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COLLISION SENDS BUS OFF ROAD
A school bus with no children on board struck a disabled SUV which was on the shoulder of New Jerusalem Road north of Sawmill Road around 2:30 p.m. April 30. The front of the bus sustained some $25,000 in damage and there was an estimated $12,000 in damage done to the Jeep. Police are looking into the possibility that the bus driver had a medical episode prior to the collision. There were no injuries and no charges have been laid. [SCOTT BARBER / THE OBSERVER]
Decision on Hahn expense audit expected Monday First-ever meeting of audit committee sees Woolwich councillor face some tough scrutiny for his election filing
STEVE KANNON There’s no doubt Woolwich councillor Scott Hahn filed an incomplete election expenses report – he admits it – but he’ll have to wait until Monday to find out the repercussions. Hahn’s expenses were the subject of the region’s first-ever meeting of the municipal election compliance audit committee, which grilled the Ward 1
councillor about his claims during a hearing May 4 in Woolwich council chambers. Calling the initial filing an “honest mistake,” Hahn prepared a new report that saw his expenses from last fall’s election jump to $3,132.38 from the $258.40 he claimed earlier. It was that original number, so much lower than the expenses reported by other Woolwich candidates, that prompted fellow candidate
Dan Holt to request an audit. “All of the candidates followed the rules and filed accurate financial statements except Mr. Hahn,” Holt told the committee members. “There does not seem to be a question of ‘if’ there should be an audit – Mr. Hahn has already admitted that his financial statement is not accurate. Therefore AUDIT | 2
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