The first of many speculations

A deep throaty kind of guy phoned me last night to explain some recent moves in Port Hope. The political front is now in the jockeying stage, everyone trying to line up at the start line for November's municipal election. Anyway the key to the conspiracy theory is Linda Thompson, the current Mayor. She has announced that she will run but the gnashing of teeth and the blowing of brains swirls around the position of Deputy Mayor. In Port Hope, unlike other Towns the position is declared after the election by a vote of sitting Councillors. The current line up for the position depends on the re-election of former mayor - Rick Austin - to the Council. Rick who is feeling some financial pain after bailing out his disgraced son, now slugs bread at the No-Frills store in Cobourg. His long expected appointment to the local JP's job evaporated at his son's trial. Now he wants back in, even if only for some spending money. If he gets back in LT will be pushing for her old buddie, RA, to be DM. The conspiracy gets deeper as LT's other big buddy - Rick Norlock - will be placing her in the PC candidates slot, he controls the local executive board, in the next provincial election. If she wins, good ole boy Rick returns as Mayor. In the meantime we have the sight of Jeff "I want my own police dept" Lees frothing at the mouth at the prospect of RA coming back on Council and taking his beloved DM's job. This is driving him to find political allies very quickly. And at the same time we have former Councillor and perennial candidate John Floyd asking all his buds in his facebook page, "How about John Floyd for Mayor?"

Now if only Cobourg could be so hot and heavy.