Steve Rant - Corporate Communications

As many who advise either government or corporate clients in the world of media relations & communications will tell you, there is nothing more important then ensuring that you get your key messages out and ensuring that they are constantly repeated.

However, at WL City Hall, it seems this message has been forgotten.  Let's look at the City of WL Fire Hall Budget overrun where this is a shining example of "what not to do":

On January 6th - City of WL CAO Brian Carruthers said this to Welcome to Williams Lake in relation to the Fire Hall Budget overrun:

We did everything we felt we could possible do. We don’t want to cast blame on anyone

Now contrast that to today where he says:

CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER BRIAN CARRUTHERS SAYS THE PROJECT MANAGERS – LIBERTY CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT – ARE TO BLAME.


But ultimately - the voters' can not hold staff to account for the overrun as they (City Staff) are not elected but the voters' in Williams Lake can hold the politicians (Mayor & Councillors) to account as they vote on the budget and approve any changes thereto

This Council, under the leadership of Kerry Cook, has made a number of serious financial blunders in this term of local government and people need to ask themselves if this Council deserves re-election. 

In my estimation - the answer should be a big No!! and voters' should be looking for new candidates that can do better at fiscal management on behalf of all City of Williams Lake taxpayers'

SBF