At last night's WL Council Meeting, Councillors Rathor and Zacharias gave their year-end speeches.
Previous to this, at the December 7th Williams Lake Council Meeting, Mayor Cook and Councillors Laurie Walters, Geoff Bourdon, Natalie Hébert and Tom Barr gave their year-end speeches. Councillors Walters, Bourdon, Barr and Hébert gave speeches totalling just a few minutes
Mayor Cook's Year-End Address last 20 mins (that's fine with me) and I should put out that she had a polite Council who listened with interest. However, fast forward to December 21st, during Councillor Rathor's speech in which he discussed the following:
* Concerns with rising property taxes (6% higher under Mayor Cook's watch with additional 5% or more to come in 2011)
* Concerns with $500,000 budget overrun at new Fire Hall and no report on why this is the case and what's being done about it)
* Concern that local businesses are doing poorly, save a few businesses that are doing good (I can confirm this as well talking with a few business owners' in Williams Lake)
Mayor Cook rudely interrupted him after 8 mins yet she received no interruptions on Dec 7th for the full 15-20 mins that she spoke. Mayor Cook should publicly apologize for her actions to Councillor Rathor (I know she won't because she just doesn't care when someone says something she doesn't want to hear). After that rude gesture, Councillor Geoff Bourdon also harshly criticized Councillor Rathor's Year-End Address as well, Councillor Zacharias all but did the same saying that Rathor's concerns were ridiculous stating business is good and employment is up and Rathor should quit looking for the negative in life (talk about having rose-coloured glasses on Councillors Bourdon and Zacharias!!). Councillor Sue Zacharias also endorsed Kerry Cook for a 2nd Term as Mayor. We'll know that if that was a mistake on her part on November 19th, 2011
As far as this voter/taxpayer is concerned, Councillor Geoff Bourdon has just put his political future on the line behind Kerry Cook as Mayor and that is a grave mistake because not only will Mayor Cook be defeated next fall, but so will Councillors Zacharias, Bourdon, Hébert and Walters. It would be better if they retired on their own terms before the voters (I suspect) do it for them. Mayor Cook's Councillor backers (Bourdon, Walters, Zacharias, Hébert) I'm sure will be publicly going out there in the community promoting Kerry Cook's attributes and all the reasons why she needs to be re-elected. I, in addition to others, will be equally as charged explaining to Williams Lake voters' why Mayor Kerry Cook & Councillors' Geoff Bourdon, Sue Zacharias, Laurie Walters and Natalie Hébert need to be turfed from political office, at the first opportunity.
I intend to continue to lay out what WL Council is doing in 2011, criticize their decisions, where necessary, and what I would, if I was on Council. Stay tuned, the election race in Williams Lake will be an interesting one to follow, regardless of your feelings of Williams Lake City Council
In the meantime, may all of Williams Lake and British Columbia have a Merry Christmas and a blessed and prosperous 2011.
1 comment:
Geoff Bourdon also harshly criticized
By this comment, versus what EVERYONE on TV saw, you are delusional. All Councilor Bourdon did was say the glass was half full while Councilor Rathor kept with his mantra "the sky is falling"......negative and demoralizing comments made by Councilor Rathor on what was supposed to be a positive venue for reflection and celebration, ruined by one persons tirade and delusional comments.
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