Lawyer John Findley blasts Caledonia’s “real interlopers”

In ‘National Post takes the blinders off MSM,’ Jeff Parkinson and I gave some well-deserved recognition to the Post for taking a strong stand against landclaim lawlessness and political cowardice with their recent editorials and series, Rethinking the Reserve.

Today, we must recognize a true, unsung Caledonia hero for his continual efforts to hold the government accountable for their miserable failures in the face of outrageous aggression by native criminals: lawyer, John Findlay.

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Your chance to change history

Updated October 11, 2007 - As we all know by now, the worst Premier in Ontario history has been elected to a second reign of horror. This is not good news for Caledonia or anyone who cares about law and order in Ontario, but it’s not the end of the battle. The things worth having in this life are not only worth fighting for but usually require fighting for and that is what we will continue to do. 

October 10, 2007

Today is the single biggest chance we have to change the landscape of what’s happening in Caledonia, and all you have to do to make a difference is take a few minutes to put a check mark in a box.

For anyone considering not voting today I ask you the following:

How would you feel if your vote could have been the one that knocks McGuinty out of power but you didn’t bother to do it? Remember the election that saw Bush elected was decided by a handful of votes.

Is the suffering of the children of the Sixth Line not worth taking a few minutes to vote against? Remember some of those who need McGuinty defeated the most are too young to vote, but you can cast yours on their behalf.

If you’re not sure that John Tory will keep his word and end the lawlessness, ask yourself what will Dalton McGuinty do if re elected?

Is that few minutes spent doing something else today worth 4 more years of being grossly overtaxed and knowing that your money is paying to keep illegal occupations, extortion and the oppression on your rights going?

How do you feel about the fact that every tax dollar you pay for the next 4 years will not begin to cover the cost of the OPP sitting in their cars refusing to help as someone is beaten nearly to death?

How does it feel knowing that every time McGuinty smiles for the camera, it’s because his hand is in your pocket?

How effectively can the billions of dollars from the McGuinty imposed health care tax have been spent when Sam Gualtieri was refused a CAT scan at almost every hospital his doctor had to call to beg to give him one?

If the current polls showing McGuinty way ahead are discouraging you, remember those are phone polls and half of those people won’t bother to vote today.

I’m going to spend the time it would take me to write a few more of these questions going out and casting my vote. I sincerely hope that you will all do the same!

Jeff Parkinson

Caledonia Wakeup Call

Canadian Advocates for Charter Equality www.canace.ca

Jeff@CaledoniaWakeupCall.com

Six Nations letter a ’signal’ to talk

Six Nations elected Chief Dave General stands behind a toughly worded letter warning that more native protests would occur, unless all development is stopped along the Grand River.

In a letter sent to Haldimand and dated Aug. 17, Six Nations “reminded” council of recent events at the Douglas Creek Estates and another development in Hagersville. It recommended a halt to any approvals until land claims have been settled.

“This would greatly help to avoid any future protests/occupations within our mutual territories,” reads the letter, signed by Councillor George Montour, chair of the Six Nations Lands and Resources Committee.

Haldimand Mayor Marie Trainer called it a thinly veiled threat.

“It’s so strongly worded. It’s more or less saying we’re shutting Haldimand down,” Trainer said.

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John Tory takes a tough stand on Caledonia

September 23, 2007

Remember this date ladies and gentlemen as today is the day that the Government silence and inaction on the lawless Native terrorism and extortion in Ontario died.

Conservative leader John Tory visited Caledonia today and made clear the position his PC government will take once in office on the curse that McGuinty has placed on Caledonia, and allowed to spread throughout the Province.

The following is from the official story as sent out by the PC party:

“Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory today returned to Caledonia, the site of the ongoing land-occupation, where he called for new leadership to resolve the current standoff and prevent other illegal occupations in the future.“For over a year and a half Dalton McGuinty has permitted an illegal occupation to paralyze this entire community,” Mr. Tory said, “He has failed the people of Ontario.

“To date, Dalton McGuinty has refused to insist on the rule of law when it comes to illegal occupations. The Caledonia occupation alone has cost Ontario taxpayers $55 million so far. Similar disputes have since threatened communities ranging from Desoronto, Brantford, Hagarsville, the Village of York, and Dunnville.

Tory announced today that he would move to protect Ontario communities from illegal occupations by strengthening existing laws.

