I Grant You, The Election Was Legal.

"The hydro building was never offered publicly for lease. It was simply and quetly transferred to the Rangers. "

QUIETLY? Come on. This was in the papers, it was part of council proceedings.

This is just another decision made by a legally elected council that you feel is wrong (your opinions may not always be right). Another in the list of things to reverse because they were done by the evil empire.

We spend so much time this term revering things that were done last term. What is going to happen in 2 years and few months? Is that council going to spend 4 years reversing what this council has done?

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Were the public notified the building was available for lease? 


Were there invitations for expressions of interest? 


No, there were not. The building was quietly transferred to the Queen's York Rangers  with  a ten year lease.

Even though the property was being used by the town, no  staff reports were sought  or provided to indicate   town need for the space. Although we knew full well we needed it.

This Council spends not nearly enough time reviewing what was done last term. Political awkwardness of reversing decisions would never have been easy. More difficult still with Mormac Squadrons still  intact and known infiltration within the ranks.

Someone made a comment this morning about rampant corruption 
among municipalities.

Fie upon you   It was never thus in Aurora prior to the  2007 election.

The Province has checks in balances in place to ensure this stuff does not  happen.   Municipalities are required by law to have statutory officers on  the administrations. 

Their job is to  keep the municipality functioning within the law.

When individuals are elected who have no  sense of limits of  power,  no respect for the office they hold or the people who elected them , who routinely dispose of staff who dare to challenge them, then   " you  got trouble in River City" and four years  doth create a mountain not a molehill.

The Town Solicitor advised Council, on more than one occasion , there is no provision for an elected official to take legal action against someone else  and be indemnified for cost.

I heard  the former Mayor obtained external legal advice to
refute  the town solicitor's advice on the day  six members of council  voted  to support a slyly worded resolution giving  authority to the solicitor (Morris) to do what was needed to  resolve the  matter.

I do not believe ,Granger and Gallo lied  on the hustings.when they stated they had no idea the resolution would lead to litigation.

They may be faulted for not being wise enough to know how they had been used, and they may still be unwilling to admit to it but I do not believe  they lied.

I did not have to be in the room to watch the pantomime play out. I had seen it before ...too many times.