At the BR we are pretty liberal in what we put on our pages, we will print anything that is current, submitted and of interest to the readers. We have received a statement from Mayoralty candidate Max LeMarchant about the post concerning the Interim Control Bylaw. In order to organise content we have set up...
Category: opinion
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Nicole Beatty addresses “deleted posts”
For about two weeks now debate has raged on social media and Cobourg News about Mayoral Candidate Nicole Beatty deleting some posts in those places. Nicole has issued a statement as to why some of those posts have been deleted, and she makes a point – lie about the content and make comments about her...
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Who on Council will have the Cajones to stop this?
“Based on the analysis contained in the report prepared by Meridian, Town Staff are satisfied that the proposed amendments represent good planning, are consistent with Provincial and County policy direction, and appropriately support the planned function of the Main Central Area as a focus for intensification.” These words contained in the Staff report examining the...
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An exercise in Unity
Today is Canada Day, a time to celebrate inclusion, patriotism and the future with a foot in the past. Today I did something I haven’t done for years – watched the parade in Cobourg. A wonderful day for a parade and thousands thought so too. Taking a camera I snapped many pics of the parade...
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Wishing the best to Avi Lewis
For the 55% of those Citizens who usually vote for the NDP this is your new Leader – Avi Lewis (wiki-ref here). A very controversial figure within the Party and out of it as well. The election immediately sparked kickback from a couple of NDP Provincial Party leaders because of his stand against “Big Oil”...
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It is still disgraceful and Appalling
We don’t care how much or how many “Cover Your Ass” statements (CYA) Cobourg Council issues anybody who condones or supports sleep deprivation is clearly guilty of torture! A Special Meeting of Council was held on Friday 12th December to address the many emails and calls that members of Council had received about the policy...
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We have been challenged!
“OK, so you’ve panned the BTF’s report. If you had been a on the BTF, what ideas/programs/solutions would you have advocated? Please include sources and numbers. Looking forward to your reply. This challenge came in a comment to my post on the Cobourg News site. We are happy to respond. Firstly, as we reported the...
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Hmmm let’s discuss this
The Budgeteers have delivered, albeit two months late. It is an underwhelming document (read it here) simply because of the lack of specifics as opposed to mantras and platitudes. To put it bluntly we could have saved $20,000 and a lot of volunteer labour by just recycling most of the “Free- Marketeer’s” comments from the...
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Don’t tell the Chief -but
He wasted his time! Just watched the latest Cobourg Council Meeting held December 1st . That’s nearly three hours of my life I won’t get back. I say this as a dispassionate watcher of many Council Meetings and my hat goes off to the Councillors who actually attended this meeting. Total waste of their time...
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The Mayor tilts at windmills!
Watching the saga of the Mayor, and his autocratacism, in the debate about the Police budget, he is obviously tilting at windmills in his efforts to be the big cheese. If he succeeds in his effort to get a 4% increase as he autocratically decreed a couple of months ago, as opposed to the 20%...