“I am announcing today that a PC government will amend provincial statutes, including the Trespass to Property Act to address the breakdown in law that results from an illegal occupation,” said Tory. This new act would respect the valid interests of each side, protect innocent bystanders, and set a policy framework for police.”

He also outlined the new ground rules that a Progressive Conservative government would enforce when confronted with an illegal occupation:

• No negotiation with anyone engaging in an illegal occupation;
• Oppose any group using an illegal occupation to extort concessions or payments
• Insist that the authority of the courts, including court injunctions, are respected and enforced; and,

• Use the justice system to pursue civil action against those who participate in, direct, or financially support illegal occupations.

“I will stand up and stand beside the people of this province to ensure they are protected,” Tory concluded. “For a safe and strong Ontario, leadership matters.”

Vacuum at the top

Wednesday September 19, 2007
Simcoe Reformer

The McGuinty government moves in strange and mysterious ways.

But Ontarians at least can thank the provincial Liberals for laying down a marker that will help voters distinguish them from the pack in the Oct. 10 election.

Elections are about leadership. Sometimes they are only about leadership. Parties with sound policies sometimes fall short because voters find their leaders lacking in this vital area.

The incumbent Liberals were forced to speak about leadership this weekend following a serious assault in Caledonia. Native youths allegedly beat a developer into unconsciousness on Thursday.

The assault occurred after natives occupied a subdivision site because they decided the developers were not respecting new land-use controls that Six Nations has claimed in southern Ontario.

Aboriginals are slowly but surely sterilizing development in communities along the Grand River. They are emboldened by the fact that - after 18 months of confrontation - no one at the provincial or federal level will stand up to them.

Read the full story here

Cowering on Caledonia

National PostThe ongoing illegal actions of native protesters in Caledonia, Ont., has been the focus of many stories and columns in the Post. And in Monday’s issue, it was again the subject of a scathing editorial, titled The Scandal of Caledonia. Readers we’ve heard from have generally applauded that editorial, though few have employed as colourful language as the letter-writer below.
  –Paul Russell, NP letters editor

This was a phenomenal and timely editorial. The first-and-last issue in (any) Ontario election can be only the maintenance of “the basic rule of law” for one-and-all alike.

Mr. McGuinty’s Liberal government — smarmy, politically-correct, pusillanimous, cowering, buckpassing, sanctimonious, immensely well remunerated financially — was sworn to uphold the Law in Ontario:. They have since rendered increasing chunks of Ontario ungoverned and ungovernable, in increasing numbers of places where law-and-order are remote memories.

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Tory must be specific

Brantford Expositor

As native militancy grows during the provincial election, Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory would appear to be the most obvious beneficiary as the advocate of a “one law for all” approach.

But the time has come for him to be specific. Where exactly does his position lie?

We can assume it’s somewhere between the much-criticized failure to remove native protesters from a housing development in Caledonia with the Liberals governing the province and former PC premier Mike Harris shouting: “I want the (expletive) Indians out of the park.”

The ongoing Six Nations occupation in Caledonia and the violence associated with it that flared last week certainly represents a weak spot for the governing Liberals. But the death of native protester Dudley George at Ipperwash is an even more shameful legacy of the approach to native protests under the previous PC government.

We know and understand what Tory means when he says he wants the same laws to be applied to everyone. but he now has to explain how he will achieve that - and we offer him some free advice to stop promoting his silly “civil remedies” solution. Most protesters who have months to occupy a construction site don’t have the money to be sued to recover the huge costs of such actions.

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Six Nations can’t dictate new laws

Kitchener Record

The rule of Canadian law is breaking down in the Grand River valley. And Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is letting it break piece by piece in a vast region of the province more than 800,000 people call home.

Already, a man is in hospital after being knocked unconscious by aboriginal protesters who claim authority over the Caledonia development he is building on. Already, there are reasons to fear that the tensions, and perhaps the violence, that have shaken Caledonia for more than 18 months could spread throughout the Grand River valley, including Waterloo Region, where a group of Six Nations natives are asserting bold new demands that have no foundation in Ontario law.

Yet, at this critical moment when leadership at the highest level is so urgently required, Premier McGuinty is missing in action on the election campaign trail. Mr. Premier, with respect, your silence, your evasion, your insistence that this is a job for the federal government, are simply not good enough — not for the non-natives of the area, not for the people of the Six Nations either.

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John Tory and Toby Barrett speak out on landclaim lawlessness

On September 04/07 the Kingston Whig Standard ran a hard-hitting editorial against native lawlessness in connection with land claims and the OPP’s direct contribution to the degradation of the rule of law and democracy.

