Watching what we wish for...
The news about Cobourg police chief Garry Clement receiving a whopping $175, 286.91 a year, while Ontario's Premier Dalton McGuinty gets a meagre $158,309.46, is inflammatory in both a good and bad way.
Yes, it is good to see a comparison of this nature. And, it provides a stark contrast. Certainly, there will be lots of citizens absolutely outraged about it, with good reason.
However, this may blow up in everyone's face. This is the kind of fodder politicians like Mayor Peter Delanty, Deputy Mayor Gil Brocanier, Councillors Bob Spooner, Dean McCaughey and Bill MacDonald will jump on to get rid of the town's police force. Wait until the first chance they get (maybe this Monday or the budget deliberations) to watch them bay at the moon over this incredible injustice.
You can bet your bottom dollar the solution will not be to get rid of the chief (something this blog has argued for since the police board standoff). If there is no other reason, he is just too expensive for what we get in return. If he is worried about this, he can defend it publicly. But that will never happen.
Yes, we should be angry. But the solution is not a new OPP force for Cobourg. It is time for council to clean up a mess that needed should have been dealt with more than a year ago.
Where's the bucket and mop?
Yes, it is good to see a comparison of this nature. And, it provides a stark contrast. Certainly, there will be lots of citizens absolutely outraged about it, with good reason.
However, this may blow up in everyone's face. This is the kind of fodder politicians like Mayor Peter Delanty, Deputy Mayor Gil Brocanier, Councillors Bob Spooner, Dean McCaughey and Bill MacDonald will jump on to get rid of the town's police force. Wait until the first chance they get (maybe this Monday or the budget deliberations) to watch them bay at the moon over this incredible injustice.
You can bet your bottom dollar the solution will not be to get rid of the chief (something this blog has argued for since the police board standoff). If there is no other reason, he is just too expensive for what we get in return. If he is worried about this, he can defend it publicly. But that will never happen.
Yes, we should be angry. But the solution is not a new OPP force for Cobourg. It is time for council to clean up a mess that needed should have been dealt with more than a year ago.
Where's the bucket and mop?
posted by Robert Washburn at
8:41 PM
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