$57 Million Lawsuit filed against State of NY & Maid of the Mist

On Friday, November 20, 2009, William M. Windsor filed a lawsuit in Albany New York against the State of New York, the Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation, the New York State Office of the State Comptroller, the Attorney General, the governor, present and...

Maid of the Mist Boat Service Contract may go to Alcatraz Media

$800 million "Maid of the Mist" boat service contract may go to Atlanta, Georgia-based Alcatraz Media. The Maid of the Mist boat service contract has been a major controversy in Canada for the last year.  The contract was awarded to a New York company without competitive...

Federal Judge Accused: Maid of the Mist Case Judicial Misconduct

Federal Judge Orinda D. Evans has been charged with Judicial Misconduct by William M. Windsor in the case of Maid of the Mist vs. Alcatraz Media and William M. Windsor in a federal court suit and countersuit in Atlanta, Georgia.Judge Orinda D. Evans has been accused of...

Maid of the Mist Accused of Hundreds of Counts of Perjury

A complaint has been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia charging Maid of the Mist President, Christopher Glynn, Maid of the Mist’s VP of Marketing, Timothy P. Ruddy, and Maid of the Mist Controller, Robert J. Schul, with hundreds...

Windsor asks Minister of Tourism to announce Boat Service Tender

Bill Windsor has sent a letter to Ontario Minister of Tourism, the Honourable Monique Smith, to ask that she issue a statement announcing that the Niagara Falls Boat Service Lease will be tendered for bids.  Windsor is one of the people who wants to bid for the rights to...

Maid of the Mist attempts to defend New York Legal Challenge

Maid of the Mist Corporation, the U.S. company that currently operates the boat service at Niagara Falls from the American side, has filed a response to the legal action filed by William M. Windsor to void the...

Windsor challenges Maid of the Mist over Tender for Bids

William M. Windsor has issued a challenge to Maid of the Mist, operators of the boat service at Niagara Falls.  Windsor has asked Maid of the Mist to inform The Niagara Parks Commission and the New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation that Maid...

Demand made that NY State Parks void NY Maid of the Mist Lease

William M. Windsor has sent letters to the Counsel for the New York Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (the entity that controls the New York State Parks) and to Mark Thomas of the Niagara Falls State Park.  He has demanded that the Maid of the...

Niagara Parks Commission Sued to void $500 Million Lease

A lawsuit was filed on February 26, 2009 against The Niagara Parks Commission and Maid of the Mist. The lawsuit asks the Divisional Court to issue a mandatory order requiring the Niagara Parks Commission to adhere to Corporate Policy CPM-03-02, the Niagara Parks Procurement...

Lawsuit against The Niagara Parks Commission - Part 2

The big news in Niagara Falls is the huge controversy over the secret practices of The Niagara Parks Commission in awarding a lease to Maid of the Mist Steamboat Company Limited to offer the boat service at Niagara Falls.  It is estimated that the lease will generate at...

Lawsuit to declare Niagara Parks Commission & Maid Lease Illegal

The big news in Niagara Falls is the huge controversy over the secret practices of The Niagara Parks Commission in awarding a lease to Maid of the Mist Steamboat Company Limited to offer the boat service at Niagara Falls.  It is estimated that the lease will generate at...

Not Your Grandparent's Vacation - Niagara Falls

My family and I must be some of the last people to see Niagara Falls. Whenever I mentioned we were headed to Niagara I would inevitably hear "oh I remember going there when I was ten" or "I went there forty years...

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