Brechin Parkland Sale!

At this Monday’s Planning meeting, council yet again submitted (without a fight) to a request of Comrade Ricky to rezone a park on O’Neill Street, in Brechin, as residential. At the meeting councillors failed to ask any relevant questions quickly to rubber stamped Comrade Ricky request, along with appropriating the funds, (ie ratepayer taxes) to cover these expenses.

Prior to this meeting I sent Comrade Ricky an email of my concerns, and a request for him to discuss them, in public, at the meeting. He chose not to, so the next day I sent this request to the attention of all members of council, in the hopes they will take up the fight, on my behalf!

In my email to Comrade Bates I wanted him explain why he didn’t support having the potential buyers of the property bear the rezoning costs, rather than ratepayers?

I wanted to know what the township proposed to do with the proceeds from this land sale, and if any documented policy regulated what these funds could be used for?

I wonder if the township contacted advised the township’s Youth committee, since the property in question is a park and most likely used by the township’s youth.

I was glad to see Ramara council affirming it had no desire, and no place in developing the property. Unfortunately this proposal nothing more then Comrade Ricky attempt to covering up the township’s poor fiscal management record (ie year after year tax increases for ratepayers) by using the potential windfall from this land sale to hide its’ looming deficit.
Why is Ramara council such a willing participant in Comrade Ricky's plots. Why do they just sit there and allows these events to happen? Are they only thinking about $$ and not factoring the consequences for their actions?

What are we going to do to balance the books when there is no land left to sell? Ops forgot.... they'll just raise our taxes, yet again!