I've been down that road myself. There were lessons that I learned that to this day put a smile on my face every day, mainly due from the my incredible supportive friends and family. There were also lessons that were disheartening. Those lessons like to creep into my day to day life now and again. I've seen Karma do it's magic over the years, I just wish that our legal system can get the overhaul that is clearly needed. Backing away from a fight has never been something I have ever done, although...Would I do it again? You betcha! You Evelyn taught me that lesson. Thank you. :)
Posted by Anonymous to Our Town and Its Business at 21 March 2018 at 09:15
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My fascination with the rollicking circus in the bouncy house south of us is in good part
from familiarity. Like my friend above, I already know much of this story.
In 2003 , I offered to serve again on Council because it broke my heart to see what Aurora
Council had become and I thought I could make a difference.
I did. But I had no idea what it would cost or how long it would take.
The details are tedious. They stretch over years.The challenge now is to capture the fiendish and the ridiculous without choking the story to death. I've never undertaken such a daunting task but I think
It must be done.
I lived a long time without this experience. Now I watch it repeated daily on the world stage.
Last week, James McCabe,senior FBI official was fired by Attorney General Jeff Sessions for "lack of candour". The AG himself is also at risk. The desperation is to discredit the Mueller inquiry,shut it down and bury the findings forever . It doesn't matter whose or how many lives are destroyed in the process.
As a further act of incredible spite ,McCabe's pension was confiscated as penalty for daring to investigate the conduct of the lying,swindling, lecherous occupant of the Oval Office.....his elected boss.
As my head hit the pillow after the news that Friday night, the memory came flooding back of the
day the Aurora Integrity Commissioner delivered his decision to the Office of the Clerk the similarities were uncanny.
Delivery of the decision was the first and only part in accordance with law . But the hour was early...plenty of time in the day left for mayhem to evolve.
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For those who follow the gross miss-expenditure of town money - the Joint Operations Centre - it is already $454,000 over budget and it is estimated it will take a minimum of $1.800,000 to finish the project. This according to a full audit of the building's construction.
There was supposed to be a Financial Task Force - a five member panel which included Mayor Geoff Dawe and Councillor John Abel, to oversee the project.
The auditor reports that "in terms of leadership, the lack of an overall project management methodology in the Town was lacking. Clearly that should have been in place."
It is obvious that the Financial Task Force knew nothing about supervising or managing a construction project that ended up costing well in excess of $20,000,000.
And now Mayor Dawe's stated intent to seek a third term is to see through to completion two new major projects. This is laughable.
The Town must hire a reputable and experienced project manager to oversee the work and who can report to council the progress of construction and the budget numbers. Senior staff might also be employed.
But please keep elected officials out of meddling.
How about the decision to purchase the land for this project in the first place? Oh wait! We need to hire an auditor to determine the cause of that f*ck up as well. That's ok...we can all just move forward to "better project management skills" and do better next time. There should have been more people who lost their jobs with this project, starting from the suggestion of this Ooops Center. Let's hope that the knew council in October has the guts to clean up house. Reducing council members is a good start. Reducing and replacing staff members would be another.
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