There was recently a radio program hosted by a professor on “the proper balance in municipal government”
During his career the professor had worked on both sides: first as a staff member – where he referred to the office of the elected official as “the dark side” – and then as an elected member of Council where he could see the other reality.
Imagine a retired couple moving to Cobourg from North Bay with a passion for curling only to find that not only are Cobourg rinks fully booked, but prime time is given to visiting teams from Bowmanville and Oshawa. These visitors are considered by the town to be “tourists” and especially desirable for preferential treatment.
The CTA would like to thank everyone for coming to our Open House on May 23– especially the young people. Thank you to all the volunteers who made our event a success. Thanks to all who gave very generous donations. We would especially like to extend a warm welcome to our 20 new supporters.
CTA calls for major changes to Council remuneration. And Council kicks the can down the road
Update 5/25/2018:
Council on May 22, 2018 rejected the Ad-hoc Renumeration Committee’s proposed increase. Although not fully accepting Paul Pagnuelo’s recommendation of increasing Councillor’s salaries by 100%, a motion was passed to at least increase the Councillor salaries by a quarter of what Paul recommended.
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