Ken Strauss, one of the CTA Directors, discusses CIVIC, a proposed Economic Development project that affects all citizens and taxpayers. Although there are numerous aspects of the CIVIC proposal that are questionable, the most serious is the entire lack of accountability to the public.
CIVIC Proposal Needs Serious Rethink
Lack of accountability a serious structural flaw
The Cobourg Taxpayers Association (CTA) says the CIVIC Business Case presented to Council for approval in principle is seriously flawed.
Although there are numerous aspects of the CIVIC proposal that are questionable, the most serious is the entire lack of accountability to the public, said spokesperson Ken Strauss.
Thank You to All Our Supporters
For those of you who may not have heard, the $312K NMAI waiver was declined (6-1) at this past Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting. (See Press Release here). Without the CTA and your involvement, we believe the waiver would have been approved by Council last fall.
CTA applauds council on killing $312K NMAI grant
The Cobourg Taxpayers Association (CTA) today applauded Council’s 6-1 decision to decline the NMAI fee waiver.
“This represents a huge victory for the CTA and Cobourg taxpayers”, said CTA President Lydia Smith.
“We have argued from the beginning that public funds should not be used to fund a private sector commercial building and that it was not permissible under the Municipal Act”.
CTA First Annual Report Card
The CTA hopes that you enjoy our first annual report card for our councillors. The idea was created in response to the report card done by the Northumberland News on June 25, 2015. We thought it was sadly out of touch and decided to do our own.