"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 7 February 2012

Who Is Doug Holyday

Councillor Doug Holyday mentioned in the previous post was Mayor of Etobicoke before the city's amalgamation
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He is a frequent spokesperson for Mayor Ford. He is securely in the Mayor's corner and  is undoubtedly a valuable resource  to the Ford brothers.

A complaint was filed against him and  Rob Ford , I think ,because they routinely did not declare expenses against the Councillors $75,000  expense allowance,

The complainant, who spent all of his allowance, complained the two  made the other Councillors  look bad.

They said they had few expenses and paid  for them themselves. 

The Integrity Commissioner  decided  for the complainant.  He ordered  the pair to declare expenses.

The people of Etobicoke must feel confident the Ford administration will not do anything outrageous as long as Councillor Holyday has an influence. He was Mayor when  Etobicoke privatised garbage collection. He knows how to negotiate.

A union organiser told me once, the reason management  have problems negotiation contracts is because they have no respect for the process so they don't think  they need  expertise.

Private business can close down the operation and walk away. The  public sector cannot do that.

At the week-end ,Councillor Holyday was  the calm and deliberate spokesperson for the administration explaining to the people of Toronto why management rights need to be protected.

He is impressive.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wonder if you ever thought that you would find yourself a circus master? Some circus; some master ! Weird little town.

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Brock Weir doesn't need Ballard telling him what kids tell him what they want in town. He needs some high school student working co-op for a credit to write once a week about the reality. One of our daughters did this and there were plenty of family fights about what she could say but it got done. Won't mention the paper as Ro would have palpitations.