OPINIONS: Councillor Robinson accuses Mayor Ashe of lying to the public

[Editorial comment: This whole post is demanding of time and energy and I question whether or not there is value in putting time and energy into it. Like Robinson’s style of debate, there are many facts and validities within, buried among sweeping, uncorroborated and unsupported generalities. This is the style of debate Robinson uses and criticizing her invariably means you criticise some of her valid points which are contained within. It is a fatiguing and tiring way to carry on any kind of reasonable discussion. It is no wonder Mayor Ashe is often exasperated and frustrated in dealing with her. 

We may be at the point where Robinson should be ignored as not doing may be a waste of one’s time. Of course, Robinson would not see the validity herein.]

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Councillor Lisa Robinson clashes with Mayor Kevin Ashe relentlessly. Ashe is at wit’s end in his exasperation in dealing with her.

My opinion supports Mayor Ashe for many reasons. I find Robinson tends to mix in meat with miscellaneous or irrelevancies. She verbalizes non-stop inserting immutable points every few phrases and then when the Mayor doesnt respond to each item she has stated, including the meat ones, she attacks him. For example, she may talk freely about something, inserting she can talk about it as she has the right to free speech. The mayor responds to the first point and she attacks him for not being supportive of her right to free speech. Kind of a childlike way of discussing things with an adult’s intellect.

Furthermore, Robinson is notorious for making claims that are broad generalizations or more importantly, lack evidence or supportive corroboration. She is conscious of liable risk so avoids naming names but it makes her sweeping accusations vacuous, lacking substance.

Finally, Robinson’s attack mode of sweeping generalizations seems like a bull dozer rolling on relentlessly crushing any valid facts in front of it along with irrelevancies. She is never open to sequential discussion or any discussion that abides by the rules of proper discussion. She just steamrolls along, fact buried into series of irrelevancies making her very difficult to accept. There is no arguing with her as she buries fact in gobbleygook of irrelevancies and if you are with her, she jumps into aggressive attack mode defending facts as if that is what is being criticized. Robinson sees everything in black and white, no greys and she defends herself vigorously, going totally deaf to any valid counterviews, by seeing the “white” as wrongfully attacked. You cannot successfully deal with this kind of mentality or this kind of discussion.

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[Robinson’s response to our website request for latest news or updates from her, got her suggestion to view her latest YouTube video. We watched it with growing apprehension and repugnance because of her style of interspersing uncorroborated insinuations with facts or near facts. Her declarations are very difficut to accept because of this constant exaggeration or uncorroborated generalizations.
Typical Robinson style, her response buries the reader with loads of irrelevancies which she would argue have relevance as there are relevancies buried among the loads of irrelevancies….again, typical Robinson style.

We asked her for news or updates regarding herself and council related activities with which she may be connected. Her response….

Pretty good richer take a listen to all three of those and then ask me that question

https://youtu.be/KZ0C087DSwI

https://youtu.be/U6X7YdgmcIc

https://youtu.be/fnGU-ZFdCU0

With gratitude,

Councillor Lisa Robinson

“The People’s Councillor”

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The first video…

Lisa Robinson video
“They Lied to Every Pickering Resident — Here’s the Proof”
https://youtu.be/KZ0C087DSwI

 Introduction & Central Claim

• The video opens by accusing Mayor Kevin Ashe (formerly deputy/regional mayor) of lying to residents about proposed developments.
• Specifically, it alleges there was a promise or statement that “no 75-storey towers” would be built in Pickering — which the video claims was false.
• The tone is investigative / exposé: “one mayor. zero truth.

Key Allegations

• The central allegation is that city leadership misled residents about the scale of development (i.e. 75-storey towers) planned in Pickering.
• The video suggests this misinformation was part of a broader pattern of deception to manage public perception.
• It claims there is “proof” backing up these assertions — documents, plans, statements, or internal communications that contradict public statements.

Evidence & Contradictions

• The video (per its description) presents conflicting documents or statements that challenge the official narrative.
• It implies that public assurances given by Mayor Ashe (or in his role as deputy/regional mayor) were inconsistent with what was actually being planned behind the scenes.
• The phrase “75 towers. One mayor. Zero truth.” is used to emphasize the scale of the discrepancy between public claims and alleged reality.

Implications & Critique

• The video frames the alleged deceit as betrayal of public trust: residents were misled about major developments in their city without adequate transparency.
• It hints that the decision-making process lacked accountability or oversight.
• There is an underlying suggestion that proper civic consent or consultation was bypassed or manipulated.

Conclusion

• The video closes by reinforcing its central message: residents were lied to, the public record is being contradicted, and those responsible must be held accountable.
• It leaves viewers with the hope or call for further scrutiny, public pressure, or demand for answers.

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