tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post215052102799071289..comments2023-07-04T09:54:15.920-05:00Comments on Our Town and Its Business: News From The Georgina AdvocateEvelyn Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283458715658096750noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-30262490441049624832012-04-02T21:32:25.041-05:002012-04-02T21:32:25.041-05:00"Sometimes one does not receive what one anti..."Sometimes one does not receive what one anticipates."<br /><br />Very, very true, 4:19. We need look no further than at those that anticipated a contract termination on Feb. 28th, do we?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-70229846139691151552012-04-02T21:24:32.691-05:002012-04-02T21:24:32.691-05:00"No one links the present organization back t..."No one links the present organization back to Mormac in these discussions."<br /><br />You're kidding, right?! The writer of this very blog does, and has told us so ... multiple times!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-87582428989667330862012-04-02T20:52:02.245-05:002012-04-02T20:52:02.245-05:00@1:19
My point is that there should not be any le...@1:19<br /><br />My point is that there should not be any legally binding agreement with this board, or any other board, at all.<br /><br />The facility should be managed by the town. Period. It should be entirely accountable to council, and it should come under the auspices of competent town staff. Period. This arms-length agreement is complete, unadulterated crap.<br /><br />Nobody has put together one solitary sound argument in favour of the existence of any agreement. The best that even the advocates can muster amounts to nothing more than scare mongering.<br /><br />KA-NON<br /><br />KA-NONKA-NONnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-89524162405003747402012-04-02T20:12:35.016-05:002012-04-02T20:12:35.016-05:00HELLO ? What is this about the ' current organ...HELLO ? What is this about the ' current organization ' ? The Board is not old, has not been in place long. The ' current' members are the old members with a couple of<br />exceptions. If you want to blame the' old ' board, Ballard was on that, I think. Do not try to re-write history in this town. The Board has no history except for being people who sit on boards. HELLO, OUT THERE? The current group is the old one. Do not try and fudge the issue. They have been complicit from the beginning despite what they say. And, since they are accountable to no one. who believes what they say except perhaps our poor Mayor? HELLO?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-83508479764738314932012-04-02T16:37:13.642-05:002012-04-02T16:37:13.642-05:00This entire subject is stupid beyond all of the wo...This entire subject is stupid beyond all of the words that have been written about it the past few months.<br /><br />The present agreement is seriously flawed, as identified quite specifically by the Town Solicitor in an early December report.<br /><br />At the time of drafting the Town's interest was represented by a legal clerk. This of itself is a joke.<br /><br />This is an example of what happens in federal politics when legislators discuss the cost of a dozen pencils, a subject about which they presumably know lots, vs. the cost of a proposed jet fighter aircraft involving billions of dollars. They spend days on the pencils and don't ask a single question with respect to the plane, relying on expert advice.<br /><br />So it is with culture - everyone's an expert and they have the opinions to prove it.<br /><br />By the way, I think our mayor is decent, not fine, and after 16 months in office is no longer new.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-29281179492770910382012-04-02T16:19:07.350-05:002012-04-02T16:19:07.350-05:00Very nicely written ,1:19 PM. But it's still h...Very nicely written ,1:19 PM. But it's still horse pucky!<br />Sometimes one does not receive what one anticipates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-4401259292814347892012-04-02T16:04:48.681-05:002012-04-02T16:04:48.681-05:001:19 PM
Wherever did you get the idea that Morm...1:19 PM<br /> Wherever did you get the idea that Mormac taint was to blame for the way Aurorans feel about a bad agreement with the ACC? It is the agreement, a piece of bloody foolish legal errors written in haste without proper representation for the Town, which needs to be dealt with right now. No one links the present organization back to Mormac in these discussions. And any bad feeling that has arisen comes solely from the current Board.<br /> Secret meetings ,culled mail list e-mail attacks, not bothering with minutes. bullying in the Town Hall - none of that has anything to do with Mormac. It is all <br />Recent and Ugly. It is on their own heads - you cannot blame Mormac taint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-13018634517319356552012-04-02T14:41:40.071-05:002012-04-02T14:41:40.071-05:00Evelyn, The post above was intended to be on the &...Evelyn, The post above was intended to be on the "Synopsis" post.<br /><br />KA-NONKA-NONnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-91674360050556847602012-04-02T13:19:14.085-05:002012-04-02T13:19:14.085-05:00"My fear is that the months-long negotiation ..."My fear is that the months-long negotiation course that has been charted will result not only in an "improved" contract, but also an extension of term beyond the term of the current council."<br /><br />Why are "improved" and "extended" things to "fear" in the new contract, KA-NON? All but one councillor has stated their support of the cultural centre in regards to programming. <br /><br />It's some of the present terms that are at issue, things that will be addressed and remedied over the coming months of negotiations. There will be no 'baby thrown out with the bath water' here. <br /><br />I'm looking forward to an improved and extended new agreement. One without the perceived taint of MorMac, something that is erroneously being held against the present organization. A new contract with our fine, new mayor's signature on it is being eagerly anticipated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-61157950214985339222012-04-02T13:00:03.276-05:002012-04-02T13:00:03.276-05:00Grossi's Mountain = Dawe's ACC. Both shame...Grossi's Mountain = Dawe's ACC. Both shameful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-87390718888881117892012-04-02T11:03:35.220-05:002012-04-02T11:03:35.220-05:00Given that there is no real collective political w...Given that there is no real collective political will to end the current contract, perhaps the best strategy would have been to let the current contract run its course and not renew.<br /><br />My fear is that the months-long negotiation course that has been charted will result not only in an "improved" contract, but also an extension of term beyond the term of the current council.<br /><br />If we just let it expire, or better yet terminate with extreme prejudice as the Mayor indicated we would do if the negotiations did not render the results we are looking for, then the whole thing could AT LEAST be a clear election issue in the next campaign.<br /><br />I've got a bad feeling about this ...<br /><br />KA-NONKA-NONnoreply@blogger.com