Where There's A Will

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "E-Mail From The Mayor":

I'm glad that the mayor is still committed to negotiating. However, invoking the termination clause will not facilitate those negotiations. One party holding a proverbial gun to the head of the other party is not bargaining in good faith.

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I have had pleas to stop talking about Church Street School . It has been a pre-occupation since I discovered the museum would not be restored to its rightful place.

I've been told "Get over it"

Tat I will not.

It was my resolution to Council in 2006 to use some of  the hydro asset fund to finish what was started by the Historical Society: complete the renovations, get the collection out of boxes and available for  enjoyment and enlightenment of the community.

The Board would have to be completely out of touch  not to recognize growing resentment in the community at their decision to exclude the Historical Society and the museum from the building,
where they had invested all of their time  and resources for so many years.

In three years,  the board  has never acknowledged or attempted to resolve the situation.

Instead  an ill-informed  campaign has been organized to oppose any decision by Council to resolve the problem.

The solicitor's  report that the agreement does not reflect public interest was published several months ago.

 Still  no move.

For some of us on Council, it indicated  there is no intention to resolve the problem. For three others, no problem exists.

There is no gun at anyone's head.These are not union negotiations.

Council not only has  authority and obligation  to act  responsibly in  the interest of the people we are sworn to represent. If the will is there,that's what will happen.

A decision  is long overdue. .