"Cowardice asks the question...is it safe? Expediency asks the question...is it politic? Vanity asks the question...is it popular? But conscience asks the question...is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because it is right." ~Dr. Martin Luther King

Thursday 27 January 2011

A Not So Funny Commedy of Errors

If the Code of Conduct had been crafted with the intent to apply to anyone, other than yourself, we would already have enough violations for about 4 complaints by my reckoning. The Tunaman still feeds at the trough until February 20, maybe he should earn his daily bread.

Luckywife

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Violations to that Code were legion after it was adopted.

I never chose to file a complaint because I was opposed to a Code of Conduct. I did not vote for it because I do not agree with giving politicians a club to beat each other at taxpayers expense. It was never intended for any other purpose.

What kind of insanity is that? My God, I hate the righteous crap provided as an excuse for every bad public policy. It is such blatant hypocrisy on the part of everyone connected to it.When Aurora adopted it,there were only about four municipalities in the province with a Code of Conduct. Bow they seem to be flocking to it like sheep to slaughter.

Also the Commissioners fee was a retainer.An invoice would be received for time spent investigating complaints over and above the fee at an hourly legal rate.

Someone else asked if Tunaman was paid for the complaint he recused himself from.

The contract, allowed delegation to another. The agreement set a top limit of $60K for twelve months.By the time he finishes he will have been paid at least $40Ks. That's what MacEachern's complaints cost the taxpayers.

The complaint delegated was withdrawn six weeks after it was filed.

The real irony is that we provided a twelve month contract four months before a
four month moratorium was placed on complaints and a new council taking office.

August 1st was when notice of termination should have been given. Former Councillor MacEachern argued the moratorium could be spent reviewing the Code of Conduct. As usual,that's what happened.

Dec 1st was the next opportunity we missed. January 1st was the next chance we missed.

Tunaman had not delivered decisions on her complaints until after the moratorium
began.The last complaint was received on July 31st. The oerson complained about? Me again.

The first one to the first Integrity Commissioner was also withdrawn. It was from Sher St Kitts, another special friend of the former Mayor. Yes,you guessed it. I was the complained-about there too.

I am paying a high price for having been a Councillor in the Town of Aurora.

1 comment:

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