On Sept 07/07 John Tory came out swinging:

“As premier, John Tory says he would enforce a “one law for all” legal system and apply it to aboriginals who occupy lands as a form of protest against proposed developments…” 

“Speaking to reporters from Osprey Media newspapers…the provincial Progressive Conservative leader suggested he would establish a zero-tolerance policy on aboriginal land occupations if he is elected premier…”

MPP Toby Barrett had a few choice remarks of his own today:

“The bottom line is that government must make it a priority to work with the federal government and aboriginal leadership to create a framework to resolve land claim issues effectively.

No matter the grievance, no matter the dispute, all of our laws - such as the Criminal Code - apply to all of us, equally, at all times - without exception. Whether it is in situations where protesters are concerned about environmental projects or land claims, unlawful action is not acceptable.

Read the full story here   Much more at www.VoiceofCanada.ca

Halt to all development on crown lands within the Haldimand Tract

Media Release :
Communiqué:
For Immediate Release
GRAND RIVER TERRITORYSIX NATIONS- Six Nations Confederacy Council negotiators are optimistic movement may be coming from Canada, in right of the crown, over Six Nations land rights.

However, at the same time Confederacy Royanni (Chiefs) are calling for a halt to all development on crown lands within the Haldimand Tract, while negotiators work on a formula to determine how the amount of restitution to Six Nations, will be arrived at. Royanni met in a full day’s session with Canada and Ontario representatives at the Oneida Business Park Thursday.

Six Nations Confederacy Council lead Negotiator, Mohawk Chief Allen MacNaughton said he is optimistic with Thursday’s discussions. “Canada realizes we have land rights here and it is now a case of developing a formula that will determine what restitution will be or is worth.” Chief MacNaughton said the Canada has not ever adequately explained how it came up with the $125 million offer it made several months ago. “There was a ballpark figure thrown out of $125 million, with no explanation, that is not and has not been satisfactory. There was no formula used, there is no satisfactory explanation.”

As a result he said , “it will be up to Haudenosaunee Six Nations, to gain, come up with a solution. We will be working for the next 30 days on a formula .” Mohawk Chief Allen MacNaughton says Six Nations Haudenosaunee want to see an end to direct action being taken by developers on disputed Six Nations lands.

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2 Tiered Justice Spreading like Wildfire

The racist political policing (or extreme lack of) known as 2 Tiered Justice was first referred to regarding Caledonia & DCE, but it is far from contained to one small town.

When Native Criminals took over the building site of what was to be a retirement home in Hagersville, the OPP not only stood and watched but assisted them in erecting a barricade to keep the legal owner of the property off of his land.

On June 29, 2007 the OPP closed the busiest highway in the Country the 401 because a small group of Native thugs said they might do it. No attempt was made to stop any of the blockades led by Terrorist Shawn Brant. Instead the Police we pay to protect us assisted him by blockading the road themselves.

When they laid a claim to the future site of a Wal-Mart in Dunville, nothing was done to stop them and the latest rumors are that Wal-Mart is canceling the building because of it.

When the Criminals showed up at a housing development in Brantford and demanded the construction of 200 new homes come to a halt, the OPP did nothing and the developer stopped.

Another Native Occupation in Brantford

Here We Go Again 

By Christine McHale

August 28, 2007

Another one bites the dust!

Yes folks, it’s happened again. This time in Brantford, go figure!

A developer in Brantford was contacted by Six Nations last Thursday and told he had to stop all development of a housing sub-division because the land he bought wasn’t his. It belongs to Six Nations. Sound familiar?

The developer of Mayberry Homes, Mike Quattrociocchi, says he did everything right, everything he was supposed to do. He bought the land, got the land title, got the building permits, then made the fatal mistake of thinking all was good for go and he was in the clear. Never mind the fact that by that time, even before any ground was broken, before any basement was poured, before he did anything else, he would have spent millions already.

Now, after being told to stop all development, he is frustrated. Now that’s an understatement.

And, as if that weren’t enough, last Friday, six natives paid him a visit and told him that if he didn’t stop all development they would get twenty to thirty more natives to come and occupy land he had legally purchased, and legally had received all necessary land title, deed, and building permits for. Lock, stock and barrel!

So who runs this province anyways? Not the spineless McGuinty government, a government that would fail to recognize leadership if it bit them in the you-know-what!

The police perhaps? Nope!

