"Cowardice asks the question...is it safe? Expediency asks the question...is it politic? Vanity asks the question...is it popular? But conscience asks the question...is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because it is right." ~Dr. Martin Luther King

Sunday 17 August 2014

We all have our rights

The Chamber of Commerce serves it's members. It is not a branch  of the municipal corporation.

Its affairs are private..  It  was the first successful organisation after many unsuccessful attempts.

It is self-sufficient and independent and adds vigour  to the community.

I know little of Chamber business but support the various events including the annual Home Show.

I bought a scooter to be able to attend the street sale. But  the crowds are so dense, the scooter
creates a problem.

I am a taxpayer.  I believe the Chamber should pay the fee to use the Stronach Centre for the Home show in 2015 and  every year thereafter.

lf I don't  want to pay for something, I claim the right to say so.

As a Councillor, I have the same right as every other taxpayer and also authority to speak for them.

Furthermore, since I have the means, it has been my practise, using whatever language I choose ,to alert taxpayers to  unreasonable  demands and excessive spending. So  that they too can let their Councillors know what they think about it.

That's the job.   I asked  for it. I like it. I think it's worth doing.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Some groups get their fees waived . Others do not. I think you can expect every one of them to make the attempt to slip past. It is up to Council to make each decision and this Council lets most organizations slip by. I would like to see more consistency with reasons given about there maybe being a one-time need to help out.

Anonymous said...

Why so defensive?

Anonymous said...

Could you please speak about something positive you are going to bring to the council table? All you have done for the past year is negative, bullying behaviour, and that is the last thing the new council needs.

Anonymous said...

I think you are doing a super job, E. It is too bad some of the positive initiatives that were before Council never got done. The Library Square should have been deal with right at the beginning. The Petch House just needed a bit of time and imagination instead of endless studies and dithering. We never did get to see an inventory of properties owned by the town that could be rented or sold.

Anonymous said...

9:03- Bullying behavior?.. Really?..
Now that's funny. Guess you never played in a sandbox before.

Anonymous said...

9:03- Ok. I'll start. The hanging baskets in the down town core were exceptionally beautiful this year. Now it's your turn.

Anonymous said...

20:23 It's difficult to debate with stupid

Anonymous said...

Stupid? I share 09:03's opinion.

Anonymous said...

Then 13:51...please see 8:40 as well.

Anonymous said...

Then 13:51...please see 8:40 as well.