty is having the right to tell people things they don’t want to hear!”
“Ah, duh, can this be true?” you say. Go figure – Half a million dollars and counting!! The Mercury opinion column is very accurate in its statement “The Taxpayers need to know the costs, and more importantly – Why!” No kidding, go figure!
Oh – Happy new year, your year of awakening – 2010, with more to come! God bless.

December 11, 2009 - A Tribute to Mr. Al Ferris, a True Friend of the Riverbend Legal Group
Oh, Webbers, life can be so cruel, but also so rewarding! I was shocked to read on Scott Tracey's website that our "old friend, Al Ferris" had passed away on Tuesday December 8th 2009. This was a double shock to me as I had, at noon on Tuesday, "bumped" into Al as he exited the Sleeman Centre after attending a Board Meeting of which he was a "give of his time" member. This was the character of this good man - giving! Al covered, for the Mercury, the early active days of the R.L.G.'s road to Justice, and reported, with honesty, our situation in Riverbend Park, and with honesty he interviewed with a warmth that made our goup of seniors trust in this gentle and compassionate man!
Alan, we will never forget you, for your sensitivity, courtesy, kindness and compassion. From a personal perspective, considering the Tuesday timing of events, selfishly I tell myself, that I was honoured to have shared with Al, 30 minutes of his last day with us. We swung right into the "current situation" for us, which could not have happened with such impact were it not for Al's reporting, even from attendance at many of our emotional meetings. This was the dedication and sense of civic caring, this good human being brought to all who knew him. We extend our heartfelt sympathy to Al's family, which I know from our conversations, that he was proud of and loved, as the good father and husband he was! We lost a good friend today, and Guelph lost a good, good man!
Rest in peace Al, tell God all your stories, and enrich him, as you did all of us! Goodbye old friend! You cared and you were important to many!! God bless - Bill
December 10th, 2009 - Disgraceful Display by Drunk Councillor Sheds Light on the Moral Character of Wellington County Council
Reporting on one of the most disgraceful events I have ever had to witness, a blatant display of arrogance and stupidity, coupled with alcohol induced sense of invulnerablity and a desperate need to intimadate. Its understandable to make mistakes and nobody expects perfection but when someone assumes the responsibility of a public official such as a County Councillor or Mayor, one of those responsibilities is to keep your emotions in check and to react calmly and rationally and above all, maintain a professional attitude in keeping with the position. In this case the person in question (and others) behaved in a manner that put all that to shame. Click here to read all about this truly disgusting and disgraceful event. I have to ask you - is this a person we want as a County Councillor? And what are we going to do about it?
December 9th, 2009 - Continuing the Saga of the Bagmen of Wellington County
We continue our look into the Bagmen of Wellington County and how the process, originated many years ago by Councillor Archie MacRobbie and a select band of fellow like-minded individuals whose only interest was their own greed and who did not care who would be hurt by their actions, continues to this day. Click here for more details.
December 8th, 2009 - Another Chapter in Municipal Corruption Opens...
Hello Webbers and welcome back. As the countdown continues to our own D-Day, we open yet another chapter in the ongoing series on the Municipal Corruption in Wellington County Council (et al). In this chapter we take note of the decision taken on November 23rd, 2009 to increase the number of Architectural firms bidding of projects by 100%, that's right, its now up to 2 firms, and believe it or not the losing firm still gets $5,000 of your money just for participating. I am definitely not in the right line of work. To explain further we go on to discuss the history of the Sage family rape and the Green Legacy project and how the Ventin is smack in the middle of it. If this doesn't enrage and offend you, check your pulse, you may be dead. Click here for all the details.

November 13th - Lest We Forget.
Remembrance. There is some corner in some “foreign field” that is forever, England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, France, Holland, Denmark, Belgium, Norway, Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Iceland, Greenland, Yugoslavia, Greece, Israel, United States, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Canada and some others on “our side.” We salute you all and thank you for “doing what you did!” We can only repay you by our promise – We will never, ever forget! To those who chose the “other side,” we would way “Come back into the family of human beings, with penalty or guilt after the passing of time period of 70 years, it is time to move on, but never forget how close we came, all of us, to succumbing to evil which could destroy our civilization and our hopes and plans for a “better world” to pass onto future generations! Each year, we must continue to remember those who sacrificed and are still today, sacrificing their lives for us by putting themselves in harm’s way to secure democracy in the world. It beats the “other option” as we all know! Smelly-Welly.com urges all of you to pay your respect and wear the poppy, not just on November 11 but after that, with undying gratitude – “Lest we forget!” We observe and understand the 2 minutes of silence on Remembrance Day but we should continue to mark this occasion every time we enjoy the freedoms that they fought and died for. As another country so aptly put it – “Never Forget!!”
God Bless.

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