Honeymoon over for town council

In the May 14 edition, this public forum is now described as a strategic planning meeting. I read the mayor's letter, which I found a little hard to comprehend; it seemed to say that innovation is good, disagreement is necessary to stimulate debate in a democratic fashion, and will lead to inno...

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Published inThe Macleod Gazette
Main Author Sebastian, David
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Fort Macleod, Alta Postmedia Network Inc 28.05.2014
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Summary:In the May 14 edition, this public forum is now described as a strategic planning meeting. I read the mayor's letter, which I found a little hard to comprehend; it seemed to say that innovation is good, disagreement is necessary to stimulate debate in a democratic fashion, and will lead to innovation, but dissension is bad and must be dealt with. Does the mayor decide when disagreement becomes dissension? In the May 21 edition a letter from a former town councillor questions the mayor's claimed expenses, and we hear of meetings of a few councillors in the mayor's house - also claimed against expenses.