What a wonderful week!
This week the race for council spots in Cobourg sped up and now we have a real race for Mayor complete with the tossing of barbs.
Firstly Lloyd Williams did what he is famous for - being cautious with a dash of daring. He came out swinging against the Mayor and swiped the putative Deputy Mayor in the process and then spoiled the whole occasion by giving his concession speech eight weeks early. Secondly the incumbent, Mr Delanty riposted with the (I paraphrase) Mr Williams is full of it and I am the true leader! This race will be characterised by the issuing of much paper and claims of just about anything. This time the only piece of advice I would give to Lloyd is not to accept Mr Delanty's statements at face value, they can be ambiguous and perhaps lacking in veracity. That is what lost Joan Chalovich the race in 2000. Mr Delanty's bold statements, although damaging to Mrs Chalovich, were never answered by Mrs Chalovich, because she did not want to degenerate to the level of "he said, she said!" Who can forget the assertion from Mr Delanty "That not one job had come to town during Mrs Chalovich's term of office!"
Mr Williams's run for the top job has come about as a result of being pipped at the post for Deputy Mayor by Manfred Schuman. One last time will either give him the crown or plaudits for a valiant effort. At least when he wins he will destroy the process of local governance as we know it today and give back to the Town a system of committees which will restore local democracy to an efficient and responsive level. We have had too much of both efficiency and the bone idleness of far too many councillors for the past 20 years and it has not worked.
Let's have a bit of fun - vote for the Mayor now and often. Click on the polling box on the left of this box.
Firstly Lloyd Williams did what he is famous for - being cautious with a dash of daring. He came out swinging against the Mayor and swiped the putative Deputy Mayor in the process and then spoiled the whole occasion by giving his concession speech eight weeks early. Secondly the incumbent, Mr Delanty riposted with the (I paraphrase) Mr Williams is full of it and I am the true leader! This race will be characterised by the issuing of much paper and claims of just about anything. This time the only piece of advice I would give to Lloyd is not to accept Mr Delanty's statements at face value, they can be ambiguous and perhaps lacking in veracity. That is what lost Joan Chalovich the race in 2000. Mr Delanty's bold statements, although damaging to Mrs Chalovich, were never answered by Mrs Chalovich, because she did not want to degenerate to the level of "he said, she said!" Who can forget the assertion from Mr Delanty "That not one job had come to town during Mrs Chalovich's term of office!"
Mr Williams's run for the top job has come about as a result of being pipped at the post for Deputy Mayor by Manfred Schuman. One last time will either give him the crown or plaudits for a valiant effort. At least when he wins he will destroy the process of local governance as we know it today and give back to the Town a system of committees which will restore local democracy to an efficient and responsive level. We have had too much of both efficiency and the bone idleness of far too many councillors for the past 20 years and it has not worked.
Let's have a bit of fun - vote for the Mayor now and often. Click on the polling box on the left of this box.
1 comments:
Your new posting made me laugh out loud. I am so glad Delanty has an opponent now, and I'm looking forward to the verbal jousting that will go on between these two old Liberal white guys over the course of the campaign.
I won't be inclined to vote for anyone who is an incumbent in the position they are running for.
It's too bad Wayne DeVeau backed away, I would have gladly sent a vote his way. Don't blame him though, life's too short to spend it with the likes of Bill McDonald and Dean Marine!
Ben I hope the radio station invites you to provide commentary on election night, that's always fun to hear as well as very insightful.
DJO
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