We interrupt your lunch to bring you a nominee!
This weekend is a feast for gourmands as opposed to gourmets: Ribfest in Cobourg on Saturday and the Long Lunch on Sunday in Warkworth. BUT beware you may be interrupted in your greasy recreation by the possibility of Nominees attempting to get your vote - only if you are a Liberal the rest will be spoken to but dismissed as a waste of time.Pols attending local functions is an old trick, which in these days of voter cynicism may backfire simply because Pols are universally disliked by the hoi-polloi. But not to be deterred Hizzoner Peter Delanty will be introducing Chris Herrington to all of his Rotary friends, which will be a total waste of time because the number of Liberals that belong to the Cobourg Rotary Club can be counted on two hands, and maybe a couple of toes. The rest of us will fail to notice the well dressed female hanging onto every one of PD's words Peter does tend to suck up surrounding air.
Both Kim Rudd and CH have announced plans to be at the event in Cobourg so they will be looking for you.
After being reminded in no uncertain terms I should be checking the nominees websites, as opposed to them sending out 'pressers' and reminders to the lazy media, I checked the sites this morning for events on the weekend. Kim R has no dates past Saturday on her calendar,, but she will be at the Ribfest, perhaps she is taking the day off? CH and Peter (her hubby not Delanty?) are taking in the Long Lunch at Warkworth and Andrew M is going to a "Politics, Tea and Coffee" in Trenton Saturday and on Sunday he, presumably because the email sent to announce the agenda says, "My family will also be in Warkworth on Sunday to..." is also going with his family. So folks be prepared to see entourages of handshakers working the tables.
Kudos to the Editor of the NNews - Dwight Irwin, when confronted with the dilemma of only finding one photo that related to the Community Centre issue, that of Cobourg Pols, when he really wanted a pic with a Y connection to add colour to a lead story, he ran with it. but later found a more suitable one. After mild criticism and a suggestion that by running the pic it could be inferred that the Town had a part in the story, which it didn't, he dug deeper and found a pic with a purely Y base to it - good for him.
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Just as an impartial observation with a bit of a humourous twist, I suspect many a hand 'liberally' swathed in 'pork fat' will be extended by a 'beefed-up crowd' as a courtesy this weekend. Some would likely deem the scenario more than appropriate. In such circumstances, the candidates may well end up with more on their plates than they may be able to chew.
Driving by the park last night we thought we saw a number of vendor booths just inside the fence south of Queen St. Is Ribfest now more than a big summer picnic?
If these actually are vendor booths, who is collecting the Transient Traders License fees, if indeed they are even being collected? Something to check on at town hall next week.
The park is occupied to a significant extent by what is essentially a publicly attended but privately-operated fund raising project (admission may be free but they still call it admission). I wonder what the town's policy is with respect to private use of public facilities. Another question for town hall next week.
Manfred, my question is why a fence at all ? This " event " has apparently taken off and one presumes the already long lineups are going to get longer. How you gonna fence em' in then ? Soon we'll be seeing admissions to Cobourg at the 401, free of course. I wonder if the friendly Rotarions have planned for this success.
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