Nova Scotia Ombudsman Investigates SWSDA

-------- Your tax dollars at work ---------

BTW..... Understand from my new Yarmouth friends and sources that SWSDA finally fessed up and admitted that they were being investigated by the Ombudsman.....

Mr. Anderson's version of the three hour interview with investigators I am told..... had a positive twist. Indicating that investigators had a better understanding of the questions discussed after their interview of Mr. Anderson, he assured the assembled Board of Directors that he was sure things would be fine........

Isn't that what he said about that foolish attempt by yours truly to gain access to his travel expense claims..... Yeh..... believe he told the SWSDA Board that his high-priced lawyers said the courts would never agree that SWSDA was a municipal body. (;-)

That's when he wrote to the Municipalities and told them that any requests for information from yours truly should simply be referred to Mr. Anderson and he would take care of things......

Did I understand my sources correctly? Did Mr. Anderson say that Holly Boston, CEO of the Nova Scotia Association of Regional Development Authorities (NSARDA) was there too and helped to clarify some of the questions investigators had?

Doesn't make sense! Can't imagine Ombudsman's investigators interviewing two witnesses at a time.... not the way they operate..... or interview...... Don't think they would have interviewed the Holy Bond lady at same time... opps.... meant Holly Boston lady.

Since SWSDA being investigated for its activities I am curious as to why they would even interview NSARDA.

Of course as a publicly funded organization it too may bear some scrutiny. I mean with all of its funds from public sources someone should ask why this society (the mother of RDAs) has only filed financial statements with the RJSC three times in the last ten years and why it hasn't filed a financial statement in two years.

AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT..... Why Neal Conrad the guy in charge of funding RDAs in this province has not monitored their activities more closely. Does he get copies of their unfiled financial statements? How does he monitor the public funds granted to this organization?