Badly. The Premier of Nova Scotia came down to tell the voters that his
hands are tied (they aren't) because the municipal councils asked for
consolidation, and he is honour bound to allow it. Now in Nova Scotia,
the municipal governments serve at the pleasure of the province. The
province makes all the rules that govern the municipalities, and those
rules require a study and a plebiscite when municipalities merge. In
this case, the two councils (who never ran on the issue in the previous
election) asked for special legislation to avoid a plebiscite.
According to the premier, because they asked, he must do it. He is
requiring a study by the UARB (Utility and Review Board) to look into
the financial implications. The UARB is an appointed board, so that
isn't sitting well with voters.
It was an interesting meeting - between 500 and 600 people were there,
and people asked again and again for a vote on the issue, and the
premier basically said "you voted for the councils, they asked for the
legislation, we have to do it, it's not my fault, it's yours."
It was sort of a weird meeting, and shows me once again, that the best
way to deal with politics is to ignore it. :)
And this was about as OT as we ever got back in the 90s. :)
T
On 02-Apr-2024 11:15 p.m., Bino Gopal wrote:
Well, soooo...how did it go?! Waiting with bated breath for the next chapter
in the Antigonish MAGA saga...! ;P
-----Original Message-----
From: Hardware <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Thane K.
Sherrington
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 4:10 AM
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [H] [Letantig_internal] And the Beat Goes On
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.
Thane K. Sherrington
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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
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Bruce
