According to the permissive legislation passed by the Province, an Integrity Commissioner is supposed to function at arms length from the Municipal Council.
The process is supposed to be completely confidential.
The Municipal Clerk's office has no role other than to receive and forward complaints to the Commissioner. If or when a decision is made and forwarded under closed cover to the clerk, it is his/her role to forward the decision to the complainant and the person complained about.
If he deems the complaint to be valid and not frivolous and vexatious or made for political purposes, the commissioner has the authority to have access to whatever records he requires, to carry out an investigation.
Actually as I write that, I realize ,it is hard to understand how an investigation could be kept confidential from the municipality if the Commissioner has to request municipal staff to provide records.
Reports from Integrity Commissioners in other municipalities include analysis of the complaint, the response to the complaint, a detailed outline of the investigation and a basis for the decision. Written documentation is substantial.
That is not what was received from Aurora's second Integrity Commissioner in his decisions on Councillor MacEachern's complaints against me.
In fact, if I recall correctly,Mr.Tzubouchi, in answer to a question from Councillor Collins Mrakas stated he had no intention to reveal details of his investigation.
And now we have a third Integrity Commissioner and Ms Craig informs me Mr.Tzubouchi has "recused" himself.
Other than a name attached to the title of Integrity Commissioner, I have no idea why this person is in possession of documentation of a complaint against me made by an employee in the Town of Aurora.
I can provide no answers.
After six members of Council ,using public resources to retain a solicitor to investigate my blog posts, letters to the editor and public commentary during Council meetings and directed him to compile a complaint against me to the first Integrity Commissioner, I retained a solicitor at my own expense not only to file suit under the law, but also to protect myself against further transgressions.
Still the attacks continue..
Other than to hold fast and tell the people who elected me to be their spokesperson and representative, I really don't know what else to do about it.
The last letter from my solicitor to Mr.Tzubouchi was ignored.
Why would it be any different this time?
EXPLOSIVES, AND LOTS OF THEM.
ReplyDeleteAFTERWORDS, A LONG WEEKEND AT THE HOWARD JOHNSON HOTEL IN AURORA'S HEARTLAND.
Where is the integrity in any of this?
ReplyDeleteYou absolutely must make sure this gets on the front page of the next edditon of the only free press in Aurora . the voters must see what is going on here.
ReplyDeleteIf Tsubouchi recused himself and passed the complaint to Ms. Craig, who is paying her fee?
ReplyDeleteWill it be deducted from the 60K Tsubouchi makes (for what exactly, I am sure I don't know) or will we, the taxpayers be on the hook yet again?
I am so angry I could spit!!