GTA Regional Elections this Novemeber

[iamcanadian]

Re: RE: GTA Regional Elections this Novemeber

Anyway, I have no qualms with my regional government (Waterloo) but can't stand my local government (Kitchener). They tend to be 'career' politicians (pathetic I know) and refuse to dilute their power by expanding the size of council.

Maybe you're talking about something unique to Toronto, though. It's just that you refer to it as a province-wide phenomenon.

You have no qualms because you don't know anything about the Region of Waterloo. You would have qualms if you knew.

Waterloo is among the top offenders under the silk suited slime ball Ken Seiling.

Heir Seiling and his Gestapo Goons at the Region have your six city councillors wraped around his middle finger.

It is a Province Wide reality. Just like you, people blame their local City Councillors however they have no power and are puppets that do the Region's bidding and take the heat like paid escapegoats.

Most of the City Councilors are made to look like stooges to make it easier to anex the local tier when the Region takes over.

When the Regions take over you will then have less political representation.

If Kitchener would go Single Tier and have 20 Councillors then you would have one representative for every 10,000 people which would make them more responsive to the needs of the community and be better able to review and supervise municipal activities and catch things like the Waterloo Inquiry before they happen or nip them in the bud.

You should not re-elect anyone in Kitchener especially Heir Seiling.

Waterloo Region is one of the few larger more corrupt Regions that have a chance to be disbanded before they get too powerfull.

 

[Finder]

Re: RE: GTA Regional Elections this Novemeber

Ah, thanks for that, iamcanadian.

And Finder, we have six city councillors in a city of over 200,000. My councillor lives a good four or so km's from me in a part of the city that has totally different concerns from my own (suburbs vs. downtown core). There are too many conflicting needs within the ward (as the political divisions are called here).

Some of these councillors have been here seemingly forever. I think that part of the problem stems from an apathetic population. Most people simply do not care and (if) they vote they will go for the recognizable name. I would support a two or three term limit.

you are right Citizens either don't care because they think they are powerless because of the system or they don't care because they believe it really doesn't effect their lives. Both are problems and I think if there was enough reform we could win over a few from both sides. I think term limits would be the best. I hardly ever agree with "iamcanadian" but I think we could agree that term limits would help the problem.

 

[iamcanadian]

Re: RE: GTA Regional Elections this Novemeber

I think term limits would be the best. I hardly ever agree with "iamcanadian" but I think we could agree that term limits would help the problem.

Term limits in elected public offices are LESS important than Term Limits on the non-elected Management, Administrators and Legal Professional staff.

It is pointless to replace politicians more often yet keep the people that make the recomendations and justify council decisoins with the professional reports and legal advice that ends up being rubber stamped by whoever gets ellected.

Unless we start electing everyone from the Purchasing Managers, Directors and up to the Chief Administrator. They have all the power and the politicos have no power but get all the accountability, so its becomes a revolving door of puppets and excuse makers for those making all the decisions for life and passsing their power to the heir they will their power to when they retire.

 

[iamcanadian]

Re: RE: GTA Regional Elections this Novemeber

you are right Citizens either don't care because they think they are powerless because of the system or they don't care because they believe it really doesn't effect their lives.

The issue is more that the citizens DON'T KNOW. The Region's operate very secretively. No one attends their Public Council Meetings.

They provide 60% or more of the Municipal Services, yet have part time elected representatives who show up every couple of week for a couple of hours and Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in decisions are rubber stamped that the Staff People make for them.

You go to a City or Town Hall meeting and you see them packed with people payinig attention and dealing with local issues. But with Region nobody is paying any attention.

There are no elected leader and everyone passes the buck to the majority vote and they all take turns voting as the majority.

Any decisions that adversly effect one town or city under the region will get 100% votes against it from the effected town or city, but still the decisions are made because the majority is always the sum of the other Cities and Towns that are not beinig affected.

It's a freeking sham and scam with every decision and the lot are manipulated and controled by the non-elected adminisrators who basically act like bullies and thugs to control everyone elected.

The Administrators are the ones pocketing million of dollars from ever council decision and each of them retires a milti-millionare after starting off as Sanitation Engineers and waiting for year for their turn at the trough to pig out on the public's money and then retire.

 

[iamcanadian]

Iamcanadian you have a really big problem making accusations and not sourcing where you have gotten them from. Such as saying Toronto/Ontario gave billions to Ireland for something.

The Nine Region Organizations of Ontario have mostly Irish Canadians at the top level Administration from CAO's, Commissioners and other so called hired excecutives. This info is available from the Salaries Disclosure site.

http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/english/publications/salarydisclosure/2006

There are Nine individuals in each of the similar non-elected posts, such as Business Services, Regional Solicitor, Public Work, CAO.., etc.

These nine each work together in various organizations related to their departments on activities relevant to them.

They move about from Region to Region from time to time as the winds for change blow at them over things that happen locally, but none of them actually ever leave for any reason.

Ireland has become a mecca for Ontario senior bureaucrats who have millions invested in property and assets located in Ireland, such as golf courses, resorts and other property.

Many of the contractors doing public business with Regions are Anglo/Irish names when in the private sector in the same fields of activities they are not able to compete with other ethnic groups in such things as construction and other similar public works which are in the hands of other ethnic groups everywhere else outside of Region procurement.

These senior administrators have public paycheques that do not support their actual lifestyles. Though they have modest homes as their principle residence of record, they have amased personal family fortunes, such as multi-million dollar cottages, foreign vacation properties, and live larger than private citizens making the same level of annual pay as what is declared as annual salary disclosure.

These individuals are dolling out hundreds of millions each annually in procurement contracts with private corporations and without open tenders, Auditor Generals, or even a group of elected representatives that can be identified as being in control.

The ways these activities are managed is by Recommendations and Professional Reports that push Council Decisions which are ALWAYS accepted when it deals with large business activity and lucrative amounts.

Though the councile menbers may take a look as the silly things life weed control, they do not question anything of significants and ALWAYS accept business decisions RECCOMENDED by this small group of individuals who work together as a networked team with their compatriates in the other Nine Regional Business Organizations.