Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Jan Harder - Ottawa Councillor for Ward 1 thru 22

Sometime after the last municipal election Jan Harder decided to change her approach to politics from in-your-face-sucker to team player. I think she looked at MPP Lisa MacLeod, thought she saw her own reflection and didn't like what she had become. Just my opinion.

However the new Jan Harder is starting to slip back into the bad old ways. When Maria McRae was new on the job, last term, Jan would turn up at every Maria door opening. Now that Steve Desroches is the new guy on the block - and he had the gall to take over part of Jan's old riding -she's all over him like stink on crap.

And now she has someone old, but new, in her sights. Ward 21 councillor, Glenn Brooks was on vacation this week. Some concerned Manotickers, part of Glenn's ward, decided that they needed another bunch of public meetings to bitch and complain about the proposed Minto development in the tiny, perfect village of Manotick. Since Glenn was away, they asked Jan to organize and chair the meetings. Jan was more that happy to help out. In fact, she even invited Glenn to attend.

So you are saying... well, Jan just jumped in to help out, right? Wrong, this Manotick fight is over 2 years old. It has been discussed, bitched about and explained more times than Wade Reddon scores in hockey.

Jan just figured that she could put Brooks in his place.

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