Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "It's time again":
I have a ? please
Who votes for the board of the Farmers' Market ?
Do they even have to be residents of Aurora ?
Sorry, that was 2 questions
Posted by Anonymous to Our Town and Its Business at 10 May 2014 09:15
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It would be logical to assume , since the town requires an elected executive,vendors would be electors.
Vendors need not be Aurora residents.
There may not have been an election in the last two seasons.
Since the Market is governed by Bylaw and the Bylaw requires it, the question needs to be answered.
Who answers for the Market in dealing with the town?
In the grand scheme of things the question may not be of vital importance. It is valid nevertheless.
Is someone without validity dominating the Market?
Some extremely mean-spirited comments have been received though not published.
I have my doubts.
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I received a Certificate a couple of weeks ago. It was due in 2013.
It recognizes twenty-five years of public service.
It doesn't say anything about my having been a person of privilege and higher standard.
Those words are bandied about on a regular basis. The last pontification on the subject
was by the Honorable Charles Sousa referring to unbecoming conduct by the Mayor of Toronto.
Mr. Sousa is Provincial Finance Minister and a member of the Liberal cabinet, whose seat was saved in the last election by an expenditure of $1.2 billion of public resources.
That was $1.2 billion worth of privilege. Most certainly a higher standard of something.
Also a different standard.
If Tim Hudak gets elected ,we will all know why .
The last election in Aurora produced a similar result.
Which brings me back to a Certificate for twenty-five years of public service. It represents a number of elections and terms of varying lengths.
I never have aspired to privilege. I 'm content to be who I am inclined to be. It's easier than trying to be someone I'm not.
I think voters should have people like themselves to represent them. It's one reason I run for office,
It's the surest way I know of electing someone who always thinks like I do.
If others feel the same and vote for me.... well...I don't think I need aspire higher .
I think most candidates should be content with that.
I've never been acclaimed to office. Always elected. Voters always had a choice.
When I speak for someone, I know I have their authority.
Saturday 10 May 2014
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It would have been nice if your certificate had come with something you could spend, eat or drink.
I beg to differ.
If Tim Hudak gets elected I will NOT know why.
Uh, excuse me. Twenty-five years ? That cannot be right. Surely they can count ?
Are there a lot of octogenarian Scotswomen in Aurora?
12:36-Really?..where have you been in the last 11 yrs?
I think there might have been a lot of amateur detecting going on at the market this morning. It doesn't hurt to have a look at how things operate every so often. Pity that an individual is caught up in the middle of what appears to be an easily remedied situation.
Well done Evelyn! 25 yrs of integrity... Aurora has been and will continue to be very lucky to have you.
You're right, 15:20. That individual just accepts the assigned spot - done!
The problem I have with elections is that we know the candidates either too well, or not at all. And neither situation makes an intelligent selection easier.
While one says that one knows someone too well, what do we really mean? The odds are that this person has made a few speeches, debated beyond the high-school level, has been involved in public policy making. But do we remember the policy that was made, was it a help or a hindrance?
Possibly we don't know this person well at all; fragments of appearances have penetrated our minds, the odd column in a paper lingers.
And what about the "not at all?" Is this such a bad thing, to find a person about whom we know nothing but who has the potential to perform good deeds for his/her constituents, and surprise us in the process?
How do we come to trust a person, because, after all, that's what we are really voting for? You can't measure it, or weigh it, it defies quantification.
But without it, those we know or those we don't are likely going to screw us big time.
15:20
It would appear that 12:36 goes to the highest bidder with our money.
The Mayor might be able to prevent councillors from " micro-managing " but I am unable to see how he can prevent residents from sticking their oars in local water. The town somehow manages to keep more than 60 soccer fields in play. We should be able to include all qualified residents who want to work at the market.
Is the remedy a proper election?
Yes 17:57 and it should include those who require accommodations.
I think the remedy might be to maintain peace within the park and not to try to shoe-horn an individual into an awkward position just because you can. The town has the final authority over a group of people unelected by its entire population. Even if some potential voters sit on their hands.
Have a nice day.
16:09- I’ve found that it takes some time for a voter to get to know a candidate. It all depends on how much time you want to invest. A couple of tweets, a few articles in the “neutral” Error Banner, how many degrees they've acquired, the number of signs that are posted around town with a picture, is not getting to know a candidate. It’s your money that you’re entrusting to these people. Spend some time in getting to know all you can about who you’re willing to hand over your money, just like you would any potential investment.
Happy Mother's Day Councillor Buck!!
Today is Mother's Day.
Children should be honouring their mothers and mothers should be appreciating their children.
But there are two elections hanging over us all; one soon, the other still months away.
What if Mothers could select their children by ballot from within a large enough group and vice versa? A slightly different type of election.
Would the resulting families be better than those that exist?
This is a theoretical question without the possibility of a reasonable answer.
But it is quite interesting.
Ditto, 10:25
I hope you had a great day, Evelyn. I just learned that if you get tulips you are supposed to drop a penny in the water. Bet you already knew that. Take care.
Boy, that would be a straightforward solution and an end to the drama! Good idea.
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