Let's be clear what the amendments do:
1)They stop the current council members from sitting on the Transition
Committee. Since the vast majority of the population don't trust the
Laurie, Owen and their cronies, this is table stakes. This gains Tim
nothing in terms of votes or trust, and he's spending EVEN MORE money on
the process.
2)Even though we told them we don't trust our current Councillors to
make this decision for us, they responded by saying, ok, we'll have some
non-elected officials make the decision. In what what world is this
better? They appear to be sticking with the idea that voters are too
stupid, too poorly educated, and too emotional to vote on this, and that
we should be quiet and let our betters decided for us.
I was in a meeting yesterday with John Hannaford, the clerk of the Privy
Council and he repeated over and over that integrity, ethics and respect
for democracy were the hallmarks of good government. We've seen very
little of those from the Laurie, Owen and their cronies, and Houston
isn't looking much better right now.
Where is the UARB going to get financial information for their study?
I'm betting they'll be given a sunshine and rainbow stories from Laurie,
Owen and the CAOs and will decide "the finances look good". This study
is meaningless eyewash as far as I can tell.
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On 25-Mar-2024 5:23 p.m., Bruce MacLean wrote:
Lohr, this afternoon, “…ordered a new analysis on whether
consolidating Antigonish town and county is the right move, after
months of public opposition.” Note that his main rationale for
reconsidering the consolidation was the “major” concern “that many
residents didn’t feel they had enough information about the financial
impact of consolidation on their tax rate …” *No mention of the
plebiscite.*
**
He has defined the problem so that it can be resolved in their chosen
domain. “If the UARB does not find consolidation to be in the best
interest of residents, it will not go forward” Lohr orates.
For more recent detail on the MAGA (Make Antigonish Great Again)
movement (local) see below:
N.S. hits pause on Antigonish consolidation | CBC News
<https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/n-s-hits-pause-on-antigonish-consolidation-1.7154855>
Bruce
