This would be ridiculous if it were true but apparently one of the Islands Trustees supposedly tried to float a new policy on behalf of the Harbour House of 'no video taping' (UNTRUE according to the manager) in an attempt to yet again shut down public recording of events at a publically funded meeting over the contentious RARs. Oddly enough the event was cancelled and rescheduled for ArtSpring due to the incredible mass of public agitation and interest that extends far and wide even to those of us who avoid meetings to keep our blood pressure down. ;-)
It never ceases to amaze me how thick our current Trustees are in understanding that public meetings funded by the public are inherently PUBLIC and even people who attend imagining that they are not in the public eye. Trust meetings are not their own private club.
I would suggest that if everyone came to the June 22nd meeting Wednesday with a recording device of some kind, it would not only help spread any news that might be conveyed wider but help very much in showing the Islands Trust who is boss and who pays for this little charade of ill-begotten NDP legislation that continues to echo down through the timeline from those far away hallucinogenic 70s.
A bit of information about Island Trust finances.
ReplyDeleteOn the TAG site, (http://www.islandtagteam.com )newly received FOI, a list of all of the Trust suppliers, you'll see many familiar names, brought on as "consultants". Also on the TAG site, go to "Files and Documents" salaries of all in the Trust plus their expense accounts.
Follow the money!
i was not at the Harbour House so I am grateful for the video posted several places.
ReplyDeleteReaction from one bold and persistent citizen/islander did manage to create a time change and said person used good reasoning to get there
This media blockage reminds me of Stephen Harper during the elections permitting only 2 or maybe it was 4 questions
When asked about that , Amy Goodman, when she was here at GISS said, well, the media should not accept that
Rebel
Don't show up for any coverage of him.
Having cameras pointed only at the Trustees is absurd...and boring
The rule should be: speakers/person present signify when they do not want to be on camera
Why they don't want to be videoed puzzles me, but maybe someone has a zit and doesn't want it viewed and recorded