"Cowardice asks the question...is it safe? Expediency asks the question...is it politic? Vanity asks the question...is it popular? But conscience asks the question...is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because it is right." ~Dr. Martin Luther King

Saturday, 1 February 2014

Twists and Turns

I was watching  Murdoch's Mysteries as I wrote  the last post.  It had all kinds of twists and turns.

Like a report to Council.   You never know where the input came from before it reaches Council.

Citizen Advisory Committees often make recommendations to include things in the budget.

The members are volunteers. It gives them moral suasion elected officials  don't have.

A  person could spend a lot of time sniffing things out and tracking things down. It's not particularly useful.

Staff recommended a Gold Standard for  energy conservation for the Joint Facility. Councillor Ballard made an amendment  to raise that  to Platinum Standard.

Well,  y'know. can't have one member more in favor of  conservation than another. It's a competition being green......so whamo... all but one in immediate support.

The design includes a green roof .

In the meantime, if we  gave the Rangers  notice to vacate the hydro building  and moved parks  back, we  could put $26 million back where it didn't come from

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

What Joint Facility ?

Anonymous said...

I think it has something to do with medical marijuana, 21:41.

Anonymous said...


"To every thing there is a season
and a time to every purpose"

In what season are we and what is the purpose?

Anonymous said...

21:41 Public Works/Parks & Rec....You know the one that will cost a measly $26 million to build because the land that the Town purchased was crap.

Anonymous said...

Oh No, Please dont throw the "kiddies" out of their comfy abode, after all its only 20 Million and where will they go ? what will they do?

Anonymous said...

22:34
My point was that you cannot award a structure yet to be approved with any kind of Standard. You might hope but that does not make it a reality.

Anonymous said...

The ' kiddies ' as Morris called them don't spend much time around town. They touch base for a few events only. It was a rushed mistake to give them the tenancy. And this Council is following the same pattern of panicked decision-making.