O.K. first off I have zero proof that our very own Mayor Shantz is the world's worst accountant. For all I know she may have taken a half dozen accounting courses since 2016 (i.e. almost 1/year). Or not? What I do know first hand is how she incredibly and repeatedly botched her approximate $14,000 expenses on her first mayoralty Election Financial Report. She botched it to the point that not only were all the errors in her favour (as in reduced total expenses) but that the Crown Prosecutor took months looking at it as well as bringing in an outside prosecutor to avoid appearances of favourtism. (It happened anyways).
That's right our Sandy Shantz couldn't even come close to preparing her approximate $14,000 election expenses accurately and now she's one third of the regional councillors on the Police Services Board approving a $240 million dollar budget. Her personal finances she had total expenses at approximately $9,600 which was conveniently below the $10,000 ceiling which demanded an independent (and expensive) audit. Now she, councillor Doug Craig and regional chair Karen Redman are the three regional council appointees approving the Waterloo Regional Police Services budget. No wonder some other councillors are a wee bit skeptical of their expertise. Is there any chance that any of the three of them know their way around a financial statement?
There is an old joke about the two most important jobs in the world requiring zero educational requirements. The two jobs are parenthood and being a politician. Good stuff Woolwich electors. Mayor Shantz was relatively young and attractive when she was first elected to council plus she has a Mennonite last name and had done volunteer work in her church. That was the extent of her qualifications apparently. Voters you get what you deserve. Do not do your due diligence and you and everybody else gets it in the ear.
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