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Council turns tables on coalition’s criticism of transparency, accountability BY BILL HUTCHINS
Clippers host Ambassador Cup The 27th annual Ambassador Cup soccer tournament was held Saturday, July 22 and Sunday, July 23 at six different sites and on multiple fields across the City of Kingston. This year’s tournament included 125 teams hosted by the Kingston Clippers Soccer Club. There were approximately 2,000 soccer players involved from Ontario and Quebec.
A local group that’s been very vocal about criticizing city council’s apparent lack of accountability and transparency on several projects found itself on the receiving end of similar criticism. Two councillors took issue with the Coalition of Kingston Communities after it voiced concerns over the “misguided” process of a public visioning exercise to decide the future of Kingston Penitentiary and nearby Portsmouth Olympic Harbour. “The plans are being pushed ahead in the middle of summer when people are preoccupied,” said coalition spokesperson Christine Sypnowich, who was flanked by about a dozen supporters during a delegation to council on July 11. Sypnowich was among a long list of speakers to address council both in favour and against the prison vision. She urged council to take a step back and not rush a decision until issues such as heritage protection were first addressed. She also criticized the way consultants employed a “divide and conquer” strategy during a final meeting in early June, when the recommended vision was unveiled. Members of the public were ushered into various corners of the meeting room at Portsmouth Olympic Harbour to hear and discuss the vision, rather than have a standard meeting format of experts addressing the entire gathering at once, she explained. But, instead of addressing the group’s concerns, some councillors challenged the coalition’s own credibility as a community voice. Councillors are allowed to ask questions of all delegations.
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