Tag: Beauty

The Island is beautiful, but its politics are ugly. The total and utter disregard for the will of rural Islanders puts to shame any pretense that this government cares for the long-term viability and well-being of the 65 per cent of Islanders who live in rural areas. The arrogance that Wade MacLauchlan's Liberals have shown through the school closure process and the recent amalgamation debacle is shameful. This is a government that works in secret, side-steps democratic principles and creates a sham of public consultation processes, then cynically manipulates and legislates to attain its pre-determined goals. That fails to learn, respond or address its critics in any meaningful way. http://Montague council passes motion in support of Greater Three Rivers Area amalgamation Democracy is under attack by the very body we elect to uphold its ideals and standards-the provincial government. If you do not have very serious concerns about the kind of government Wade MacLauchlan is running, you haven't been listening. Islanders deserve better government, a government that responds to its wishes and implements policies from the bottom up. A government that listens in a real and meaningful way to the voice of ordinary Islanders and then acts according to their wishes. Richard Toms, Georgetown

Yet looming over him was fallout from a secret audio recording of a private conversation between Cagle and Clay Tippins, a former Republican primary rival who finished fourth in the May 22 gubernatorial primary. “Obviously, it was a private conversation that was supposed to be confidential,” Cagle said Saturday in an interview with The Times. “It doesn’t change the fact that I certainly said what I said, but it was in the context of a political discussion by which he wanted to have.” By pushing the bill, which Cagle said in the audio was “bad policy,” the Walton Family Foundation, an education policy super PAC “that was getting ready to put $3 million behind Hunter Hill,” backed out. “Politics is sometimes ... it has to be created in a way that builds consensus,” Cagle said during the grand opening of his Gainesville headquarters. “It’s good public policy and that is indicative of the overwhelming support in both the Senate and the House, among the Republican party and the fact that the governor signed it,” Cagle said. Absolutely.” Cagle said he wants voters to consider his record, to look at what he’s done for public education and educational choice over the years. “The record is a record that is pro-education. “I would like for him to have a good set of moral values, which I do think Casey does or I wouldn’t have voted for him, but I don’t expect him to be the pastor. I’m not looking to him for that.” Debbie Morrin, a Hall County resident, said she only cares about finding the right person for the job, and still thinks that person is Cagle. I wouldn’t vote for anybody else.” On whether or not Cagle has spoken to Tippins since the recording was released or whether he plans to, Cagle said: “No, no, no, no.