Response to The Post "Treasure"

It is sad when someone like Guy; who I actually believe is an intelligent man,goes ahead and defends a group of bullies.

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From his feverish activity on the Aurora Citizen Blog and various attempts on this Blog,I'd say M. Poppe is a willing recruit by Mormac to fulfill a particular role in their campaign strategy

He is presenting as an authority with facts and figures to support his contentions.

It 's not clear if he is being provided with false information or making it up.

He argues the Citizen Blog's obvious role is to bring down the Mayor and Council, who are doing a fine job in his view.

The Citizen argues the Blog is open for the Mayor and Council to refute inaccuracies. They never do that.

They just snarl and bare their teeth (my words).

I recall, when the town's new communications director was appointed it was stated he would read newspapers and blogs and other news carriers and correct misinformation wherever it might be found.

Since that hasn't happened, it would seem none has been found.

Or since he started, the job has changed.

Staff in departments with Advisory Committee were just marshaled to write reports to Council of all their accomplishments during the term.

The Mayor was very complimentary when they were received.

She publicly noted however, it was heavy reading and wondered if it could be put into pamphlet form.

Wouldn't that be useful in an election campaign? A considerable advantage, with the town doing all the work at public expense.

It's not the only transparent technique of Mormac politics They regularly marshal free and devoted service from people like Guy Poppe to defame political opponents.There's was a grande parade at the June and July Council meetings.

Then of course, spending $124,200. of taxpayers money on lawyers for the same purpose is also a matter of public record.

There is no law to restrict a Councillor's freedom of expression. So they wrote one.

George Rust D'Eye . $16,200 for consultation and advice .
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John Mascarin. $50,000 "investigation " of a Councillor and compiling

complaint under the customised Code of Conduct

Mr. Nitkin, $28,000.
Integrity Comm.

David Tzubouchi $30,000 to the present.
Lawyer and Integrity Comm.

The Mayor publicly stated Mr. Rust D'Eye wrote the Code of Conduct. That was after I received invoices from the Treasurer for his initial services. He was also on hand for press conference to assist the Mayor and to write press releases. That would add another five g's to the bill at least.

Mr. Tzubouchi is still on the payroll ,although it's not clear he will be doing anything at all with complaints coming forward prior to the election. The cost will continue of course until at least a month after a new council takes office.It will be a minimum of $15,000.additional.

$140,000 of taxpayers' money that we know about was spent during the term by Phyllis Morris and the ever-lovin' five, to stop a Councillor from keeping an election commitment.

I have exercised my authority as a Councillor . Under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, I have kept people informed.

Now, over and above the financial cost and all the efforts of all lawyers to stop me from doing that, we have Mr. Poppe, also a lawyer, working like a little beaver to convince people that what I do is mis-inform.

To add insult to injury, he claims my efforts to fulfill my commitment, are nothing more than a personal vendetta against his friend Councillor MacEachern and the Town's Mayor.

Despite the evidence and the public aspect of town affairs and deliberations, he reduces and dismisses all to a case of personal antipathy?

What Judge would accept that in the face of all the other evidence?