Open Letter to Minister Watson

Earlier, today we emailed the following letter to Minister Watson and all interested parties. "Saving Vaughan" is requesting that Minister Watson gives the citizens of this city the opportunity to have a discussion with him so that our side of the story can be heard! Minister Watson: Once again, we come to you to request that the citizens of Vaughan, that we have the honour of representing, be afforded the same courtesy as did some of the City of Vaughan staff. We believe that, if truly the government of which you are part of is fair and open, you should grant us an audience so that our side of the story can receive the same attention. There is an old saying that says “Every bell has two sounds”, and so far you have chosen to listen to only one. If our judicial system operated that way our prisons would be busting at the seams with all sorts of innocent people behind bars. How can a meeting that lasted less than an hour have given your staff the certainty that “everything in Vaughan is fine”? We (the residents), have spent numerous hours, days if not months researching the information that has led to not one but two current members of Council, one other that got away with a slap on the wrist and the former mayor facing charges under the Elections Act. There have been allegations of corruption from within Council: there are now new allegations that an investigation by York Region Police was underway. The number of lawsuits against the City is reaching unprecedented levels. The abuse of taxpayer’s money is absurd. Yet you, siding with your staff, continue to turn a blind eye to all of this. Minister, we urge you to do the right thing. Listen to our complaints and hopefully act on them. No more of the usual rhetoric of “vote them out at the next election”. An audit, if an inquiry is impossible, will send a strong message to anyone seeking to “serve the people” that they will not be allowed to “serve themselves”. In closing we urge to please grant us an audience within the next few weeks. Respectfully, Saving Vaughan