Update on our Mayor

In my recent blog, I talked about the Mayor of our city.  I know more but decided not to make it personal about him.

He is 77 years old.  He's had two strokes in the last two years he's been mayor.  The press mistakenly said he had stroke like systems, went to Surrey Hospital and was transferred to UBC two weeks ago.  He didn't go to these hospitals, but went another local hospital and had a stroke.  Probably a misdirection in case any journalist tried to get more information.  I am sorry he's not well, but I think it's time he stepped aside until his health improves.

Today I received an email that I will share:

This was sent out to all media yesterday

 On July 17 at approximately 15h00, Doug McCallum, driving his large white Buick SUV, rear ended the vehicle of a Surrey lady resident at the corner of 148 Street and 16 Avenue while she was waiting to turn into 148. No major damage was sustained by either vehicle but the impact was sufficient enough to cause the Surrey lady driver to impact her head with her rear-view mirror causing her enough injury to daze her, give her an immediate painful throbbing head and neck, and for her to have a significant headache ever since. The police were not called to the scene. 

McCallum enquired if the lady had been injured to which she replied that she had impacted the rear-view mirror and that she had a very painful head. McCallum replied "accidents will happen" not really caring whether she had an injury or not or if he could help her in any way. McCallum wrote his name (misspelled) together with his drivers license number onto an envelope, then got into his car and left the scene.

The lady reported the incident to ICBC virtually immediately, but McCallum has allegedly not yet done so. The lady reported the incident to the Surrey RCMP and has a case file number. 

 It is the second rear ender that McCallum has had in 9 months

 This then begs the questions:

1. Is McCallum legally, or medically qualified to drive after having had a "significant (brain) health event" just one week prior, resulting in him being hospitallized?
2. Was his attention level and judgement impaired by perhaps being on some prescription drug or by some other influence?
3. Was he perhaps talking on a cell phone resulting in him driving distractedly? 
4. Is he now a danger on the road who needs his license to be taken away before he kills somebody?
5. Etc.

Due to the fact that McCallum's most non-beloved police force, the RCMP, were not called by him to the scene, we will probably never know the answers. 

Ivan Michael Scott

Coordinator KEEP THE RCMP IN SURREY CAMPAIGN

ivan.scott@solutionciment.com

Mayor McCallum has a DUI and that's why he's not happy with the RCMP.  I hope he didn't have alcohol in his system with this happened.  We will never know.  He wants control of police so the next time he's pulled over or tells a developer of in camera information discussed at City Hall he won't be investigated!

Doug McCallum has failed the voters of Surrey by being an undemocratic, autocratic, erratic and malevolent Mayor. His support of a new police force is based upon revenge for being pulled over for DUI. His decision to go with a municipal force is not based upon the needs or wants of Surrey voters, which he continues to not only ignore, but hatefully spurn. The level of citizen engagement on the issue of the police force has been nothing put a public realtions manuever.  We the voters have yet to be told how much this new force will cost.