As we say goodbye to 2017, let's take some time to review the year through timelines; inform yourself and let's vote for A Better Niagara in 2018. For more information on #ONelection2018 and A Better Niagara: Web: www.abetterniagara.com Facebook: @betterniagara Twitter: @ABetterNiagara  THE NIAGARA PENINSULA CONSERVATION AUTHORITY (NPCA): MISINFORMATION OR MANUFACTURED CONTROVERSY? In early 2016, people had some questions for the publicly-funded Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority's (NPCA) board of directors; inside a year, the NPCA, and former CAO Carmen D'Angelo, had jointly filed a $100,000 defamation suit against St Catharines resident and retired Canadian Air Force Major Ed Smith. How did we get to a place where a government agency felt entitled to sue a citizen instead of providing answers to the questions asked? The simple answer is the culture of impunity at the Niagara Region and the conservation authority (NPCA), whose 15 member board of directors features 11 duly elected Niagara regional councillors.