Tuesday, August 07, 2007
I don't know what happens to the cats.
I just spoke with the caregiver who went to see her RC chairperson last night.
Apparently after meeting the MP, they had been trying to get the RC member who is a complainant to drop the case, but the chairperson was unsure what the status is.
The caregiver asked if the whole case could be dropped in that case, but the chairperson said they need to determine if the cats are causing a nuisance.
The caregiver then took out the petition and the survey results. 132 households signed the petition - even more had responded in the survey to say they had no issue with the cats being there.
The Chairperson looked surprised but then asked how the cats are to be removed. The caregiver said they did not plan to remove the cats and pointed out the residents did not want them removed either.
She pointed out that the complainant had had cats removed several times in the past already and was still asking for the cats to be taken away.
According to the caregiver, the chairperson looked blank.The chairperson finally asked that a copy of the survey and petition be dropped off so she could discuss it with the RC.
The caregiver pointed out that far more people had responded than in her RC poll, and even then the RC members had been misinformed.
The RC Chairperson then said she would speak with the Secretariat, which is part of the PA apparently to determine what to do.
The caregiver pointed out that residents did not want the cats taken away and killed and the chairperson said they did not know what happened to the cats after they were taken away.
The caregiver pointed out that another RC member had clarified this point with her and that she did know now, to which she had no response apparently.
I have to say that I think willful ignorance should not be an excuse.
After all, an RC should be well informed - pretending they do not know, or failing to find out seems to go against the grain of what an RC member should do.
Saying I don't know is not good enough - certainly they should try and find out and not bury their heads in the sand?
Labels: Complaints, RC, survey
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