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Originally Posted by Bunk
McIver on the otherhand often shows up to Council without a true understanding of the issue. You see him asking ridiculous questions to administration to simply understand what's going on, rather than have prepared himself in advance. As a result he ends up making these ridiculous and hasty stands against different issues going through council. I cringe at the thought of him attempting to manage such a large and complex organization.
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I actually disagree. This is the way I see it.
McIver often knows the issues as well as, if not better than many of his colleagues on council. His asking of questions is done in a way to set up his grandstanding diatribes. He plays dumb and cherry-picks questions he already knows the answers to in order to get things on the public record. He then uses the answers to the carefully-chosen questions as a means to support his argument, or to be the contrary to his argument.
His stands are indeed often ridiculous, but not hasty.