WOOLWICH COUNCILLOR'S ELECTION REPORT MAKES FRONT PAGE OF K-W RECORD

Funny the items that are considered front page news. Today's Waterloo Region Record carrys the following story titled "Audit ordered on Hahn's election expenses". One would almost have the idea that the Record smell something more significant than a rookie Councillor simply making an honest mistake. Honest mistake or not it is appropriate that the Municipal Election Compliance Audit Committee (MECAC) voted unanimously to send Councillor Scott Hahn's Financial report to a professional Auditor.

Councillor Hahn can be criticized for his naivete and or praised for his strong belief in his country and its' democratic systems. In essence his beliefs are both. That he messed up royally goes without saying and credit to him for admitting forthwith that he had done so. It appears that in hindsight his family did him no favours in paying for a large part of his election campaign. The invoices and receipts are a problem and the auditor is certainly going to be focusing on them. How the auditor interprets the entire paper trail will be significant.

Regarding some of Councillor Hahn's unfortunate remarks regarding the applicant, Dr. Dan Holt; Richard Clausi addressed them. Richard suggested that Councillor Hahn should appreciate that Dr. Hahn is standing up for democracy and freedom exactly as Councillor Hahn did while in the military.