IT'S RESIGNATION TIME, SANDY & SCOTT

Woolwich Council have been aware of the damning evidence within Scott Hahn's Compliance Audit for over a week now. Are they seriously going to wait for next week's 10 am. MECAC (Municipal Elections Compliance Audit Committee) meeting in Council Chambers (Aug. 27) before taking action? Are they prepared to let the public fully understand their complicity as a Council in this mess? The last Council promptly and publicly threw Todd Cowan to the wolves. They had no intention that the public should think that they condoned his behaviour. Is this entire Council so far gone that they are willing to allow an already proven corrupt/incompetent body to make either the right decision sending Scott to Court or to make the wrong decision, hence covering up what smells badly like misrepresentation and deceit of the most blatant kind?

Then we have Mayor Shantz. Council have seen first hand her deterioration over the last few months. All was roses when she and Mark were sucessfully executing their save Chemtura and kill CPAC plans. Yes there were some bumps in the road as CPAC responded publicly in Council and elsewhere to Sandy and Mark's horrible smear campaign against CPAC, myself and especially against the CPAC Chair Dr. Dan Holt. Clearly right about now Sandy must be second guessing using the mayor's Chair and built in credibility to have lied so egregiously about myself, Dr. Holt and CPAC.

Mayor Shantz knows she isn't out of the woods by a long shot. Within the next couple of days she has to refile (#3) her Financial Statement-Auditor's Report. To date she has formally filed one dated February 2/15 which is still on the Township's website. She presented a different set of figures on her March 23/15 Financial Statement to MECAC on July 2/15. This one appropriately was not posted on line as it has no legal bearing or weight. Number three (possibly four) is due thirty days after her July 23/15 sojourn to Superior Court. This one will be accepted by Woolwich's Clerk and posted on their website. Then the last Supplementary Filing including things like lawyers costs etc. is due on September 15/15.

Here is Mayor Shantz's problem. Her imminent new filing is supposed to include all the data already given to MECAC as well as Superior Court that had not been legitimized more than three months after her March 27/15 filing deadline. Justice Broad of Superior Court legitimized it on July 23/15 and ordered her to formally refile it within thirty days. By my count that is this Saturday August 22/15. So Sandy's March 23/15 Financial Statement with Auditor's (two page) Report dated June 16/15 should be the same as what she presented to Justice Broad in Superior Court. I dare you to change or fudge it Sandy. If you do that you are entering Scott Hahn territory and that's a world of hurt. Guess what happens however if she refiles her still error filled and expense light March 23/15 Financial Statement-Auditor's Report? You got it; back to MECAC for a Compliance Audit.

MECAC were bamboozled on July 2/15. Actually it was prior to July 2/15. Next Thursday they get to show their grit if they want. If they properly send Scott to the Courts then there is hope that they value their positions and reputations and given a second chance at Mayor Shantz's still false and erroneous Financial Statement might do the right thing. If not they condemn themselves and her as we do not need MECAC to send her to the Courts. Again Council's support is appropriate but will they step up even at this late date? Who knows, this is Woolwich and a small group have held sway for a very long time. Their sense of entitlement and especially invulnerability has taken a beating recently. Is it enough for them to do the right thing?