The comment critical of the Mayor was on the Citizen Blog.
It was not removed in response to either demand of the Town's Chief Administrator to remove it by a deadline.
The identity of the author was never discovered despite legal staff time employed .
" New Man In Town" was the author.
It was early in the advent of the Aurora Citizen Blog.
It was also an early episode in the new administration and a sign of things to come.
A post from the Chief Administrative Officer to the Aurora Citizen Blog demanding removal of the comment by a deadline, a demand not met, in my judgement, brought the office of the Chief Administrative Officer into disrepute
An in- camera meeting to discuss political criticism of an elected official is not corporate business and not permitted under provincial regulations.
Senior staff directed and accepting direction to engage in a politic issue, clearly not the business of the Corporation, is an example of flagrant abuse of public resources by both parties.
Without discernment between the parties of the need for separation of authority, the public can have no assurance corporate business is being conducted as it should.
Repeat corporate refusal to provide an elected representative with information about funds spent on legal services over the course of this term of office is, I believe , yet another blatant example of deliberately frustrating a system designed to allow taxpayers to demand accountability from the corporation.
A contrived resolution passed by an uninformed and ill- advised Council to remove responsibility for accountability doesn't cut it.
We are coming to the end of a term. Repeat public and private efforts on my part to correct the situation have not been successful. The Political and Corporate joined forces and erected a shield.
An election is a time of reckoning. .. a time for all to be told.
Like the laundry. Time for it all to hang out in the light of day and blow in the cleansing sun and freshening breeze.
The brighter the light...the fresher the breeze....the better.
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