The truth has finally come out why Reeve Toby Trimble forced through the vote on Tenders 1 and 2 at the Council Meeting on September 23 2008.

There was great concern amongst taxpayers when Reeve Toby Trimble refused to give an answer to councillor Terry Simpson during the meeting when asked why they were voting on this agreement when they agreed as a council at the previous meeting that they would not vote until all 4 tenders were placed in front of them as a package.

It was presumed at that time by PortageMultiplex.com that the tenders had a time limit on them since they would have been received several months before .

A subsequent question asked of RM CAO Daryl Hrehirchuk the following day (and then waiting the usual 30 days for an answer ) yielded the expected result that Tender #1 that was received July 30th would have expired after 60 days . The RM council had to accept it or lose it.

Why wouldn’t Reeve Toby Trimble stand up and say that to the taxpayers and media?

Is it any wonder taxpayers of the RM are disillusioned with this Reeve and council when they can’t be upfront about something so simple and insignificant as the expiry date of a tender?

The more secrecy there is , the more questions people have.

RM Residents deserve better than they have received from this council.