Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Morning News":
"In some respects, a comparison between the Ornge scandal and the "imbroglio" we have with the Church Street School building. can be made."
In some respects not.... Please don't try to make this tempest in a teapot with the ACC more than what it is... The current council trying to reverse a deal by the previous council.
The Ornge "scandal" (to use a term The Star likes to use) is a significant province-wide issue that has potential impact with residents' health and well-being. There is no such possibility here unless a painting falls off the wall.
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In yet another similarity, it is a political issue.
You do not disclose your identity but you do reveal your place when you say ;
"There is no such possibility here unless a painting falls off the wall"
It's obvious you are staff at Church Street School.
You are engaging a member of council in a political dispute.
You clearly have no idea how inappropriate that is.
Apparently, there is no one on your board who understands the disrespect implied for the people who fund your employment
or you would have been instructed not to do that.
It is yet another egregious aspect of this matter which offends me
greatly and I speak not for myself alone.
Allow me to quote for you part of a comment received this morning
on my blog.
"It is extremely difficult to understand Council members' dereliction of their responsibilities and duties.
Aurora residents and taxpayers expect a Council that governs, one that oversees the expenditure of their money in a wise and accountable manner, one that understands the voters are supreme, not politicians, not staff, not a special interest group."
No small part of the community's outrage is the lack of respect demonstrated by this board and possibly some staff members in their determination to deny the community's authority in this matter.
Not the least of it, drawing people into the discussion who do not live in our community and have nothing whatsoever to say about how we manage our town's business.
I am long enough an elected representative to be able to read the mood of this community.
Your board has overstayed its welcome.
Flawed as it was ,the agreement between the board and the town was not a "deal".
A deal bespeaks two parties bringing something to the arrangement.
Wednesday, 21 March 2012
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Evelyn...
I wrote this response and I take offense to your assumptions. I will remain anonymous but I can assure you of the following.
I am not staff at Church Street School. I am not staff at any Aurora-owned facility. I am not staff at any municipal facility. In fact, I work in a multi-national company that is traded on multiple stock markets and my office is in Peel Region.
I am however a tax payer in Aurora. I am engaging a member of council in a political dispute because as a member of council, you are obligated to hear all residents' concerns.
You clearly do not know how inappropriate it is for you to assume who someone is. It shows how out of touch with reality you are now. It shows how far the pendulum has swung in this bloody mess.
You only speak for a vocal minority that are still bitter that Phyllis Morris ran this Town for 4 years. I was not a supporter of her but I understand what has happened. Since the beginning of this term it has been your mandate and the sheep that follow you to rid the Town of everything she did.
You are long enough to read the mood of the community but I think that you need new glasses because you are not reading it for the ENTIRE community, just the wackos that follow this blog.
"It's obvious you are staff at Church Street School."
That's not obvious at all! That's a helluva leap you made. But then, you're a master at extrapolating your assumptions into mistaken conclusions and certainties.
1:16, I'd like to shake your hand - virtually, at least.
But there are similarities between Ornge and the ACC.
One of the 'irregularities' under investigation is the use of taxpayer dollars to establish a nonprofit group which benefited those who created it. I'm no lawyer but that sounds much like the ACC board to me. Add the layer of enforced silence and lack of minutes, Aurorans cannot be blamed for making comparisons.
1:16 PM
And why should we believe either your indignant protests or your attack on Evelyn. Your petulant hissy-fit was totally out of proportion to the discussion, Just like the ACC reaction to an interest in fixing a bad situation. Completely over the top. Maybe a triffle nuts?
Time for another apology, Councillor Buck. This time to the staff of the cultural centre, who, as you rightly say, shouldn't be involved in a political dispute. You erroneously dragged them into it today, so apologies are in order.
"I work in a multi-national company that is traded on multiple stock markets and my office is in Peel Region."
Must be penny stock ,just like your comments ,pretty much worthless , but no matter. the government will most likey bail you out just like Ornge and the Culture Centre
A comparison between Ornge and the "Cultural" Centre is an interesting one, and not one I would have drawn.
That being said one constant between the two is a refusal to cooperate.
Ornge refused to cooperate with the Attorney General.
The ACC refused to negotiate with the town in an open and transparent way.
The business plans and strategies behind both are unsustainable and now subject to sweeping corrections.
Whoever had a hand in either's genesis they certainly can't claim their efforts as a success.
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