BIASED MINUTES FROM TOWNSHIP MEETINGS ?

A week ago Tuesday and Wednesday I posted here regarding the alleged Minutes of the October 26/15 MECAC (Compliance Audit Committee) meeting. First off I find it sad that it takes nearly two months to receive Draft Minutes much less the final Minutes. This almost guarantees that memories of the meeting have faded and unless one has carefully made detailed notes during the meeting it's hard to be certain when errors in the Minutes show up months later.

I sent in my two pages of corrections to the Township on Wednesday December 9/15. The deadline for submitted corrections was last Monday December 14/15. We are advised that the approved Minutes will be posted to the Township website by tomorrow Friday, December 18/15. One of the problems is that these requested changes are being sent to MECAC members for their review and approval. That seems a tad bizarre to me as afterall the Township have the tape recordings not MECAC. My suspicion is that MECAC and the Township will have sanitized the approved Minutes exactly as they have sanitized the DRAFT Minutes.

I mentioned a week ago Wednesday that one of the errors was in regards to mayor Shantz's admission that she paid for extra stakes (for signs) personally rather than through her campaign account as mandated by law. Other "mistakes" in the Minutes include me allegedly stating that volunteers' expenses should have been included, that I agreed with the incorrect statements of Tim Ryall of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, that mayor Shantz's greater expenses than her three opponents combined affected the election outcome and or that the mayor's election expense failures had somehow contributed to an unfair result. Also throw into the mix the fact that the Minutes messed up mayor Shantz's statement to MECAC that she had contacted her accountant in May which is contrary to what she told Superior Court namely that she contacted Tim Adams after my June 16/15 Application for a Compliance Audit was submitted.

These are very significant errors in the Minutes. I interpret most of them as being favourable to mayor Shantz and unfavourable to me. If so you have to ask yourselves exactly how deep are Woolwich Township involved, with or without MECAC enabling, in covering up and minimizing the election expense scandal of half the Council members.