I had to ask Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt (pictured) if there is any truth to the suggestion made by a caller on CFRA today that he actively contacted constituents to rally opposition against the Capital Hoedown.
The Hoedown, after being booted out of Walter Baker Park for not paying the city’s permit fees, was prepared to hold the concert at Numech Ranch on Fallowfield Rd. in Moffatt’s ward. That location fell through, too, because the property isn’t zoned to hold such an event.
Moffatt said he didn’t call residents to build opposition. He said he received an email from a concerned resident (he read me the email), and to get some feedback, he contacted Carleton Landowners Association president Tom Black and his wife Marlene, who live near the ranch. Moffatt said he just wanted to get their thoughts on the event happening at the ranch.
“I was trying to figure out if I should have any role in it at first,” Moffatt said. He said he took no other action.
“I let it play out,” he said.
Moffatt said it didn’t matter to him whether or not the Hoedown happened at Numech Ranch.
For more on the beleaguered Hoedown, I recommend reading Aedan Helmer’s stories over the past few days
