Cobourg’s youth should not bear consequences of poor maintenance
Cobourg’s youth should not have to go without a skateboard park because of poor planning and maintenance by town staff says the Cobourg Taxpayers Association (CTA).
“Our youth deserve better than to be permanently locked out of their current skateboard park and told to wait years for a new one to be built”, said CTA President Lydia Smith.
Lydia Smith, Paul Pagnuelo, and Dennis Nabieszko met with Stephen Peacock, Ian Davey, Treasurer, and Melissa Henke on November 12, 2015 to discuss Lydia Smith’s Letter on Parks & Recreation Staffing. All of the questions were answered to the satisfaction of the CTA.
On September 1st, Lydia Smith wrote a letter to Cobourg asking for an explanation of why the Town’s staffing in the Parks and Recreation departments had grown much faster than the Town had grown. Mayor Gil Brocanier immediately declared it to be factually wrong and then on October 19, CAO Stephen Peacock wrote an official response.
Lydia Smith, CTA President and Paul Pagnuelo, CTA treasurer discuss with John Hill the report by CAO Stephen Peacock regarding Lydia Smith’s letter of September 1st on the increase in Parks & Recreation staffing. Mayor Gil Brocanier incorrectly declared the letter to be factually wrong and the CAO report does not support the Mayor’s declaration.
The report by CAO Stephen Peacock regarding Lydia Smith’s letter of September 1st raises more questions than it provides answers.
However, what it does do is vindicate Ms. Smith from the Mayor’s unfounded statement at the September 15th Council meeting that the numbers used in her letter contained “so much erroneous information”.
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