Skeptical trustee wants probe into CBE's lease of new headquarters

By Matt McClure, Calgary Herald

A newly elected trustee with the Calgary Board of Education wants an independent review of the board's $285-million lease for its new headquarters because of concerns the confidential deal was neither properly approved nor a wise expenditure of taxpayer dollars.

As 500-plus employees prepare to move into the 8th Street building next month, Sheila Taylor - the rookie representative for Wards 11 and 13 - says she wants to know why the deal with Bentall LP was inked by board officials in late 2006, but not approved by trustees until early 2008.

"I think we need a third party to tell us if what was done was acceptable," Taylor said.

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