More Lies and Buck-Passing by the Proudfoot Four

A concerned citizen who attend the Town Hall meeting on Saturday, August 25, 2012 writes to tell us that the Proudfoot Four are still singing the same old tune and blaming everything but their own arrogance and gross incompetence for the rapid decline of Kearney. They blame us, town staff, former town staff, the former council, computer glitches, the Johnston family, the Easter Bunny, the Tidy-Bowl Man, and now the Town of Perry. Everyone but themselves. Read on:

Dear concerned citizens;

I attended the town hall meeting on Saturday and was impressed by the way our ratepayers came forward concerning our CBO [Henry Hess] and his antics. Most were very upset on having to be reinspected. Our mayor [Paul H. Tomlinson] and councilors Dingwall and Wadsworth blamed the town's records were inadequate, incomplete, or didn't exist because of our former CBO's poor record keeping; which I don't believe for a second since I know Mr. Schaefer quite well. He is very well organized and very conscientious of his job.

Our mayor decided to explain why the town had to hire a new CBO. What came out was not the truth. He explained that the fault was Perry township's; that when Jeff Pepin quit they could no longer contract their CBO to Kearney.(maybe some truth in that) Our mayor didn't explain how that came about. I attended the council meeting just before the CBO contract was to be renewed. The council, in their lack of wisdom, led by Paul Tomlinson decided to put the position up for tender. It went into the Almaguin News. And that's how Perry Township council found out. Our staff or our mayor couldn't be bother to inform them of our councils' decision.

ARE YOU SURPRISED?                                                      Bob Tilley citizen

No, Bob. We're not.

Sadly, Mayor Tomlinson can't keep his lies straight, because back in early 2011 he told the Almaguin News that Kearney had to put the job up for tender because "it's the law". No mention of Jeff Pepin. You can read our coverage of it here and here. And if Tomlinson is now saying it was the fault of a Town employee that records weren't kept properly, then it's the Town's fault. So if Hess can't find your final inspection, have him do another one free of charge, grandfathered to the building code in force on the date of completion. Because if a municipality is 1% at fault, it's 100% liable. Sorry Paul, but "it's the law".