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Executive Committee Provincial Election in June 2018, Municipal tell you I do not ever recall a blatant lie,
Nicole Pereira - Chair Election in October 2018 and a Federal cover-up or mistake that wasn’t owned
Cambridge Centre Honda
chair@cambridgechamber.com Election in October 2019, WOW, every up to. At the time, the City Clerk was
Lorne Wallace - Incoming Chair single elected or wannabe elected the gatekeeper of responsibility. I have
Lone Wolf Technologies
Stephen Witteveen - Past Chair politician will be hovering around our been in closed-door meetings where he
Pavey Law LLP door steps looking for our support, over would say, “That cannot be done behind
Terry Kratz - Treasurer
Hemmerich, Flanagan, Kratz, McRae & Wilson LLP a period of 16 months. Kind of feels like closed doors.”, much to the objection of
Muuray Smith - Executive the never-ending story, in some ways. some who wanted it that way. Consensus
The Achievement Centre
Darren Drouillard - Executive Maybe it should make us feel important, can be sought behind closed doors, but
Powerline Logistics Services Inc.
they can’t get what they want, until we say it must follow with an open and very
so. I think I know now, where that saying public offi cial vote. The exact same can
Directors
Kristen Danson - MitoGraphics Inc “Power of the Pen” came from, our pen, be said about today. Rules and the laws
Mike Doersam - Vision Travel Solutions our power! of governing have not loosened up, but
Rena Hawkins - H-4 Logistics Inc rather the opposite. As a Member of
Sarah Hughes - Energy+ Inc. Recently former US President Barak Council, you are entitled to review every
Dr. John Tibbits - Conestoga College
Jason Warmington - Hallink RSB Obama said, “Politicians have always lied, piece of documentation on every single
it used to be, when you activity of the municipality,
caught them, they’d say, oh without any blacked-out
man! Now, they just keep on portions. Those documents
lying!” What I have noticed and decisions you own and
Staff
Greg Durocher - President & CEO in the last two decades for many really good reasons,
president@cambridgechamber.com is, the subtle decay of some of that information is
Scott Bridger - V.P. Membership Services and Engagement our political systems for your eyes only and not
Brandi Sinclair - Business Development Manager because Politicians fi nd meant to be public because
Lisa Durocher - V.P. Marketing, Events and Member Enrichment
Melissa Davidson -Event Enrichment Manager it impossible to not lie, it can be compromising to
Hayley Davidson - Member Enrichment Advocate impossible when caught, the proponents or, worse, the
Jeanette Mahoney - Visitor Services Supervisor
Donna Gravelle - Physician Recruitment to own it and impossible public.
doctors4cambridge.com to fess up to their mistakes
and bad decisions. I suppose in great Ah, then along comes Facebook,
degree we can thank technology for this. Twitter, Instagram, and a myriad of
Spectrum is published four times per year by the Cambridge Social Media is consumed with political communication methods that have few if
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of Commerce Some of you will know I spent nearly out, often with no foundation of fact and
a decade as an elected offi cial in our generally intended to stir the pot. What
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community, I attended a lot of “back room amazes me is, this commentary resonates
conversations”, I sat in on meetings where as fact with a large swath of the public.
deals were offered, some of them made, I saw an interview with an extremely
www.cambridgechamber.com www.advanceprinting.ca some not, but never followed through intelligent (sounding) woman, who said
with until Council weighed in. There she supported and continues to support
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wasn’t social media to contend with, the this politician for one reason and one
internet was in its infancy, you relied on only, to ensure a political balance on the
what you read and what you heard in Supreme Court bench. I am perplexed by
meetings. In writing this column, I can that, fi rst the law is the law, no Judge in any
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