Gruesome-Twosome Tag Team Wrestling Takes Over Newmarket Council

A number of concerned citizens approached Newmarket Council today to be heard on a variety of issues including:

• exorbitant development charges
• lack of action on electing a York Region Chair
• a vacuous resolution on OMB reform
• recommending a lobbyist registry
• Main St. BIA

The amount of venom being spewed by council members in response to polite, well spoken, citizens was jarring. Perhaps the lowest point was when Councillor Sponga accused the President of the Main St BIA of lying. (But maybe lower than that, was while this was going on, none of his Council colleagues objected to Joe Sponga's accusation with a point of privilege).  

When a Mayor and Council feels it must go to war against every member of the public that speaks at a Council meeting, then we know it's time for a change in Newmarket.

The Mayor and members of the Newmarket Council owe the public a huge apology for acting in such an ill mannered way at today's meeting.  

And the Mayor and members of Council need to reflect on why they are so aggressive towards the public they are supposed to be accountable to.