Things were not going smoothly for Councillor Stintz on August 26th. She was having trouble picking her spot to dump on her community. A few of them were keeping a vigil in the Council Chamber, simply to bear witness to the event. All the planning and timing hurdles had been overcome but it looked like things could be tricky with Councillor Walker still on the look-out.
Often, motions are introduced at Council when opposing councillors are absent. Sometimes when the opposing councillor is visiting the washroom! If Karen Stintz was to get the developer's plan approved she would have to pick her moment.
Often, motions are introduced at Council when opposing councillors are absent. Sometimes when the opposing councillor is visiting the washroom! If Karen Stintz was to get the developer's plan approved she would have to pick her moment.
That didn't come until late in the day. The meeting was to terminate at 9pm. At 9.01pm, Karen Stintz rose to "try a quick one". It was in "her Ward". A resident had been in the Chamber for two days and, apparently, she wanted to put that person out of their misery.
Take a look at the disappointment on Councillor Stintz's face when she learned that Councillor Walker had questions. This wasn't going to be a "quick one" and Karen Stintz was going to be called out on it. The Speaker knew this too. By this time, Stintz's dilemma was the talk of City Hall. The Speaker ruled that the item could not be heard and called on Mayor Miller as the Council Meeting came to a close.
Councillor Stintz tries to pull a 'fast one'.
Take a look at the disappointment on Councillor Stintz's face when she learned that Councillor Walker had questions. This wasn't going to be a "quick one" and Karen Stintz was going to be called out on it. The Speaker knew this too. By this time, Stintz's dilemma was the talk of City Hall. The Speaker ruled that the item could not be heard and called on Mayor Miller as the Council Meeting came to a close.
Councillor Stintz tries to pull a 'fast one'.
Karen Stintz to try to pull a fast one. Here's a link to an article that mentions another "fast one".
http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=171430
"Ask about that little fast one she tried to pull to win approval for a 60-space daycare for a friend – in Bill Saundercook’s High Park ward, no less – and the guard goes up. Some called it meddling. Stintz says she was “standing up for daycare.”
Ward 16 is fed up with this kind of behaviour. We don't want "fast ones" or politicians on a "fast track".
What will it be next - a run for MPP?
http://www.nowtoronto.com/news/story.cfm?content=171430
"Ask about that little fast one she tried to pull to win approval for a 60-space daycare for a friend – in Bill Saundercook’s High Park ward, no less – and the guard goes up. Some called it meddling. Stintz says she was “standing up for daycare.”
It’s a little more complicated than that. Turns out the plan’s backer is a constituent of Stintz’s who runs two daycares in her ward.
Councillor Adam Vaughan didn’t exactly call it corruption. He called it “a corruption of planning principles. I’ve never seen anything more unprincipled.” Enzo Di Matteo, Now Magazine.
Ward 16 is fed up with this kind of behaviour. We don't want "fast ones" or politicians on a "fast track".
What will it be next - a run for MPP?