So far, not one single developer, not one single police force, not one single McGuinty government MPP has stood up for justice.

To be sure, the developers, and they are a growing number, have made noise, but to no avail. Development has been stopped in Caledonia, Dunnville, Hagersville, to name a few, and now in Brantford, again.

Spineless, leadership clueless governments have enabled radical natives to thwart development and progress. Any why not? They’ve been given the green light by the government to go ahead, bring economic terrorism to town after town. They’ve been told to go ahead, claim land parcel after land parcel, rightly or wrongly so, and you just never know, you may walk away with oodles and oodles of land and cash to boot.

One glimmer of hope though. October 10 is coming up fast. Why not dump the clueless, leadership challenged McGuinty Liberals. After all, you can’t get any worse form of government that one which doesn’t govern.

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2 Tiered Justice struggle: What has been accomplished

For many months now we - with the help of some extraordinary fellow Canadians in and outside of Caledonia - have worked full time to vigorously and legally oppose the Two Tier Justice policies of the McGuinty government and the Ontario Provincial Police, and give a voice to those who had none. During this protracted and tiring struggle it is hard for people, especially those closest to the continuing occupation of the Douglas Creek Estates in Caledonia to believe that anything at all has been accomplished, especially given that native intimidation of landowners is spreading.

In fact, a great deal has been accomplished to date:

Our accomplishments

• Helped media realize that residents were innocent victims. Public opinion has turned against them so much that Natives involved in the most recent landclaim intimidation event resorted to carrying signs saying, “We are NOT terrorists!“
• Provided reliable source of information for media stories.
• Made ‘Two Tier Justice’ a household phrase.
• Exposed terrorist threats to CSIS and the public.
• Created ‘The Ipperwash Papers’ project to expose Ipperwash Inquiry for the shameful cover-up it was, thereby denying it as a tool for McGuinty’s re-election campaign. We were the first to tell  the real story of what happened to the residents of Ipperwash. We were the first to get that story in the mainstream media, and we were the first to predict - 2 ½ months prior to release of its report, that the Inquiry would not be able to make any recommendations for preventing violence against innocent residents. 
• Silenced OPP propaganda machine with lawsuits and police complaints.
• Exposed Liberal plan to sell out residents.

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Dear Mayor Trainer…

Reprinted from and with the exclusive permission of www.VoiceofCanada.ca  Please direct all comments to the original article here

After witnessing last night’s shameful vote at the Haldimand County council meeting (see, ‘Democracy takes a huge hit in Haldimand’), I sent the message below to Mayor Trainer and whoever else is now reading her mail.

I welcome your comments in support of the mayor.

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Tue 8/14/2007 12:15 

Dear Mayor Trainer:

I would like to pass on my compliments to you for your professionalism while publicly revealing the truth about the sneak attack on your privacy, your authority and your relationships with your constituents last night. In sharp contrast to the remainder of council you showed yourself to be a true professional - firm, yet humble and restrained. Honest in your response to those attacking you, yet forgiving and co-operative.

You were most dignified in the face of unbelievable treachery from those who should be showing you respect as the CEO of Haldimand County, and it did not go un-noticed or appreciated by those of us who were there. I suspect that the outrageous conduct of council in attacking your privacy and in stifling the voices of residents will not be soon forgotten.

Please feel free to share this email with council and staff should you wish to do so. I will be posting it at www.voiceofcanada.ca.

Regards,

Mark Vandermaas, Editor

VoiceofCanada

Sloat leads Charge to Read Mayor’s Email

By Gary McHale - www.CaledoniaWakeupCall.com

According to the Mayor it is Mr. Sloat who is directing council to pass the motion to read the Mayor’s Email. Mr. Sloat attempted to clarify this point by getting Mr. Pearce to state that Sloat wasn’t the one behind the motion. 

But is wasn’t too hard to see which council member was leading the charge because Mr. Sloat made the debate over the motion very personal – directly attacking the Mayor and her staff.

While Bartlett, Boyko and even Grice tried to find a middle ground it was clear Mr. Sloat would settle for nothing but all emails in his hands.

When Bartlett and Boyko presented the argument that no one wanted to read the Mayor’s email, Sloat was clear – I want her Emails.

Mr. Sloat’s argument was he missed an event that the Mayor went to and that was because she didn’t give him the email. The Mayor’s answer is that her staff forwards all emails that are either labelled Mayor & Councilor or includes a request to another council member.

