EVIDENCE THAT DEMOCRACY WORKS ?

 

Let's see now. Mayor Shantz fudged her Financial Statements after her first election victory here in Woolwich Township. The coverage was pretty good in the Woolwich Observer, the Elmira Independent and in the K-W Record. In my opinion based upon a close examination it seemed reasonably obvious to me that she had done it intentionally to avoid the extra cost (approx. $1,250) of the mandatory Audit when your expenses exceed $10,000. Now don't get me wrong here. Yes there is a significant extra cost as indicated but perhaps money wasn't the sole motivation for fudging her election Financial Statements  so badly. What if it was embarrassment? What if she was embarrassed to have spent approximately triple what her three opponents together spent on their campaigns? In other words she may have fudged her expenses intentionally simply to try and avoid any critics suggesting that she had "bought" her mayoralty. Do you know the irony in that? She got a ton of bad publicity between MECAC and the provincial courts  when in fact with her Mennonite last name  combined with publicity from having been a School Board trustee, she was a likely shoo in from the getgo. Oh and the always knowledgeable electorate have re-elected her twice. Apparently a little dishonesty or incompetence in financial matters are nothing compared to a Mennonite last name even yet in Elmira and Woolwich Township.

As a senior who's wife  has recently retired I am thrilled that our now gone health care benefits from her employer are being partially offset by the new federal Dental Care program.  You can thank the New Democratic Party for that as they propped up the Liberal minority government in exchange for that benefit. Once again the electorate spoke and showed their appreciation in the recent federal election by almost demolishing the NDP. They were reduced to below party status. Talk about No Good Deed Goes Unpunished ! 

Democracy has been defined as tyranny of the majority and it has also been defined as success by the biggest liars. Either way we've literally gotten millions of voters who don't have the remotest idea about who or what they are voting for and by God that is their God given right.  And I didn't even speak of the a**hole to the south of us to have to make my point.