So what are the impressions so far? About 10% have voted and some will never vote and the others are waiting for something to inspire them to vote. The campaign so far has been brutal, fueled by Social Media. We have been deluged by ardent supporters of the mayor and their stridency, videos of the...
A couple of days ago the Town was served with notice that the opening stage of the OLT appeal about the Town’s approach to the proposal that appeared in a public meeting on July 22nd 2026. At that meeting the proposal at 202 Second St. was presented to the public. It was resoundingly rejected by...
We are referring to the start of the defence of the 202 Second St. decision at the Ontario Lands Tribunal. A copy of the letter of the first phase of the process was delivered a couple of days ago – thanks to the whistleblower who put it on Social Media yesterday. Click here for the...
The local Mayoralty Debate held on Thursday 15th 2026 at the Lions Centre. First of all a huge shoutout to the organisers, well done for the setup the moderation and the consolidation of many questions. For a ‘Town Hall’ meeting set in 2026 it performed well. Our preference for the meeting would have been different...
In the “Councillors” debate watch here twelve candidates appeared on stage to tell us all what they thought about the future of Cobourg and what they want to do, if elected, for the next four years. With an opening statement and answers to about four or five questions we found out a couple of things: All...
After watching the Special Meeting of Council on October 13th. 2hrs 40 minutes of the, as one Councillor described it, “Your dog and pony show” referencing the man in the chair. Mr. Cleveland the candidate being Mayor or was it Mayor Cleveland just being a supercilious, smarmy, trying to be clever Chair of the Council....
Which Cleveland will we see on Tuesday evening in the Council chamber? The magisterial persona of an experienced and mature Mayor or the rabid protestations of a Mayoral candidate trying to prove a point – that is that he is the only person who knows what went on in the Town’s transfer of Treasurers in...
If you can’t laugh at yourself sometimes you are in bad shape, this is one of those times. First of all if this jpeg is designed to humiliate or make us feel bad you have lost. This is a very clever post and it made us giggle. We are in admiration for the content but...
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...
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,...