Frustration with the local news media speculating that CUPE members sabotaged the City's traffic control system was brewing on the picket line today. Many wondered if a slander lawsuit is an option as they believe this was a concerted media effort to discredit picketers.
The conspiracy minded believe the City's exempt staff inadvertently reset the system's timer and that the sabotage story was designed to deflect blame and frustration.
Tom Timm, City Engineer, handled the media interviews perfectly. He said what the City knew, didn't know and why police had been called. Mr. Timm has been the best City management spokesperson throughout this strike.
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Mr. Timm has been the best City management spokesperson throughout this strike.
If your purpose was to undermine your "opponents" public support through the use of innuendo, then yes, Mr. Timm has displayed more skill than other City spokesman.
If your purpose was to foster a post-strike environment of trust and team necessary to showcase our city before the world's eyes in 2010, then Mr. Timm is as abject a failure as Mr. Dobrovolny and every senior NPA politician.
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