Maroc - ARMCHAIRMAYOR.CA - A La Une - 26/Mar 01:57

ROTHENBURGER – As we await Sarai probe, Kahlon declines involvement

AS A CITY HALL investigation into Coun. Bill Sarai’s clandestine taping of a conversation with Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson remains a work in progress, Municipal Affairs Minister Ravi Kahlon’s office has given a civic lobby group’s request for provincial involvement the brush off. In the wake of Sarai’s humiliating public admission in December that he had taped a meeting with the mayor without telling him, and later used an edited clip in an attempt to blame Hamer-Jackson for a yelling match that triggered a pair of investigations of the latter’s conduct, the City indicated it would conduct a review of Sarai’s actions. As of today (March 25, 2025), City Hall isn’t saying who’s been hired to conduct the review or when it might be completed. Corporate officer Maria Mazzotta said she can’t divulge the identity of complainants or respondents for code of conduct complaints that are still under investigation. However, she released an updated list of alleged code of conduct violations that includes reference to one in which “The Complainant (member of Council) alleged the Respondent recorded a conversation with another elected official and then lied about it.” The complaint was filed in January and the investigation isn’t finished, but has [...]