Councillor Ballard has a blog.
The Councillor has worn his heart on his sleeve for the Mormac administration since the beginning.
Whatever opportunities present to find fault with newly elected Mayor Dawe and Council, Ballard, Gaertner and Gallo (not so much) make merry.
As if the electorate had not repudiated the dreadful duo and all their works, clear and apparent in the last election.
I do not read Ballard's Blog. I have no expectations of it. I received an excerpt from an anonymous donor. I know not why.
It seems the Councillor objects to a media release. It pertains to legal fees incurred in a scandalous law suit by the former Mayor against three families in the community. The majority voted to pay.
The Councillor claims since he did not agree with the decision , the media release has no legitimacy.
The logic escapes me. The Councillor was absent the meeting where the decision was made. His alter ego removed herself from the chamber with a convoluted rationale, she subsequently requested be included in the minutes.
The media communication was circulated to councillors as released.
Within minutes, outraged e-mails were received from the rear end of the Mormac Duo, demanding to know who authorised it and how.
When a Council majority makes a decision, it becomes the town's decision. Why is that so hard to understand?
It is the essential principle of democracy.
The majority rules.
The minority can and shall be heard.
Irony of ironies...$126,200 that I know about,were spent last term by the Mormac administration, to silence the minority.
Now Ballard has his blog. He has the right to state his position.. Clearly hopes for Mormac vindication rest on his and Gaertner's ongoing efforts to discredit the current administration.
Now there's a plan .
So he criticises the current council for dwelling on the past and challenges the normal process of a media release.
Much ado about nothing.
I don't want to get between you or Ballard, but I am having a hard time understanding the problem.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, you claim that you don't read his blog and someone sent you an excerpt. Do you not think that it would be in your best interest to at least look at his blog first before commenting on the content, or do you take the excerpt as given?
I have read his blog entry, and he is referring to a media advisory on April 15. Unfortunitly, the Town's web site has no such entry for the public to read. There is a media advisory from March 30 which is nothing but the letter from Rust-D'eye with reccomendations.
Ballard says that he refuses to write about the specifics but there are no specifics for the public to see.
Do you have the media advisory in question? Can you post a link or the document yourself? How can we discuss something that is not available.
The media advisory from April 15 is on the town website. I just read it. Click on Town Hall on the left side then Media Releases.
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