Candidate For Council Gives Opinion On Garcelon

Stand Up, Shout Loud, and Be Heard.


That from Patrick Cummins, while announcing his offer for St. Stephen Town Councillor.

He tells Tide News his opinion on the future Garcelon Civic Center. Cummins says he wishes he could go back 2 years and give the Town of St. Stephen a different plan.

Cummins thinks St. Stephen could have made a different deal with the province by amalgamating St. Stephen Elementary School with Milltown Elementary, put a cap on the MES pool, and build an arena between the pool and MES.

He says it would have saved a lot of money for the province and town, had it been done that way, or a little differently and more efficiently.

Cummins says St. Stephen needs to prioritize on the tourism industry, if it wants to grow economically.

The municipal elections are coming up in May.

Nugent Says Ferguson Wouldn't Share Information On Pension

The defamation trial of former Common Councillor - and current St. Stephen Town anager - John Ferguson hearing more testimony from Saint John City Solicitor and Pension Board trustee John Nugent.


Nugent has told the court Ferguson would not spell out or share with his colleagues on Council any information he claimed to have about the city's pension plan when he had a duty to do so.

That, according to Nugent, cast the Pension Board in a bad light leaving the impression of misdeeds and misconduct.

When asked about Ferguson's reference to a desperate gambler, Nugent testified he thought that referred to the city's early retirement programme which transferred costs on to the pension plan.