The story has gaps

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "A Fiendish Plot ....":

This cannot be blamed on the Liberals. Aurorans asked about receiving help from the province and were assured by both staff & the Mayor that the paperwork had been done. I really do not like the over-use of " accountability " but we should have a modicum of it on such things. Otherwise how can there be trust on matters about which we know little

Posted by Anonymous to Our Town and Its Business at 7 December 2014 13:49

*********************** 


Information  about failure of all Ontario municipalities to make application for available assistance became known to me on Friday.

To be fair ,there has been no time  for the town to respond to the Minister.

I continue to receive bulletins from the Ontario Municipal Association . I 've seen  nothing
there.

On the other hand, if the government  retained a public relations firm to "mitigate" damage
from various scandals involving billions of dollars of wanton waste during harsh economic times , I would fully expect the timing of the Minister's statement to be calculated.

Perhaps I expect too much.

The level  of detail required  in the application is not known . Nor  how it was conveyed  to the municipality.

I would have expected a Minister to discover why only one application was made. Even then I would not expect communication with municipalities through the media.

No sensible Minister of Munjcipal Affairs deliberately alienates his area of influence.

Then it's not service. It's strictly politics.

Or it's just plain stupid.

Unhappily  I am afraid it is more often the latter.