When Mr. Rust D'Eye presented his report to Council, he stressed solicitor/client privilege
and complete confidentiality. He didn't mention Council has authority to waive privilege at any time
I left mine on the table to be collected by staff. I obtained another copy later. I noticed something, I hadn't before. The date on the document was weeks earlier than it was received by Council.
It was worth noting but hardly surprising.
When the Mayor retained first one and then a second lawyer to advise on " invasion of her privacy" at the beginning of the term, that dialogue went on for two years .
It ended with the second lawyer attending a conference with Council. That's a pricey item.
No evidence of invasion of privacy was opined. Had there been, it would be a civil matter and subject of a civil suit. Damage would have to be proven for compensation.
Of course, it had never been about damage. I believe destroying a political adversary's reputation was the solitary focussed objective.
You really have to be there to appreciate the depth of hostility.
In the conference. the lawyer referred to previous communications. He was surprised to learn Council was never privy to his communications.
When the Mayor first discovered what she considered a plot against her and reported to Council for authority to retain a lawyer, she made the statement then;
"I'm not going to be spending any of my money "
It went on for two years. Two separate law firms were retained. Council never knew the cost of the exercise.
Whatever it was , was wasted.
Friday, 18 June 2010
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Sorry Evelyn, a little more detail required. There have been so many issues with this Mayor I'm not sure which one you are talking about.
Referring to one that costs taxpayers money isn't specific enough, they all have.
Dear Evelyn:
You have been writing diligently about Morris, or so it seems, since the beginning of time, and to no avail - barring four trees not planted.
Is the purpose of what you are doing to make you feel good, and to make us feel like hell?
If the town's citizenry had the sort of disgust that has been expressed in comments to your blog, the town hall would have been seized long ago and Morris and her crowd physically ejected.
The irate members of the community seem to be all blog and no action.
Surely an opportunity every four years to remedy an intolerable situation is totally inadequate.
In the meantime we are forced to read about old stories involving unnecessary lawyers and consultants and offensive language and conduct unbecoming even our own children, most of which involves the expenditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars that could be put to better use.
In the previous couple of terms of council we have had a new library and a new recreation centre. What has this council accomplished other than the commissioning of studies that go nowhere and result in nothing, except to abandon a rotting old building with dubious historical value?
In reading this post the word paranoia springs to mind. I wonder if the mayor hears voices too.
A phrase also springs to mind when I think about the mayor: borderline personality disorder.
I guess it takes a plotter to feel so easily like a "plotee."
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