City paying for lawyers over Formula E
The city is paying out big bucks for lawyering over the Formula E cancellation, although note the tone in the lede: “après l’annulation de la course par la mairesse Valérie Plante.” Cancelling that deal was the only thing to do. We couldn’t’ve staged this lame event year after year to stave off a court case.
david100 08:10 on 2019-02-24 Permalink
I completely agree that there’s it should have been canceled, that short article points to exactly how nuts this idea was. Néanmoins, on se pose la question : six hundred thousand bucks (so far) spent on outside counsel, and Blake Cassels no less? Not great. Do we no longer have city employed attorneys for this sort of mess? Coderre’s long arm of stupidity and waste, yeah (guy should be in prison), but PM needs to make more significant changes to how business is done.
Kate 09:25 on 2019-02-24 Permalink
We don’t have nearly enough expertise at city hall any more, david100. Neoliberal views over the last couple of decades meant the city contracted out, and even though the speciousness of those views (especially as applied to public works) have been repeatedly demonstrated, city hall was hollowed out by them and is still not as strong as it should be.