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Ombudsman is a misnomer

Sooke mayor Ed Macgregor had a good idea, but the completely wrong moniker when appointing Councillor John Farmer as the sewer project ombudsman.

According to the Oxford dictionary, an ombudsman is an official appointed to investigate complaints against public authorities. In some ways, maybe Farmer fills the bill, but the term also carries with it connotations of an unbiased, outside person dealing with a problem. We are not saying Farmer can’t see both sides of a problem, but in these matters he is still a representative of the municipal government.

It was a good idea on Macgregor’s behalf to have someone on council deal with citizens’ concerns that can’t be ironed out at the staff level.

It’s just that it is not appropriately named. Macgregor should reconsider naming the position as sewer project liaison or council sewer project representative.

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