Gremlins and Goblins get to spend in the Shadows

The Culture Centre is independent of the town. The purpose is for decision to be made outside of politics that  allow fees to be charged that will ensure self-sufficiency of the operation .

It's the same principle that supports Arena Management  Boards.

But now we see how it can be corrupted.

The board  recruits from the community  to  fill vacancies.  Applications are solicited.
The board, makes the selection.

Council has no  role. Public funds  are handed over to people we know nothing about.

The   Historical Society has  adopted the same practise. Nominations used to be accepted from the floor. They stopped that when Chris Watts  indicated his  interest in contributing .

A bylaw was passed  allowing board members to solicit applications and make the
selection , bypassing  society membership.

Think about that .John McIntyre and William Albino , proponents of the crazy,cockamamie,
Heritage Park Theme  are now  President and Vice President of the Society.

They get to select the executive board.

I heard society membership are sick and tired of being used as a political football. They just want to
be members of a group with a shared interest .

They should listen to Bob McRoberts. Let the thing die and be re-born in a mutually acceptable format. He speaks true.

Council has approved handing over $70,000 of your taxes to this pair and whatever unknowns they have selected to join them .

Last night, I heard the Farmer's Market Executive has adopted the same procedure.That's another outfit that likes to mix it . The town provides space and resources and they get to exclude people who might not fit  the clique.

On Wednesday night I heard Well Street School condo project is showing  no signs of progress.

People have  entered into purchase agreements and can't get their money back.

In retrospect, the town should probably have made the case for that property to come back to us
at a nominal fee.

It was a town asset. It continued  as a school by  an agreement allowing the park to be used as playground  and the street to be closed while school  in session

We should have made the case for a building , certified to be no longer safe , to be returned to  the
municipality  at a nominal sum.

We could have done what should have been done and demolished it.

The property would have provided a permanent location for a  Farmer's Market and off site parking
for the library and Church Street School.

Instead of  moving forward relentlessly , like a juggernaut , to  provide   " an exceptional quality of  life " as  called for in the  cast -in -stone Strategic Plan, we could just  put our minds to taking care  of obvious everyday problems created by past  neglect, oversight and  languid  Laissez-faire.