\u201cGibson initially spoke out against the Plan A initiative but later supported it after the three projects received public support through two referenda.\u201d<\/p>\n
Let us be accurate here \u2013 there were not two referendums on Plan A. The first referendum Mr. Gibson cites was only permission to make a plan and present it to the community. It was in no way an approval of Plan A – except perhaps in the minds of those desperately seeking to justify their support of Plan A.<\/p>\n
More importantly, if as he states Mr. Gibson was opposed to Plan A his duty to the people who elected him was to stand up and speak his opposition out loudly during the Plan A debate, informing the public of his opposition so they could take that into consideration as they voted on Plan A<\/p>\n
As a strong and vocal opponent of Plan A I attended all public meetings and sessions about Plan A and carefully scoured the local papers for any words written about Plan A.<\/p>\n
I do not recall hearing or reading of Mr. Gibson speaking out against Plan A nor do any citizens I spoke with about Mr. Gibson\u2019s claim remember any statement or statements by Mr. Gibson against Plan A.<\/p>\n
Given the closeness of the referendum results, a long term Councillor such as Mr. Gibson speaking out against Plan A would in all probability have resulted in a NO outcome and spared taxpayers the large cost overruns, the large tax increases and the debt load the city carries as a result of Plan A.<\/p>\n
Massive cost overruns, high taxes and big debt load \u2013 all barriers to filling more pressing needs for the city such as infrastructure. Leaving one to wonder how if indeed \u201cMunicipal infrastructure, particularly roads, is a high priority for Gibson\u201d he could have failed to strongly and vocally oppose Plan A \u2013 as did those of us who also had concerns about municipal infrastructure? How could he in any way support Plan A when it would be a major barrier to being able to fund infrastructure?<\/p>\n
Why did we the public not hear of Mr. Gibson\u2019s opposition to Plan A? How could Mr. Gibson vote for Plan A and its costs if infrastructure is a high priority for him?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cGibson initially spoke out against the Plan A initiative but later supported it after the three projects received public support through two referenda.\u201d Let us be accurate here \u2013 there were not two referendums on Plan A. The first referendum Mr. Gibson cites was only permission to make a plan and present it to the community. It was in no way an approval of Plan A – except perhaps in the minds of those desperately seeking to justify their support of Plan A. More importantly, if as he states Mr. Gibson was opposed to Plan A his duty to the people who elected him was to stand up and speak his opposition out loudly during the Plan A debate, informing the public of his opposition so they could take that into consideration as they voted on Plan A As a strong and vocal opponent of Plan A I attended all public meetings and sessions about Plan A and carefully scoured the local papers for any words written about Plan A. I do not recall hearing or reading of Mr. Gibson speaking out against Plan A nor do any citizens I spoke with about Mr. Gibson\u2019s claim remember any statement or statements by Mr. Gibson against Plan A. Given the closeness of the referendum results, a long term Councillor such as Mr. Gibson speaking out against Plan A would in all probability have resulted in a NO outcome and spared taxpayers the large cost overruns, the large tax increases and the debt load the city carries as a result of Plan A. Massive cost overruns, high taxes and big debt load \u2013 all barriers to filling more pressing needs for the city such as infrastructure. Leaving one to wonder how if indeed \u201cMunicipal infrastructure, particularly roads, is a high priority for Gibson\u201d he could have failed to strongly and vocally oppose Plan A \u2013 as did those of us who also had concerns about municipal infrastructure? How could he in any way support Plan A when it would be a major barrier to being able to fund infrastructure? Why did we the public not hear of Mr. Gibson\u2019s opposition to Plan A? How could Mr. Gibson vote for Plan A and its costs if infrastructure is a high priority for him?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-municipal"],"yoast_head":"\n