UPDATE: The story referred to in the title has now been confirmed by two individuals that were present at the council meeting. (see below)
I welcome comments of citizen of Pierrefonds and ask that you please forward this post to all that you know in Pierrefonds.
Occasionally I submit an online article for the The Gazette West Island.
I just viewed the following comment on an article of mine that went up this week (and below it is a link to the article):
Censorship in Pierrefonds
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 08/18/2010 – 21:07.I attended Pierrefonds council meetings for many years. I stopped. When they do not answer your questions, laugh and mock you, what’s the point? I once saw a 60-something year old man present a petition to Mme Worth. This man worked hard to gather the names of Pierrefonds residents. Mme Worth refused it. The poor man did not expect the refusal and began stuttering. He couldn’t understand why she wouldn’t consider the petition. Bert Ward started laughing at him in front of everybody in that council room. Mocking him for his stuttering. Monique Worth laughed also and did nothing to stop the malice. This behavior went on for many minutes. One resident left the room totally disgusted by the situation. I stayed. Worth finally took the petition after much mocking of this man. People should attend these council meetings and demand true answers to their question. The more the people, the more the power to the citizens.
http://westislandgazette.com/news/16411
In confirming the story one resident wrote:
“He had a petition with some 1,260 names signed asking Worth to try saving some green spaces since everything was disappearing before our eyes.”
“Forgot to mention there were many citizens in the Council room when it happened. When I arrived, I saw one man leaving and slamming the door so hard in disgust. Then, I understood why. Afterwards, a few other people also left clearly not happy.”
While another wrote: “it was xxxxx xxxxxx – Ward pounded his fist into the desk then threw it up towards xxxxxxx pointing to him and said “stop stuttering” “
Mention of this was printed in an electoral flier distributed door-to-door in 2004. When Mayor Worth found out about the flier, she sent a lawyer’s letter by bailiff to stop immediately. The person distributing the fliers answered the lawyer and kept on distributing. It was in the Gazette. No legal action followed.
On what grounds could one take legal action against another for reporting accurately what happened at a council meeting? I know of none.
All of the foregoing is in the personal opinion of the author.
