Page 5 - October 19, 2017

Opinion
‘Is this a new de nition of transparency?’
Thursday, October 19, 2017 The Independent Page 5
EDITOR:
transparency?
Humm! No pecuniary interest on the
brewing in the pot?
Is the CAO feeding sleeping pills to
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Petrolia Council and Administration = Transparency?
part of the CAO.
Who maintains the building? Who pays the utilities?
Who cuts the grass etc.?
CAO feels that he did not have to
council?
You should all be ashamed. That is not transparency when
When was the lease signed by the CAO and the Youth & Senior Drop-in Centre?
dealing with taxpayer’s money.
When was the lease approved by council?
disclose ownership to council. That is really scary — what else have we got
Marcel Beaubien Petrolia, ON
Is this a new de nition of
Reader is appalled by behaviour of CAO
rented by the town as a youth and seniors centre. The report stated one year’s rent was budgeted for $9600. It does not make sense that CAO Mr. Baron said that he was not charging rent. Was he looking for a tax receipt? The “Con ict of Interest Guidelines” would be a key part of any CAO’s
Taxpayers are not that naive about CAO’s building says reader
EDITOR:
training. What has happened to integrity and accountability?
I am writing in regard to the article “Petrolia CAO owns youth centre building”. I am appalled at the behaviour of Petrolia’s CAO.
It would be my hope that council would investigate this incident further and take appropriate action to prevent the betrayal of public trust.
The CAO lacked transparency when he did not disclose that he was the owner of a building that was being
Greg Brown Petrolia, ON
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to hide that information. When Mr. Baron entered into this agreement and negotiated by himself on behalf of
his numbered company, the rent was part of this agreement as stated in The Independent of Oct. 12. If you do the math as indicated this building is in
money?
When one has insider information
I can hardly believe that the CAO
of this town believes that we are that naïve to not see what is happening with the current administration. To think for a minute that one was not doing this for personal gain is ludicrous.
and all amenities, it is very easy to see you could not advance yourself personally.
A time line of events was spelled out in The Independent paper on Oct. 12 that he knew full well the direction this was taking. It was very clear at the time as stated that the CAO’s name and personal numbered company was not made public.
a positive cash ow. Mr. Baron says he is not charging rent to the town but things are just not adding up.
When one is getting personal gain because of his position he or she should be held accountable for their actions and the current administration should relieve certain people of their positions.
I think the free part of all this is having, at your ngertips, a full work force employed by the town to complete your renovations and do maintenance. Is this not tax payers
If this isn’t a con ict of interest, what
is?
Liberals have forgotten rural Canada with proposed tax changes
Question...why would one want
Dave Butler, Petrolia, ON
EDITOR:
farmers and small business who for years have struggled to be successful. Having these rules that worked for years changed for another tax grab, simply makes me wonder why we would support a government that is proposing these changes.
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