Today's Special Meeting was EXASPERATING (notice I've ramped it up from last week's 'FRUSTRATING' Council meeting.
Hat trick of THREE defeated motions. First there was a NO to my motion to go into Committee of the Whole - Unfortunate really why Special Report FIN-22-22 was not on the regular Corporate Services Committee meeting next Monday.
Ironic too that we heard just the opposite story from the Mayor and Deputy Mayor than what Council was told last month when Region and DRPS made a detailed presentation that all was improving in the downtown.
Why was there a rush to push FIN-22-22 through with little public awareness, when just after the 2022 Budget the City is now adding close to $1 million on security without any real plan other than throw more money at the problem, and let the Region, the level of government that has carriage of social services in the City off the hook.
Then about adding lighting to the Harmony Creek trail from the subdivisions east of the creek west to the Delpark Homes Centre...even adding 'bollard' lighting...another NO from 9 members of the 11 member City Council...how do you hear every reason why something can't be done, when it can, and in a more timely way. The only votes in favour of adding lighting were Councillor Neal and me.
And then I tried to get a time sensitive motion passed about DURHAM REGION's PURCHASE last month of the RITSON RD. SCHOOL (300 Ritson Rd. South ...why is it still a secret...All members of Oshawa Council voted against even hearing my motion, except Councillor Neal, so again the vote was 9 to 2.
It is getting EXASPERATING...I asked a friend, what is the next level above exasperating. She said 'Irate'. Imo that is too much negative emotion and I don't want to go there. I want to be upbeat and forward thinking and not fake when I smile. On ward and upward right? Oh yeah and my other friend, he says, watch Hallmark movies they always have happy endings!
Hat trick of THREE defeated motions. First there was a NO to my motion to go into Committee of the Whole - Unfortunate really why Special Report FIN-22-22 was not on the regular Corporate Services Committee meeting next Monday.
Ironic too that we heard just the opposite story from the Mayor and Deputy Mayor than what Council was told last month when Region and DRPS made a detailed presentation that all was improving in the downtown.
Why was there a rush to push FIN-22-22 through with little public awareness, when just after the 2022 Budget the City is now adding close to $1 million on security without any real plan other than throw more money at the problem, and let the Region, the level of government that has carriage of social services in the City off the hook.
Then about adding lighting to the Harmony Creek trail from the subdivisions east of the creek west to the Delpark Homes Centre...even adding 'bollard' lighting...another NO from 9 members of the 11 member City Council...how do you hear every reason why something can't be done, when it can, and in a more timely way. The only votes in favour of adding lighting were Councillor Neal and me.
And then I tried to get a time sensitive motion passed about DURHAM REGION's PURCHASE last month of the RITSON RD. SCHOOL (300 Ritson Rd. South ...why is it still a secret...All members of Oshawa Council voted against even hearing my motion, except Councillor Neal, so again the vote was 9 to 2.
It is getting EXASPERATING...I asked a friend, what is the next level above exasperating. She said 'Irate'. Imo that is too much negative emotion and I don't want to go there. I want to be upbeat and forward thinking and not fake when I smile. On ward and upward right? Oh yeah and my other friend, he says, watch Hallmark movies they always have happy endings!
