This week's happenings

Apart from the media gushing about the budgets of the local municipalities, not much else to report. But what about those budgets? It seems that the Province has made everybody look good. The County gets money for roads and bridges as well land ambulance and the Town gets R&B money too. So without doing much the Town's budget drops to 2.5% and all the pols are happy. But look a little deeper and you will find that spending has gone up 4.7% so much for frugalism! The last report had the much maligned seniors centre costing us $40,000 a year to operated and a 3% tax increase to build. I did hear that the way through Council is not quite as smooth as Councillor Brocanier thinks it is.

Another wrinkle in the Cobourg Police saga - the Acting Chief is going to retire. That leaves us with a real chief and somebody who is going to be chief. I wonder when the Board will settle this? Perhaps they are waiting for the lawyers to come back to Council, as the final approval agency, with a palateable settlement. Again more money spent to correct human foibles.