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A Mayor Puddle type meeting ---

Council spent nearly an hour in-camera

But only half hour in public

Dan Rodin’s first seat in ‘hot chair’ --- the absence of Gordon Howie might account for lack of substance at meeting

 

 

Some significant public issues sent to next meeting where citizens can have input—thus extending PR Hotel liquor license an extra hour (by opening at 11 AM rather than noon)

But also the less consequential changes needed for variance permit --- which could/ should be dealt with by

‘Board of Variance’ – see my previous

 

Revisiting ‘tabled’ issues

Bedard and Pond attended North Central Municipal Association (NCMA) meeting last?? where she was acclaimed a director --- and from meeting wants to revisit ‘measuring up’ campaign which was tabled earlier in year by this council 

 

Cote got some laughs and good points

His I heard ‘Mill is going to start up’ – which said jokingly – and brought series of jokes from others waiting meeting to start – Gordon Payne: ‘we will reserve a room for you’ (at hospital) etc

 

Cote in response to Thorkelson worries that cannery workers might have to pay to park (see my earlier on pay parking) reminded Council that BC Packers has a large empty field ‘surrounded by barbed wire fence’ that would make a perfect parking lot for boat trailers etc --- a point I have often made in these pages

 

Gordon Payne & Kinney

Kinney reported a good citizen who has taken upon himself to ‘over number of years tried to keep Moresby Park looking good’ was approached by RCMP after a complaint that he was cutting salmonberry bushes on public lands – City will give a letter saying OK to cut their bushes etc

Gordon Payne wished to know what had happened with complaints/ her concerns about Highway 16 maintenance – Pond responded it has been adequately dealt with ‘through proper channels’ by letters given to minister etc by Monahan recently – Note Port Edward sent a resolution – and ‘proper channels’ sounds like spin for government rather than locals.

 

Tomorrow I will contrast Puddle with a real council meeting --- like in Terrace where all kinds of public issues found to deal with at their May 14th meeting – many of these same issues used ot be dealt with at PR meetings – before Mayor Puddle changed things

Mayor Puddle type meeting

(Too shallow to be a Pond)

Mayor Pond while discussing Thorkelson request that public be given greater role in OCP and more information seemed to state his Puddle philosophy – ‘public was not interested in detail – they only wanted their issue dealt with – now’

 

This is the politics of Style over Substance – look good for the cameras and put in a few catchy phrases and the public will go back to watching TV

 

Created by LG on 14/5/2007

Last updated on Tuesday, May 15, 2007