Questions and answers.

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Guest Post":

Someone mentioned yesterday that we might need to file FOI requests in order to find out what the town was doing. I'm fairly sure that they have to go through the Town Clerk.
Do we even have a Town Clerk ?

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The town solicitor has been appointed Acting Clerk.

The talk now is about  an elections officer on contract. 

Someone posted a comment about  the two mechanics trying to manipulate their employer.

An  echo of immediate past chief magistrate.

Always Blame the victim.

We have had a  continued exodus of employees since 2006

Municipalities in the GTA  are a close knit community. Word travels fast .

On the other hand, last time we had to replace the clerk, four years ago, we had two applications .
One  had no idea what a municipal clerk's job was.

The time I exploded with the f-bombs in the closed door meeting was ia reaction Councillor Abel's indifference towards a  treasury-clerk  of  twenty-six years  employment manipulated out of a relatively humble job for no obvious reason.

Yesterday I mis-spoke when I said questions are not allowed. Of course questions are not disallowed. .
It's  the answers that are refused point blank.

And secrets are kept safe.

Everything can be  papered over with the old re-organisation sham.

In the meantime,  no employee can have security in the town of Aurora.

No loyalty can be assumed.

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Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Guest Post":

"I was convinced the Hydro building and five acre secure yard should have been retained by the town and become permanent location for the parks department."

But all the others disagreed, stop crying about it.

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You speak true. 

All who knew, agreed  evicting the parks department from the property and  leasing it to   Queen's York Rangers  so that "the Kiddies" could have a place to play was a stroke of genius. 

Councillor Ballard wasn't even Councillor at the time. But he was Chairman of the Economic Development Advisory Committee. The former Mayor had a penchant for putting her friends in  positions of influence, 

The problem with the comment is the deal was done quietly. Mostly behind closed doors. 

Not too  many  outside the magic circle did know  about it. 

Now they know. 

Because I keep telling them. 

Now they are looking down the barrel of millions of dollars of  needless debt. 

The Hydro property bears little sign of life  from "kiddies"or any other activity. 

The parks department could ,as they were before, be handily accommodated on the hydro property.. 

The Works Department could take over the space formerly occupied by Parks and build their new facility in a perfect location with  least disruption. 

People understand ,they do have power and authority. They can recognise a boondoggle as easily as the next person.

They can make a difference.

They can advise elected representatives  of their position on  issues at hand.

Councillors are compelled to pay attention.

It's as simple as tapping out an e-mail.

The Hydro property is ours. We need it ....desperately.

National Security does not depend on DND occupation of five acres of Aurora.

Surely, they have other things to worry about.

And they have an empty Heritage Armouries on the cormer of Mosely and Larmont.