The emails between bickering councillors in Pickering began to fly back and forth as the workday was ending one Wednesday in June.
Around 5:30 p.m. on June 12, Coun. Lisa Robinson sent a message complaining about the city’s mayor, copying almost 100 local officials, journalists and the general inboxes for various government ministers.
Robinson claimed Pickering Mayor Kevin Ashe had a “temper” and alleged she had chosen not to attend his annual gala because she believed it was “particularly directed towards women.”
The replies that followed flew in thick and fast.
Pickering Coun. Linda Cook told her colleague the allegations were “slanderous” and said Robinson’s decision to copy 95 people who don’t work for the City of Pickering “reveals your character.”
“I respect the office of Mayor, I respect Kevin. He’s no misogynist,” Cook wrote. “Everyone on council is done with your behaviour.”
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Another member of the Pickering council, David Pickles, also voiced his annoyance with the author of the original email.
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