As a result of a couple of facebook posts where Ben Burd claimed that the infamous ‘trash talk’ video clip had been taken down, the group where it had been posted in was inundated with posts refuting the takedown. It is now obvious that this video and others, if the video was announced as being #1 in a series, is...
When you are in a hole STOP DIGGING!
The law of holes, or the first law of holes, is an adage that states: “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” It is used as a metaphor, warning that when in an untenable position, it is best to stop making the situation worse. The reference should apply to the present Mayor of Cobourg, he is in an election...
A very thoughtful statement
We at at the BR have been watching closely as the Cobourg Municipal election unwinds, it is probably in its final phase – 24 days until election day and two weeks before voting begins. Candidates are jockeying for position. We have vocal candidates, we have silent candidates we have candidates who mouth mantras and others who have put the effort into...
At last – a grown-up’s questions about the “hidden report”
Max LeMarchant, a Mayoralty candidate in this year’s Cobourg Municipal Election has sent a letter to the Town addressed to CAO Vaughn and Director of Finance Adam Giddings. This letter read it here asks a series of detailed questions seeking information that emanated from the recent closed meeting report that was disclosed earlier this week. Quoting from the first three...
Finally we get to see the Report
The previously hidden report that the Mayor has finally pulled from the bowels of the Town Hall. His recent wailings and histrionics about the Town’s finances, which coincidentally have only emerged in the election campaign, lead us to ask “Where were you in the last two years?”. Sitting on it and pretending it wasn’t there. This report dated November 26...
The last Council Meeting of the Term – Thank the Lord!
The last Council Meeting of this term went out with a bang – literally. At the end of a four hour meeting, in which a couple of things became clear. The Mayor reintroduced his motion to release a closed committee report to the public. Read it here. The motion calls for many things including the release to “to the town...
What I came back to – the start of the Campaign
Three fully fledged campaign policies, my pal chatGPT has produced a chart comparing all of the policies laid out by the Candidates. OK for the anti AI people the input I used was “compare the platforms of Nicole Beatty, Lucas Cleveland and Max LeMarchant” check the results click on the image! For the full details of the platforms check...
We have gone travelling – to Croatia
Come back in 14 days for the usual BurdReport, in the meantime travel with us as we explore the Croatian Coast. Click on the image to keep up!
Keep your eyes on the ball Folks
There has been a furious debate on social media this weekend about the terrible situation with a woman who stepped on a foreign object at Victoria Beach in Cobourg. We call it an object because although a murky picture has emerged of it there is no definitive proof that it was in fact a needle or if it was disposed...
Tracking Social Media
Woke up this morning to find the SM feeds full of local content. It appears that Facebook has been discovered by the local candidates. So much so that one page – Politics in Northumberland may be considering the restriction of campaigning by candidates as opposed to just commenting by posters to the page. So what is out today: Maria Papaioannoy-Duic,...
The Mayor has lost his Team
Perhaps he never had one! These six people put the boots to the Mayor’s “Campaigning from the Chair”. Regular readers will recall the Mayor had placed three “Notices of Motion” on the agenda of the August 26th Summer Council Meeting we wrote about it here. At that meeting, which was another Summer marathon, nine hours long, he failed to get anybody...
Published as Received!
Mr Burd, On Aug 11, 2026 you posted an email from your long time friend Max LeMerchant where he suggests that a wave of development is being pushed through Cobourg Council with my knowledge and complicity, ahead of the election. This is an outright falsehood. It has absolutely zero basis in fact, and I would ask Mr. LeMerchant to produce...
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