Category: Entitlement

Plutarch on listening, and The Block

Collingwood / Council / Disrespect and bad behaviour / Entitlement / Ethics and behaviourOne Comment

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“[W]e observe that… the great majority of persons …practise speaking before they have acquired the habit of listening.” Plutarch wrote that in his essay De Auditu, or On Listening. Reading those words immediately made me think of that group we have on Collingwood Council who never listen to anyone but themselves and frequently speak without any apparent thought behind their comments: The Block. And, no, I … (more–>)

Jeffrey’s snout back in the trough

Collingwood / Council / Deceit / Entitlement / Ethics and behaviour2 Comments

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Last Monday The Block snuck a motion into the meeting without putting it on the agenda: to allow Councillor Jeffrey to pursue her personal political goals at taxpayer expense, and chase another seat on the FCM (Federation of Canadian Municipalities) board – even though she failed to win re-election to the board in May, 2017. At the upcoming FCM meeting in Halifax she can wine and … (more–>)

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