I told you so…he got the appointment and an increase in salary which will not affect Pickering taxes an iota.
But what will happen is a lot of shifting in positions in Pickering: No mayor, Dave Pickles likely to step in as temporary mayor, Ward 3 opens for a bye election or an appointment of Mujeeb Axmat who was second in the election in the regional ward. This is how Shaheen Butt got his position at his beginning I believe.
There’ll be a lot of dung hitting the fan with Pickles as temporary mayor….wait for it….especially from Lisa Robinson but also likely from the other mayoralty candidates. Most likely you will hear from Cornell, Frampton, Rickard and for sure Robinson. This is all a serious quagmire and the state of Denmark odour will be emanating from this all over the place.
The ticking grenade has rolled into the room.
