Montgomery under scrutiny for offer
Sue Montgomery offered to unofficially pay a borough worker two months’ salary if he would keep it quiet. This is Chad Walcott, who quit his job at CDN-NDG borough last week and has been telling the whole world about it since then.
I’m hoping some journalist follows up later and tells us who Walcott is working for in the municipal election.
Edited to add: Montgomery’s hearing Monday with the Municipal Commission was cut short when her lawyer pointed out that the judge had recently worked for the city, and should recuse himself, which he did.
Ant6n 21:05 on 2021-04-12 Permalink
There’s this big cloud of conspiracy surrounding ms Montgomery. But what’s she actually supposed to have done. Sounds like a bunch of drama over nothing.
Kate 21:43 on 2021-04-12 Permalink
As I commented a few days ago, boiled down, it will turn out to be a petty office squabble blown up by the fact it’s happening in a political setting. Everything I’ve read suggests it’s been about the long-term borough bureaucracy simply refusing to cooperate with the “newly” (now three-year-old, but relatively new) elected council.
This isn’t to say it couldn’t be hard for people caught up between two tough cookies like Montgomery and borough manager Stéphane Plante, who’s been in the job since 2008.
Joey 07:49 on 2021-04-13 Permalink
Gotta hand it to Sue Montgomery – despite the intense scrutiny of her office, she still tried to negotiate an employee’s severance through back channels and bypassing HR rules and staff.