"Cowardice asks the question...is it safe? Expediency asks the question...is it politic? Vanity asks the question...is it popular? But conscience asks the question...is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but one must take it because it is right." ~Dr. Martin Luther King

Tuesday 11 August 2009

I said the decision was received on August 5th. That's is when I received an e-mail notifying me of the fact. The Deputy- Clerk had been acting clerk for a week and a half before the e-mail was received.

Sorry for the confusion,

Did I jump to the conclusion that Complaints in "double digits' were directed against myself.
Maybe. Sorry about that too.

The Commissioner had said he would answer queries from residents about the process. Maybe he gave file numbers to all the contacts he has received.

It has been a hectic couple of days. I'll take the time to-morrow to check the comments and see if there's anything else that needs to be clarified.

Hopefully we'll get the address straightened out as well.

Bear with me

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

"The decision was MADE (emphasis added) on the 5th of August. It was in the hands of the Deputy Clerk, Acting clerk for the previous week and a half, on that date"

I accept your apology and explanation and I don't want "nit-pik" but you did say "made" and not "received".

And your latest comment that,
"The Deputy- Clerk had been acting clerk for a week and a half before the e-mail was received." is materially different than your previous comment,
"It was in the hands of the Deputy Clerk, Acting clerk for the previous week and a half, on that date."

It's important to say what you and mean what you say.

Anonymous said...

Don't worry, your more right than wrong on the bigger issues this time around.

Hair splitting and spin are not great defenses when all of the facts are laid out so clearly, so onwards and upwards with our version of democracy.