Rewriters to the front!
As I spent the weekend at a family wedding enjoying the niceties of life in Ottawa - $7.00 beer and $25.00 entrees - there was no time to make comments about local life. The situation wasn't helped by the fact that the Town hasn't posted the Executive Committee agenda on the website for the third consecutive time in six weeks (anyone see a pattern here?). So a few webposts that I picked up in the last 12 hours.
Right-wing attack dogs attack each other: A youtube clip that is mighty entertaining here
Older drivers cause accidents! A piece that I would have liked to write but didn't - I chickened out. Jus a tale from a week ago. I was called to an incident on a Sunday afternoon at 5pm. After I had pulled the older man from the ditch I asked him to sign the invoice. "Sign on the X" I said. "Where's the X, my eyes aren't so good!" And he wonders why he hit the ditch. Article here
Just what we need in Cobourg to ensure an online presence: Here's an article about a law in the US that mandates an online presence for municipal business - about time.
Right-wing attack dogs attack each other: A youtube clip that is mighty entertaining here
Older drivers cause accidents! A piece that I would have liked to write but didn't - I chickened out. Jus a tale from a week ago. I was called to an incident on a Sunday afternoon at 5pm. After I had pulled the older man from the ditch I asked him to sign the invoice. "Sign on the X" I said. "Where's the X, my eyes aren't so good!" And he wonders why he hit the ditch. Article here
Just what we need in Cobourg to ensure an online presence: Here's an article about a law in the US that mandates an online presence for municipal business - about time.
1 comments:
Just looking at a recent edition of Lawyers Weekly where there's an article about the changes to the Municipal Act that took effect January 1st of this year.
This doesn't refer to online posting of agendas, but might be useful anyway.The article says "A council or committee must, prior to going into closed session, pass a resolution that it will hold a closed meeting stating the general nature of the matter to be considered...the Minutes of a closed meeting must be recorded and maintained by the municipality...any person may now request an investigation into whether a municipality or local board meeting has been improperly closed or has contravened the municipality's procedure by-law".
The investigation can be done by a municipally appointed person or by the provinical Ombudsman. If it is decided that a meeting was improperly closed then a public report must be issued.
The Ombudsman has investigated a few complaints but has not found any breach anywhere yet.
This may be a stick we can use to hold the King and his Royal Jesters in check!
DJO
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