In a July 5, 2010 meeting of Township Council, Mayor Rick Green was asked by councillors how he would be voting at the Metro Vancouver Board regarding the Regional Solid Waste Management Plan. Green stated that there would be a final Metro Vancouver public hearing on the plan on July 14, 2010. Mayor Green stated that after this meeting he would have enough information to vote at Metro.
The Metro Vancouver public hearing did in fact take place this past Wednesday, July 14, 2010. The meeting was well-attended and we hear those attending this meeting actually exceeded capacity of the Metro boardroom.
We received several reports and have now confirmed that Mayor Rick Green was not present at this very important meeting. The Township of Langley had no official representative sitting at the table for this public hearing and Cllr. Grant Ward was seen in the audience. But where was Mayor Green??
Once again Mayor Green makes statements in open Council (and now on webcast) pontificating about "serious issues" and the numerous "questions" he has about various proposals such as this Regional Solid Waste Management Plan. But as with this one, Green fails to attend the important meeting that he claimed would help him decided and vote. How can anyone take this mayor at face value?
The Editorial Board of the Langley Record does hope that someone on Township Council will note this inconsistency and take the mayor to task. It was irresponsible of him to miss this meeting, especially after his pontification at the council table.
5 comments:
tsk,tsk.....doen't the TOL have a deputy mayor that might have been able to attend on his behalf? Even last minute, some there to listen to final remarks and debate and made a partially informed vote is better than no one.
Anonymous:
You bring up a good question. When this mayor can make it to his required meetings, does he inform staff or council so that the Deputy Mayor can attend? Looks like he failed to do so for this very important meeting. Why??
I don't think it is the Deputy Mayor, it is the Metro Vancouver Alternate. Was he asked to attend? I doubt it this pompous individual would never ask one of his Council to attend, it is beneath him! A better question, will he charge it as a mileage claim - a ha!
You're right, Anonymous, it is the Langley's Metro 'Alternate' that should have been asked to attend this final meeting if the mayor was unable to attend. If the alternate wasn't asked by the mayor, then the question has to be asked of the mayor, why? And, if the Alternate was asked by the mayor, why wasn't the Alternate there? (Purely, in my opinion, a deliberate move by this incompetent mayor.) And, correct me if I am wrong, but it seems to me that Councillor Ward is presently the Deputy Mayor. And, as you say, he did attend this final public input Metro Regional Solid Waste Management Plan meeting. It seems Ward is appearing to the taking this Deputy Mayor's position seriously. Hopefully, the rest of Green's council is enlightened enough about this issue to give Green proper Council instructions on how to vote on the most important regional Metro issue on July 30th and not let Green 'wing-it alone' as he has done so many times in the past.
I simply can not believe that this chesire cat smile had the guts to cut in line at the Summer Games in front of kids who had waited in the hot sunshine for an hour+ for food. This is absolute ego at it's best...after all it is 'ME' first in this Township. Trash Mr. Mayor and very self centered and absolutely UNACCEPTABLE!
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