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Dumb question: Could staff not pick
up the phone and call staff at Newmarket, Richmond Hill or Vaughan to inquire
how they did it?
Does this require a council resolution to pick up the
phone and talk to someone who has done it before?
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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "An
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But we have all these Sunshine Boys
at the Aurora Town Hall. No?
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Who pays the taxes on the old hydro
building ?
The Kiddies??
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The report noting three neighbouring municipalities were not paying taxes, in similar circumstances, was written by the Director of Leisure Services on Mar 10th 2009. That was before he was stripped of half his authority in the department re-org recommended by consultants.
Another instance of a solitary contrary opposing vote par moi.
It was the time of an agreement being prepared , first by the new clerk and then by the new solicitor for the new Integrity Commissioner. Who was also stripped of his authority at the time of his first decision. He found the complaint filed against me, after an investigation of me by a lawyer, and a complaint composed by the same lawyer, was purely political.
It was the time of a constantly revolving door at the town hall.
A time when a treasurer stated, in response to a pointed question from the former Mayor, there was no conflict of interest in Mr. Whitehurst being appointed as a paid resource person to a committee on which he continued to hold membership.Which was clearly a conflictof interest.
That treasurer had already tendered his resignation and as working out his notice.
A time when the new solicitor and new treasurer agreed to work within a resolution that allowed them to refuse to make public information about how much had been spent on the lawyer retained by the Mayor, who made himself available as her personal consultant.
Yes, Staff or a Councillor could have picked up the phone and found out how similarly used properties in neighbouring municipalities continued to be exempt while ours was not .
The Director of Leisure Services had already reported they were not paying taxes in the same circumstance. .
It would have made no difference .
The treasurer shifts the money about.
The treasurer insisted the taxes had to be paid.
The treasurer established the disadvantage of the contract between
the town and the Soccer Dome operator.
A contract which the previous Council approved and directed be signed.
But which the next Council was pleased to hold the Director of Leisure Services, subsequently reduced to Director of Parks and Recreation, responsible .
And as we saw last Tuesday the remnants of the pack still sticking it to him with the help of written notes and questions pre-assigned to each .
I know it's hard to follow the twists and turns.
Harder still to believe and understand why persons elected and appointed to positions of trust would be possessed to go to that excess.
But the dots are all there.
The half million dollars diverted from our town's treasury to two other government institutions are real enough.
The harrassment of a town official is certainly visible.
There is no spin. The facts are undeniable.
Lady, do you never sleep?
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ReplyDeleteCouncil should retain one of the multi-national accounting firms to carry out a forensic audit commencing January 1, 2007 to date.
This would reveal all that was spent of taxpayers' dollars, who authorized the expenditures and whether that authorization was in accordance with the chain of command at the Town Hall.
Just like the retainer of Deloitte to investigate expense claims and expenditures by members of the Senate.
Until such an audit is carried out there will be continuing mutterings, suspicions and denials.
It's time to put this to bed.