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10 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday March 23, 2007 Advisory group's recommendations raise several questions Continued from page 6 suspect that they cannot produce supporting documentation on this or a myriad of other questions as well, simply because they don't have it. The simple fact is the report cannot be substantiated. The press release goes on to say that "Glen Herring told the Mayor in his letter conveying the recommendations, "If you and Council find the recommendations worth supporting and an eventual draft bylaw substantially reflects the proposals we have offered, we assure you that we will support and sell the final product within our respective spheres of influence"". The question to be asked is since when does a Mayor's Advisory committee become a lobby group for the voting public? Does this sound like democracy to you? The public has not even been consulted on the report and already a small group of "advisors" have taken it upon themselves to speak for Oakville residents. Does this sound arrogant to you? This is the same Glen Herring that only months ago led the NoTree Bylaw is Necessary campaign against any tree bylaw. What happened to his convictions that No Tree Bylaw is Necessary? And what about leading the public down the proverbial garden path and turning 180 degrees in the opposite direction and then committing himself to selling you the voting public his view of the world after seeing the light. His new found convictions and assurances, "that we will sell and support the final product within our respective spheres of influence" seems awfully like he is now representing a different group, and the Mayor and the Council ... and not the public he purports to defend. How would you describe this new about face? The fact is that you the public have been sold a bill of goods and the group is offering you up in the name of compromise and consensus. Remember those names: Glen Herring, Ivor Davies, Roger Mailhot, Chris Hughes and Catherine Kavassallis. Start asking for copies of their working papers and the supporting documents on all of the options that they considered. Ask for the polls, statistics, how the problem or lack of problem was identified. Ask them how all of this information led them to the conclusion that the only solution was to adopt a bylaw from Mississauga. And when you get the double speak response in attempt to deflect your request, don't be seduced. Ask for the documentation again and again. And if they cannot deliver it, then ask yourself, can I trust this / them to use good judgment and make informed decisions? During the Pesticide Bylaw debate, the question that was an integral part of the rational was "Who Do You Trust?" That question might best asked now. I already have my answer. It's time to get yours and then tell the Mayor what you really think. 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