Retired at Taxpayer Expense that is.
If Gerry Colbert wants to retire after 25 years of working, then let him. No one would begrudge him a rest after his labours.
It’s one thing to hear the rumours that Colbert spent most if not all of the last municipal election in warmer climes, but Colbert’s got another thing coming if he thinks that time spent during council meetings is nothing more than “face time”. Let’s not even talk about the idea that for the rest of the week Colbert thinks he can just phone in the job from the Sunshine State.
Maybe Colbert ought to just give up council altogether.
The taxpayers of St. John’s shouldn’t have to pay him a nickel while he swans off to Florida and enjoys the condo life with the rest of the retired and soon-to-be-retired townies.
Better that than try and retire at taxpayer expense, as he currently is doing.
If Colbert won’t pack it in on his own, then maybe we - the poor sods who are foolishly paying people like Colbert to serve as city councillors - should reconsider the contents of their pay envelope.
After all, if being a city councillor is such a lightweight job that you can safely frig off out of the city for upwards of a third or more of the year, then taxpayers shouldn’t be forking over any payments to anyone elected to serve on city council.
Period.
After all, it’s not like Colbert is alone in being absent from council. There are others with dubious attendance records.
Maybe it’s time to end the gong show that is city council. What better way than by punting the biggest gong.
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