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Let the Circus begin

Well here we go again, off to the merger talks. In a Special Council Meeting, Thursday 10th of October, the Mayor of Cobourg Lucas (I have so many ideas) Cleveland will introduce a Notice of Motion that will enable, if passed, the Cobourg Police Services Board to enter into discussions with Port Hope and Hamilton...

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We need a definition

Recently posters on the Cobourg News site have made references to “leftwing radical ideology”. When challenged to define it so the rest of us know what the poster means, by the phrase, the posters ignore the challenge and stay quiet. That leads me to believe that they don’t know what it means but are quite...

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Ready for the ‘Incoming!”

The war on drugs what a bloody farce! For years now Cobourg has had an underground of drug users, heck I can even remember in the 80s when it was suspected that a few Cobourg’s of prominent citizens were involved in a case involving cocaine, that collapsed when the best witness recanted his testimony. Since...

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Thank you Ken Strauss

A couple of days ago I penned a post – “Why Cobourg Blogs have run out of steam” it was written after many months of not writing. This period of inaction was part of a phase that I was going through filled with cynicism and ennui (boredom with commentary). I responded to a challenge by...

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Why the Cobourg Blogs have run out of steam

Repetition and Predictability – repetition of the topics addressed and predictability in the reactions to the topics   John Draper, who owns and writes the Cobourg News does a magnificent job but really only preaches to the choir. The Choir being a noisy section of the Literati of Cobourg. Literati in the sense that they...

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Pete wrote a good one!

Pete Fisher is a local boy,, born and raised in Cobourg and has worked in the news business for over thirty years. He is of a political mindset that is very different from mine. I am guessing that  if Ezra Levant had more money Pete would be working for “Rebel News” along with his buddy...

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same-old same-old……..Another new Year

Another Year! Let’s forget the old year and concentrate on the New Year. That’s the cry every Jan 1st from the masses. Well some of us can’t forget the Old Year because the New Year promises more of the same. So the question for the few people who follow this Report is – “Why was...

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Cobourg’s latest attempt at engaging the public fails!

The latest public engagement process in Cobourg has failed miserably. Despite the best (worst) efforts of the Town of Cobourg – come on down the communications department, this exercise fizzled out last night. A public survey – on engageCobourg, only attracted 125 written responses (.61% of the Town) after attracting approximately 350 clicks on the...

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Ron DeSantis would approve!

In a move unheard of in Cobourg a local activist has been uninvited to a speaking engagement because of of her presumed activity in local “harm reduction” activities. Missy Mclean is a controversial active member of the Community. She is an activist in the “Harm Reduction” campaigns in Cobourg. She has the temerity to state...

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So what’s wrong with “Town Halls”?

Town Hall Meetings are different things to different people. For instance at the last meeting of Cobourg Council Cllr Bureau thought they would be a wonderful idea, however his fellow Cllr, on the other side of the Chamber – Cllr Barber thought they would be a complete waste of his, and everybody else’s time. The...