Keep NPCA and council reps separate

RE: REGIONAL SURVEY CRITICAL OF D’ANGELO BURIED, SEPT. 21

Current Chair Alan Caslin attained his position by the usual appointment process, which is generally hidden from the public. There is no reason to believe that he won’t do the same if he is elected again.

We have all had to suffer the consequences. His lack of leadership has turned Niagara Region into a laughing stock.

In the absence of the public electing the chair, we have a suggestion that might help avoid these shenanigans in the future:

Let the position rotate through the mayors. Each municipality would then be equally represented over the long run and cliques would have limited, or no influence.

This lack of leadership has resulted in the council as a whole being distracted by too many ethical problems. The politicians have lurched from self-manufactured crisis to self-manufactured crisis, leaving no time for them to do what this level of government is supposed to.

These same individuals also seem to have no understanding of the principles of conflicts of interest. Possibly the worst example of this is those who sit on both the regional council and the NPCA board. They do not recuse themselves when decisions regarding NPCA oversight are on the Region agenda. This at least can be easily rectified by not having anyone sitting on both in future.

Kathleen and Frank Adams,

Welland