It seems like the City of Pickering Council is swimming in turbulent waters endlessly.
For months, the waters are roiled with racism accusations and bigotry criticisms.
Then, council meetings become heated to rolling boils, so turbulent that police are needed to calm the waters.
Next come accusations of gagging and censorship. These are followed by demands for the provincial government to step in via the Human Rights Commission to remove outspoken councillors.
Then, criticisms are addressed about the lack of transparency regarding expense reports…
“City Clerk Susan Cassel,
As you are aware we are almost at the end of 3 months into 2024. When I go onto the Pickering.ca site, link provided below, to view the Council expense reports I note that for the year 2024 there are no, 0, Council expense reports. I have been writing and discussing this issue for over 2 years and I have heard all sorts of reasons why residents are not able to view Council expense reports 30 days after submission. To make sure this is fully understood it was common practice prior to this issue of Council expense reports to be able to view January’s expense reports 1 month (30 days) after submission. This would mean that residents could view January’s expense reports at the end of February and February expense reports could be viewed at the end of March. The end of March is quickly approaching and residents have no reports to review at all for the year 2024. This issue has been going on for over 2 years and is not acceptable and certainly not a timely reporting of information that residents should be able to view on a regular basis.
________________________________________________Mike Borie
It is a wonder the Council gets any municipal work done.
