More Reader Mail

In the Almaguin News edition of April 11, 2013, there is no shortage of articles on Kearney. Some would like to shoot the messenger (blog), but Tomlinson and his 2 remaining supporters (Dingwall, Wadsworth) continue to create very reportable news. Unfortunately, the news that Tomlinson and Dingwall, and Tomlinson’s sycophant Wadsworth, create reflects a nastiness and negativity that is hard to ignore. 

The “Kearney CAO (is) gone from Kearney”. Surprise, surprise. Tomlinson harassed and bullied Ms. Aubichon beyond belief and bragged about it openly. 

“Self- policing not an option for council.” Council voted 4-3 to appoint an Integrity Commissioner to enforce the Town’s Code of Conduct. Tomlinson, Dingwall, and Wadsworth voted against it. Tomlinson says “We haven’t even had the opportunity to see if the self-policing component will work before trying to spend money on something that might be totally unnecessary” says Tomlinson. Really now. Tomlinson brags openly about firing the previous, previous CAO. Tomlinson brags openly of harassing and bullying the previous CAO. Tomlinson openly insults and belittles Deputy Mayor at every turn, including the last council meeting when he said she was too incompetent to be Deputy Mayor. We have members of the community verbally and physically assaulted, we have law suits against the Town, and the list goes on. Tomlinson has lost the support of his council, he has been censured and asked to resign, and his tongue has enjoyed national exposure. Other than that, we probably don’t need an Integrity Commissioner. Yeah, right.

Leadership the real issue. The editorial with this heading is bang-on. Good Leadership by the Head of Council would resolve Kearney’s issues and the need for a tighter Code of Conduct and an Integrity Commissioner. Unfortunately, Tomlinson appears to be unable to provide any semblance of leadership and spends all his energies on tearing down anything positive and trying to hurt anyone who attempts to make a positive contribution. On the positive side, the majority of council is now demonstrating good leadership and is effectively shutting Tomlinson down.

Kearney regatta moving forward, council has approved the KPABA (Kearney Perry & Area Business Association) to take over the management of the 2013 Kearney Regatta. Tomlinson will have no say and the Regatta dance and other festivities will be resurrected. 

Mayor opposes rotating deputy. At the beginning of his term of council, Tomlinson stated the Deputy Mayor position would be rotated on an annual basis. At Friday’s council meeting Tomlinson tried to change his position and reappoint his Mini-Me Wadsworth back into the Deputy Mayor role. It didn't work out for Tomlinson and Wadsworth and was just another step in the slippery slope of oblivion for Tomlinson and Wadsworth. 

We believe the tide is turning for Kearney and the regime (Proudfoot Gang) of Tomlinson, Dingwall, and Wadsworth. Favours to friends, squandering town resources, and bully and harassing will be more difficult going forward. Now we just need to get rid of the useless CBO and his useless septic inspection program.

(Anonymous)