I guess Mr. Sloat didn’t think that maybe this event he is so concerned about didn’t have his name on it in the email. Maybe the person who invited the Mayor didn’t include Mr. Sloat’s name and that is why he didn’t get a copy. 

Mr. Sloat is an experienced council member and I would ask why he cannot get people in his riding to email him directly instead of going through the Mayor? He does have an email account so why not ask why the person in his riding failed to email Mr. Sloat directly – maybe because Mr. Sloat wasn’t invited.

Mr. Sloat claims that he had nothing to do with creating the motion. Somehow his views are the ones expressed in the motion and somehow it just happens to be a personal problem he claims to be having with the Major but he didn’t help create the motion.

Read the full story here. Much more at www.CaledoniaWakeupCall.com

Grice Reveals Revenge is the Motive

By Gary McHale - www.CaledoniaWakeupCall.com 

One has to hand it to Grice for informing the public about the Revenge factor as the motivator behind the Email motion. During the debate about the Email motion Grice did a little speech in which he talked about a united council. To be more exact he was pointing to the press release by the council that blamed Harper and Harper alone for the ongoing problems on DCE. 

The Council was united that the OPP shared no blame. The Council was united that McGuinty should not be blamed at all. Grice and all the councillors wanted to blame Harper alone and thus they issued their press release. 

Grice stated last night that the Mayor publicly went against this within a few short hours.

Grice and Council were completely united that it was time to help McGuinty’s re-election campaign and say almost word for word what McGuinty and Fantino have been passing by the public as the truth for months. What McGuinty wants most is for the public, just before the election, to think that he has handled Caledonia properly.

How exactly, Mr. Grice, was Harper to stop the attack on the CHTV camera crew?

It is the OPP not the RCMP who police  Caledonia – maybe you didn’t notice that point?

 How exactly, Mr. Grice, was Harper to stop McGuinty from buying DCE? How was Harper to stop McGuinty from appealing Judge Marshall’s decision? 

How was Harper responsible for appointing Fantino, the bully who has you so scared to speak out because he threatened to sue you?

It doesn’t take much logic to conclude that in Grice’s mind the council needs access to the Mayor’s email to ensure that she doesn’t speak out.

Now Mr. Grice didn’t directly say this – what politician directly says anything?  But he talked about how upset he was by the Mayor’s actions over the press release and this he did while debating the email motion.

Grice didn’t say the motion was needed so he could know about events in the area or because he was missing being invited to such events. He didn’t talk about how the motion was to allow for better bonding between the Mayor and the new CAO – those were Boyko’s and Bartlett’s speeches.

How, exactly, is passing this email motion to help? 

He stated, “Will this solve the problem? No. Will it help? maybe”. I got one clear message from Mr. Grice’s speech – How dare you mayor speak out. We told you what to say.

Fortunately for Haldimand County Mayor Trainer is no puppet.

 

Read the full story here. Much more at www.CaledoniaWakeupCall.com

Listening to Politicians is a Dirty Job but someone has to do it

By Gary McHale - www.CaledoniaWakeupCall.com

In my mid-teen years I had the great pleasure of having to be the one who got up at 5:30 each morning to milk the cows and clean out the pig pen. Certainly I didn’t think that such an experience would have such a comparitive side to it as an adult. But last night’s council meeting at Haldimand Council should have had a warning sign posted so the public could have been aware they were entering the pig pen of political life.

Don’t get me wrong, I truly enjoy watching political debates and am one of the few who will sit and watch election results until the wee hours of the morning even if it is a US election.

It truly is a fine art that some politicians have that allows the best of them to lie without any expression of concern that you know they are lying. A good politician is one who can take a group of 100 people, sit them in front of a completely white wall and speak for 20 minutes and 50+ 1 will leave convinced the wall was black. 

This is politics at its best or worst depends on who you want to word it. 

But watching Haldimand Council is like watching the Keystone Cops of politicians. Truthfully, there were several times I laughed - I couldn’t believe my ears. The main problem last night for the Tag Team Liars at Council is that each one wanted to be the hero – each were playing to the crowd and not focusing on their lying and therefore they slipped up. Here is my review of the councillors.

 

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Councillors set Fall Guy up for Criminal Charges

Last week councillors were told to “Beware” by the county lawyer. What exactly are they to ‘beware’ of is not completely clear since the letter has not been made public. The Ministry of Municipal Affairs warned the Council to seek legal advice, but again it is not completely clear why since council stopped the Mayor as she was reading it out.

