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But while the debate was successful, the commission is having some problems of its own. We've told you that the money allotted for the commissioners' work hasn't been flowing that way it should, and many of them have had to pay out of pocket without being reimbursed. Today one of those commissioners, Caleb Orozco, the LGBT rep, spoke out about the issue, and added that he's unsure if they'll be able to meet their April 2024 deadline.
Caleb Orozsco, LGBT Rep, PCC
"In a critical time. And because we have past 11 months and still are struggling to address the basic issues of back payments, we are in a critical time because the management and operation process is still struggling to understand what our achievement is so far as a commission is. Also, we are a critical time because there's six months left and we have no idea whether we've reach a thousand people, 3000 people."
"We have no idea if the public communication is scheduled out. We know we have endorsed a budget. We have no idea for the new people. We are we have asked to endorse their CV if those CV if those people who are being hired under contract. Falls under the public service regulation. And if and if that's the case, will they be waiting three months before they get there first pay check?"
"And what and so what does that do for delivering the what does that do for delivering the events? What does that do for budget allocation? What does that do for us to meet the target of having a report in April 2024? Beyond that, there is a discussion about the extending the time, but I know that it doesn't make sense for you to extend an amount of time if you can't get it right the first time we have, we've been earmarked $1.5 million to try and get this work done. But of that, almost a third have been spent. And we still have no idea if there has been any significant achievement in the events that have been announced and in the efforts that have been taken. What I do know is that there are a few commissioners who have been making bread out of stone."
"Now, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I will give the devil where it's due. The religious sector has been making bread out of stone, the dysfunction that is filling all between zone four and zone one does not. What's the word? Promote confidence that these things will be fixed quickly. How can you say you are going to spend 1.5 million even budget 7.2 million to a process and you still can't get it right. There's no guarantee that the recommendations that the PCC produce will be even be accepted. There is a danger that we'll spend $1.5 million and still not get to the goal of reaching a report."
