At a recent Township (Council Priorities Committee - CPC) budget meeting Councillor Kim Richter suggested that Council examine water metering IN THE URBAN AREAS and that they also consider NOT adding the proposed additional police officer for the next few years as recommended by the RCMP based on population growth.At Monday's Special Township Council meeting on January 11th the minutes of that CPC came before Council for approval. Cllr. Richter quickly jumped in to ask that the minutes be revised to clearly indicate her intention of wanting to meter water in the URBAN areas of the Township only. She then apparently threw away all of the political rhetoric on her website and election platforms for the past many years, asking staff why these comments were directly attributed to her (Councillor Richter) in the record.
Staff agreed to amend the minutes to say that there was a "Council discussion" related to these issues raised. Can you imagine that? Cllr. Kim Richter constantly chastises her Council peers for what she perceives to be any hint of lack of transparency and accountability. Yet Richter had the Township record amended so that her comments in Council appear vague and not attributed to any one single Township Councillor.
Apparently for Cllr. Kim Richter, opaque has become the new transparent. Better throw away those old campaign buttons and revise that website Councillor, as once again your walk does not line up with the talk.
3 comments:
Ah the old politcal hot potatoe - water meters on wells. All the experts say do it and the politicians say don't and some even want to make sure their record on file is unblemished. I was not there but I detect a real hasty retreat on her part just in case it were to come back to haunt her. What you say is what you say even one week later!
'transparency and accountability' hum let me think about that, aren't those the words this mayor used during the leection and then forgot once he took his oath? Things like his infamous Finance Committee, running off to the ALC 'as a citizen' claiming to be the mayor and the list goes on. Transperancy to we electorate is not evident at all in fact there is less now than before. You have to be a greeny weeny to understand his transperancy.
Well said!!! Definition of transparency: Lack of hidden agendas and conditions, accompanied by the availability of full information required for collaboration, cooperation, and collective decision making.
Green and Richter, don't play by these rules!!!
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