The new improved resolution by council was to remove them from the list of people intercepting the Mayor’s email.

Now I am not saying that these possible charges would hold up in court nor am I saying that a local council has the authority to override the Criminal Code of Canada. What I am suggesting is that council suddenly wanted their names off the list of people ‘intercepting’ the Mayor’s email.

 

Read the full story here. Much more at www.CaledoniaWakeupCall.com

The resolution everyone is talking about

Courtesy of www.caledoniawakeupcall.com here is the resolution to deny your privacy.

Ist Resolution - Aug. 3, 2007

Resolution Re: Mayors Office Correspondence Management

WHEREAS THE Mayors’ office receives a considerable volume of correspondence through written or electronic form;

AND WHEREAS THE MAYOR has acknowledged in the past that management of this correspondence, especially e-mails has been overwhelming to the point where many e-mails may go unanswered of otherwise not responded to;

AND WHEREAS the management of this correspondence is critical to the effective operation of the County;

AND WHEREAS the dissemination of this correspondence to the remainder of Council as well as the Clerk is if utmost importance to successfully conduct the business of the Corporation;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED;

THAT ALL correspondence sent and received through the Mayor’s office including all e-mail addressed to the Mayor by title or name, be copied to all councilors as well as the County Clerk;

AND THAT the Mayor’s assistant implement this direction for all hard copy correspondence;

AND THAT the General Manager of Corporate Services through the information Systems Division ensure that all e-mail sent to the Mayor by title or name, is automatically copied to all Councillors and the County Clerk;

AND THAT any questions or concerns from Councillors regarding specific correspondence to the Mayor’s office be first directed to the Mayor for a response and if required, the matter be referred to Council in Committee under the “Inquires, Announcements and Concerns of Councillors” part of the agenda.

Democracy Defeated by Liberal Haldimand Council

 August 13, 2007

Lots of detailed information about this historic meeting is being made available via Donna Pitcher - Haldimands Unheard Voice,  www.voiceofcanada.ca and www.caledoniawakeupcall.com so I am going to just give you the straight brutal facts as they happened.

Democracy in Haldimand County is now dead. Your right as a citizen to communicate privately with your elected Mayor was Squashed in an unprecedented and unthinkable vote at tonight’s Council Meeting.

Buck Sloat voted that your privacy in speaking your mayor means nothing

Lorne Boyko voted that your privacy in speaking with your mayor means nothing.

Leroy Bartlett voted that your privacy in speaking with your mayor means nothing

Tony Dalimonte voted that your privacy in speaking with your mayor means nothing

Don Ricker voted that your  privacy in speaking with your mayor means nothing.

ONLY Craig Grice had the guts to stand up and vote against this absurd resolution which violates the privacy of each and every citizen of Haldimand.  

In very weak and thinly veiled attempts to justify their votes, Buck Sloat stood up and angrily proclaimed that he missed out on attending a private function for which the invitation was sent to Mayor Trainer. If someone wanted him at their function, is it not logical to assume they would send an invitation to him?

Leroy Bartlett offered the explanation that this is nothing personal against the Mayor (which of course it is) and that this is about better communication between the offices of the Mayor and the soon to be replaced Chief Administrative Officer.

Lorne Boyko repeated the same propaganda that this is about a “good relationship” between the Mayor and the CAO. A good relationship based on the complete undermining of the authority of the Chief Executive Officer of the County, Mayor Marie Trainer. If that makes sense to anyone, please feel free to comment and explain so that I too may understand this twilight zone logic.

Kudos to Craig Grice for having the guts to stand up in the middle of this insanity and say that he has no interest in the personal email of the Mayor.

Congratulations are also in order for the way Mayor Trainer handled herself against these jackles tonight. She made it very clear that at no time did any member of Council have the guts to say to her face that they felt there was a problem with the way the email system works, that this is an outright attack on the privacy of her constituents, and many other excellent statements that will be reported on in the coming days. She also made a point of explaining to those in attendance after the vote that your emails to her are no longer private.

Audio and Video from this meeting will be coming soon on www.caledoniawakeupcall.com

Much more detailed information is forthcoming. Those are the basics of tonights Council meeting. Your rights mean nothing to your councillors, and they feel they have to right to undercut the authority of the CEO of the County Mayor Trainer because one of them missed a function that nobody sent him an invitation to personally.

Jeff Parkinson

Caledonia Wakeup Call

Jeff@CaledoniaWakeupCall.com