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What's dat you say":
Are furtive liaisons, where pitching and wooing
take place, the usual way political business is done municipally?
I thought
that there might be a few on this present council who wouldn't operate that way.
There go my idealistic hopes again!!
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Actually ...No!... Shady dealing by shadowy individuals are not the
usual way political business is done municipally.
There is no cover.
Suzanne Reiner's invitation for private individual meetings with this Councillor was refused. I responded immediately such meetings were entirely inappropriate.
Apparently, they proceeded anyway.
Up to the point, a shady meeting with shadowy characters was held last week with the Mayor, the CAO and Director of Parks and Recreation.
All conducted without direction of Council.or Council even being informed of the goings on.
Bruce Sprague, owns one of the properties in play.It is designated for miltiple-residential development. Has been on the market for seven years.
Obviously, the price is not right.
John McIntyre, a member of the Historical Society's executive, owns the other property in play. Not publicly offered but stands to gain by never having to take his chances with the market..
The price touted is $1.2million apiece for the Sprague and McIntyre properties.
The Historical Society were not initially promoting the real estate deal.
The president and an executive member initiated the process, independent of the Society.
I inquired of the structure of the Society. It involves membership and an annual meeting. .
The last firm membership figure was from a previous president when the Society withdrew from autonomous commitment to manage Church Street School and operate the museum.
There were fifty-nine members.
The small number was a shock.
Until I realized . It does not reflect community interest in the town's heritage..
A figure heard since is around a hundred members.
But that too does not tell the whole story.
The Society meets in February.
An Executive Board of eight meets regularly. .
Within that is yet another executive group.
It includes the President and member who have aligned themselves with a real estate agent to float something which amounts to a pyramid scheme for a park on Yonge Street.
An investment of $2.4 million for the private properties is required.
It's not known if a public offering of shares will be floated..
"Actually ...No!... Shady dealing by shadowy individuals are not the
ReplyDeleteusual way political business is done municipally."
I think that you might be living in a dream world. It is the way business is done and that is what has happened in this town for a number of years. You go on about all of the shady dealings of the past as proof. I think the fact you were contacted this time is what has caught you by surprise.
10:55 AM
ReplyDeleteYour viewpoint is always negative & skewed. The antics of the former council were an aberration & Aurorans know this well. None of us live in your ' dream world '. In fact, you would be astonished at the backgrounds of some of Evelyn's readers. Why you continue to nit-pick every post has ceased to be of interest. Still lack the guts to set up your own Blog. Like a parasite feasting on Evelyn's site.
Aren't you glad you live in Aurora and not in a large metropolitan city.
ReplyDeleteAll of your waking hours would be spent in closets discussing schemes to raid the public purse at the expense of, who else? The public.
Are we far from corruption?
The link below indicates that Town passed a resolution to consider alternate forms of Town ownership of Hillary house.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.yorkregion.com/print/1265644
Is that not what this is? Do you remember the resolution from council?