Township Council will vote on the budget bylaw next Monday, March 22, 2010.
Councillor Kim Richter announced she will be on Kwantlen business for that March 22nd meeting, but read her motion in the last Special Meeting of Township Council. in her motion, Richter calls for the mayor and council to take cuts in pay and benefits. This sounds aweful familiar to the stunt Councillor Dave Hall did in Langley City Council. Now Isn't that nice of Councillor Richter to do this? Just as she will miss this upcoming meeting for "Kwantlen business", taking her away from ToL Council business that she was elected to do, she will be paid for it all by Kwantlen and the ToL. Between Kwantlen instructor salary at $80-100K, plus the monies paid to her for her Board of Governor status, she can certainly afford to skunk her fellow councillors. ToL benefit cuts? Not a problem as Kwantlen also provides those. Cllr. Dave Hall is also on the education teet, so birds of a feather here folks. Cuts on the City or Township level will not impact Hall and Richter, so what the heck, eh?
The danger in these kinds of votes (apart from pandering to the press for a little smiling picture and article), is that you are saying with your motion that the common man can't run for mayor or Council. The message is, only the elite with good paying public teet jobs should run because they can take or leave their municiple benefits. What about retirees? Well, they need to come well-financed in Richter's version of public office. Single Mom's? Sell the farm and pony up cowgirl. What Richter hasn't figured out is that other members of Council may work harder than her. She certainly missed all the budget meetings and her contents within her motion make it obvious that she didn't understand what was proposed with the budget because she asked for Council cuts to cover things that are already covered under the proposed budget!
It's really good that the majority of Council came to work and didn't take an outside salary. It's equally good that those other members didn't stab their colleagues in the back and use this outside compensation to strong-arm their colleagues. So, come to the Council table self-financed or go home folks. This is Kim Richter's version of politics. Let's question her regarding her late arrival or no arrival at Council in the next election, shall we? Let's get her to disclose her non-Township salary and benefits, how's that? It is high time we hold her to the same standard she tries to set for everyone else in our humble opinion.
6 comments:
Are not Kooky Kimmy's expenses always in the top 3 even though she never ever serves on any federal or UBCM committees like Bob and Mel???????????
Typical hypocritical political pandering.
Tricky Ricky is a jerk and a bully but even he deserves to be properly paid for the work he does on our behalf. Does not deserve a chain of office though!!! LMAO!!!!!!!!!
Who gives a damn what Kim Richter (aka Muriel Junior) thinks about anything??????????
I agree Editor, this truly was a motion out of left field, especially when she isn't (or so you report) going to be at the meeting next Monday. That really leads one to ponder the true intention. You raise some excellent points, some Councillors do work hard are out during the day showing up at events and activites and so they should, every one of them should, not just a few!
I just can't figure out the motive but my take is the basic premise behind the motion is it is stupid and quite narrow minded and self-indulgent.
Oh well....another day in a Green paradise - not!
I THINK ANYONE WHO KNOWS BEFOREHAND THAT THEY CANNOT ATTEND ALL BUDGET MEETINGS, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE JOBARE DOING A GREAT DIS SERVICE TO THE TAXPAYERS. THAT WOULD BE LIKE ACCEPTING A POSITION AND THEN TELLING YOUR EMPLOYER I WILL SHOW UP ONLY IF I DO NOT HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO.YES I BELIEVE WE TAX PAYERS ARE THE EMPLOYER.NEXT ELECTION WE WILL BE ASKING ,DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH SPARE TIME TO DO A PROPER JOB THAT WE PAY YOU FOR? IF NOT PLEASE STEP ASIDE. I AM POSITIVE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH RETIRED PEOPLE OR SEMI RETIRED TO PUT NECESSARY TIME TO PROPERLY REPRESENT THE TAX PAYERS. LANGLEY IS NOT A ONE HORSE TOWN ANY LONGER,THERE IS TOO MUCH TO MAINTAIN NOW.
Speaking of a one hporse town. I am sure the present mayor, Mr. Horse pie himself, would love to fill Cllr. Richter's seat. Think of his best buddies in there.....hum, that could be Fred McNeill, Robert Moats, Kenneth Baker, Roy Mufford, Lee Lockwood and the list goes on! Maybe we are better with what we have in place.
Amen.
THE PEOPLE MENTIONED ABOVE WILL NEVER PUT THEIR NAME ON A BALLOT.THEY ARE JUST COMPLAINERS,NOT READY OR WILLING TO DO ANY REAL WORK. SOME PEOPLE FEEL IMPORTANT JUST BEING THE FRINGE ELEMENT.WE HAVE TO MANY PEOPLE THAT ONLY SEE ONE SIDE AND ABSOLUTELY REFUSE EVEN TO CONSIDER THE OTHER OPTIONS.WE NEED PEOPLE WHO ARE DEDICATED TO SPEND TIME TO SEE ALL SIDES OF A ISSUE.DECISIONS BY OUR PRESENT COUNCIL HAVE FAR REACHING EFFECTS INT OUR FUTURE AND GENERATIONS TO COME.MAJOR PROJECTS THAT ARE BUILT NOW, THE INITIAL COSTIS ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE TOTAL EXPENSE. THE MAINTENANCE COST OF THESE PROJECTS INTO THE FUTURE CAN BE MORE THAN THE INITAL COST.
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