Tuesday, November 10, 2015
FORMER WOOLWICH MAYOR ON TRIAL FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES IN THIRTEEN DAYS
Monday November 23 as well as November 25 & 26 are scheduled in Superior Court for the charges against Todd Cowan. I think those charges are breech of trust and possibly theft. The second I'm not sure of. Todd's defence to date had been remarkably similar to our current mayor's Sandy Shantz. She has claimed inadvertent errors, honest mistakes etc.. In her case it was pretty easy to sell that to a judge when evidence counter to that was not allowed last July 23/15. Same stunt as was pulled by Councillor Bauman prior to that. Interestingly the dollar amounts involved are higher with mayor Shantz than with Todd Cowan. That said no one to my knowledge has accused her of stealing money. Fibbing about the sources, the amounts spent and contributed and cheerfully filing multiple inaccurate or untrue sworn statements, absolutely.
I have had exactly zero contact with Todd Cowan for a very long time and am happy for that. I personally know that the man is a liar. He has lied about me to his former Council and to Bob Burtt in Bob's book. He is not however the only liar in that book by a long shot. All that said I am guilty of the sin of assumption. Knowing Todd gilds the lily when it so suits him; I have assumed he was lying about his double expensing being all a big mistake. Hopefully we will soon hear all the evidence.
Right from the very beginning, despite my skepticism regarding Todd's excuses, it was pretty clear to me that certain parties at Woolwich Township had a huge vested interest to get rid of Todd and secondly were involved in so doing. The timing of his "exposure" was just too excrutiatingly bad for him. The stated facts regarding an anonymous "citizen" obtaining expense information from both Woolwich Township and the Region of Waterloo, either voluntarily or via FOI (Freedom of Information Act) seemed unlikely and remote. FOI for those of us who have gone that route, takes forever and rarely nets you everything you've asked for.
Are the accounting methods at both the Region and the Township really that bad that it took a third party citizen on a fishing expedition to flush out "incriminating" evidence? Or was it a Township Councillor or a senior Township Staff person on the lookout for dirt on the mayor, with much greater access to the expense records, who made the discovery of double expensing? Was a staffer at the Region helping look for issues?
The old saw is to follow the money. Sometimes there are additional motives. Is it remotely possible that some interesting political revelations may be forthcoming at Todd's trial? Is there a local industry who literally had hundreds of millions of dollars at risk with a mayor and Council who were much more environmentally aware and active than all the former Councils? Who has most benefited from Todd's downfall? Or is it as straightforward as most suggest? Stay tuned as hopefully we will all soon find out.
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It was written in a newspaper that you were the citizen who asked for his financial statements under the FOI act. Are you now suggesting it was council or staff that did this? Are you denying that you had anything to do with exposing him?
ReplyDeleteCowan has the right to know who did the dirty work (whether he is mostly good or bad), but we the people have the right to know who is really calling the shots around here!
DeleteWell that's a new one to me. It's been alleged that I have been responsible for everything including the kidnapping of the Lindburgh baby, with of course zero evidence offerred. I have no knowledge of any such newspaper article or for that matter anyone else ever saying I'm the one who brought Todd down. Feel free to advise me of the name of the newspaper, the date and possibly the title of the article you've referenced.
ReplyDeleteYou're not denying it, so it was obviously you. The fact that you deleted my question as to whether or not it WAS you is quite telling that it WAS you who went after Todd.
ReplyDelete5pm commenter, you are WAY OFF TRACK, on accusing Mr. Marshall, (from the very beginning quite a few well connected people knew who it was) and it was one of your own minor insiders, helping someone higher up who was posturing for position at the time...however what I would love to know right now is exactly who the higher up individual(s)was...cause they had enough brains and power to topple Cowan in one swift devastating move/action! It is the higher ups that need to be watched and NOT the minions who think they are anonymous/ are protected/ as they do the elites bidding. I am very interested to find out exactly who was/is in charge and who is in control. I do NOT know if Cowan is a really a total deviant or just a small time actor who had a deviant day here and there. One thought though, if Cowans lawyer is worth a pound of salt I it will all come out in Cowan's court case because Cowan has an absolute legal right to face his accuser's and have full disclosure of their evidence. What I am relating here is big boy stuff and most of the Marshall bashers have very little idea what actually happens in the BIG boy world...Wake up and stay tuned...just as I do.
ReplyDeleteBelieve it or not, the name of the female citizen who allegedly made the request is NOT really well known locally. (Although I personally think that due to all the circumstances NOW she should come forward and be open and honest about everything) FYI: I will not respond to any more questions/requests re; the aforementioned. One other thing I think you should ask yourself, does Mr. Marshall not seem like the type who would bluntly admit the truth?
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