COLLINS: Council’s Code of Conduct a sign of sad times

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Well, it’s this way. When you have to put rules in place to tell nine people not to be jerks when dealing with each other, it’s not a positive watershed moment. Especially when the Code is spawned by the failure of Council and the Mayor to be civil to each other.

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And so every time someone feels slighted, you and I are going to have to pay for an investigator to determine the facts. The results of that investigation could mean various forms of censorship for a Councillor or Mayor. In other words, a lawsuit waiting to happen. Which, again, you and I will foot the bill for.

The Code may be necessary, but to me, it’s a sad day when, after only six months of working together (or not), 9 people have had to resort to needing a Code of Conduct so they can be civil to each other.

I’m Doug Collins, and that’s One Man’s Opinion.

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