Make certain you hear the shameful audio of the mayor below as he tries to run damage control after the slate got their hands caught in the cookie jar!
More disturbing details have emerged regarding this secret meeting that should cause the public GREAT concern...
Informed sources have confirmed with the editors of the Langley Record that yesterday's Standing Finance Committee secret meeting had first been intended to be held at the home of Mayor Rick Green, and without the notification or knowledge of Councillor Steve Ferguson. Obviously meetings at the mayor's home would also preclude public and media involvement.
The slate's secret plot fell apart, when during an e-mail exchange between the slate and the committee, a member of the slate inadvertently copied Councillor Ferguson on an e-mail. The slate then scrambled to run damage control, quickly changing the venue to a Township Civic Facility meeting room. A very poor attempt to legitimize the meeting and cover their tracks. It all makes sense now, as one will hear Councillor Steve Ferguson in the audio recording tell Mayor Green that he has e-mails and such that prove the Green - Richter slate tried to keep Ferguson out of this meeting. They did everything they could to keep him away.
It is very shameful and disturbing that Mayor Green and his slate publically appear to enspouse openess and transparency, while behind closed doors they plot secret meetings and exclude the public. On Saturday, February 21, 2009, twenty-six members of the public and the press were denied access to a meeting and information that we as taxpayers have paid for. All because this mayor believes he rules the Township with an iron fist and his fellow slate members back him up, instead of objecting on behalf of the public. The "transparency" is 100% optics and is nothing but a sham.
MEETING NOTES *** UPDATE ***
- No council meetings this week
- Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - Finance Committee Meeting - 3:15pm - 5:15pm Salmon River Committee Meeting Room Although this meeting does not appearing on the ToL online calendar. Is this meeting at Rick's home or Kim's place?
- No other details on any other secret meetings of slate insiders.
3 comments:
I guess what interests me is how incredibly silent the 'autre blxx' is on this issue and circumstance. Wow, tail between thei legs....come on Big Bxx let us in on the secret you and your councillor know about this or is it the obvious, a PR nightmare for the both of you and your man Green?
Editor,
I haven't heard from the HT. He must be running scared.
This is the most untrusting & hostile environment I have ever witnessed. This can not be condusive to any meaingful progress in budget-preparation!
Clearly, this committee is now burdened with "Cloak n' Dagger" - Who's meeting with whom? When? Where? What are "they" discussing? What ulterior motives must I watch for? What are the hidden agendas?
In this toxic environment, even if good ideas are brought forward, half the room will be skeptical and resistent. Inevitably, this will manefest itself in the Council Chambers when it comes time to vote on the budget recommendations.
Regretably, we can not turn back time. From the outset, the representation on this committee was flawed. There was no fair, transparent & inclusive process put in place to establish an ecclectic committee membership.
Now it is too late for that. At this point, the "show must go on" and the deadlines discussed at the Feb 16, 2009 council meeting must be met.
To bandaid this wound & meet the budget deadlines would the council consider hiring a paid professional facilitator - negotiator?
Yes ~ someone to keep the room focussed on the task with clear rules: No biting, hair-pulling, spitting or yelling. The chores must be done by March 3.
All it would take would be one additional line on the budget:
Paid Baysitter.
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