tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post5446252990989737597..comments2023-07-04T09:54:15.920-05:00Comments on Our Town and Its Business: TIMES CHANGE AND LIFEEvelyn Buckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03283458715658096750noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-38986806047311624772018-02-28T14:02:38.363-05:002018-02-28T14:02:38.363-05:0014:54
Someone took the fall for that disaster by l...14:54<br />Someone took the fall for that disaster by losing their job. I don't know if it was specifically because of the Joint-Ops project or not, but more should have lost their jobs because of it. If this were a private project, it would have never happened. In fact they would have probably never bought the land. Government projects are always run this way, and each and every time, we hear that "moving forward" they have learned from these mistakes. They may or may not fire someone (usually not) and move on to the next disaster project. The words "accountability", "transparency" are just words used during election time. Once sworn in to office, these words don't exist. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-82264878492223288152018-02-26T14:54:01.225-05:002018-02-26T14:54:01.225-05:00This is also about money.
In last week's edit...<br /><br />This is also about money.<br /><br />In last week's edition of The Auroran Mayor Dawe announced that he would seek a third term so that he could personally see Library Square and the Armoury brought to fruition. There are no budgets or cost estimates yet so far as I know.<br /><br />But is this the same mayor who served on the Executive Supervisory Management Committee in connection with the Joint-Ops Centre?<br /><br />Do I not recall that he and his compadres made a complete hash of the project, from additions and deletions of substance and money to a general cost overrun of significant millions.<br /><br />The town has had to see fit to call in a regional auditor to provide an analysis of what went right - not very much.<br /><br />There probably was not enough of a lesson learned from Joint-Ops and I shudder to think of the bungle on the mayor's two pet projects and the related cost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506868496663273256.post-19717723822800240462018-02-25T22:00:51.916-05:002018-02-25T22:00:51.916-05:00It's always about the money. The gun problem i...It's always about the money. The gun problem in the US is a monster bigger than most can imagine. There is no fixing it. The gun industry is over 50 Billion US dollars and growing, and the NRA has a membership over 5 million people and growing. Both Democrats and Republicans have never and will never be able to touch this growing monster. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com