tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post4654254856450087850..comments2009-03-16T20:58:10.805-04:00Comments on The Burd Report: A nice tidy job!Ben Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740ben@eagle.caBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-62161021701670595082009-03-16T20:44:00.000-04:002009-03-16T20:44:00.000-04:00and maybe count out Bill McD!and maybe count out Bill McD!M Schumannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-79614007544679710322009-03-16T17:53:00.000-04:002009-03-16T17:53:00.000-04:00Standing up would definitely wake Spooner up, woul...Standing up would definitely wake Spooner up, wouldn't it?Ben Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-29189815668805134952009-03-16T17:27:00.000-04:002009-03-16T17:27:00.000-04:00Perhaps standing up, physically and symbolically, ...Perhaps standing up, physically and symbolically, for your declaration, would be appropriate when counting votes. There's just something about taking a visible stance that gives it some extra significance, and leaves little doubt about the result. Stand up if you agree.M Schumannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-79857370318243730672009-03-16T16:52:00.000-04:002009-03-16T16:52:00.000-04:00Yays and nays are too much alike. They should move...Yays and nays are too much alike. They should move to a coloured placard system (blue no, red yes), so councillors have no grounds for being 'misheard'. Would likely help the press too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-67808398145063399562009-03-16T16:12:00.000-04:002009-03-16T16:12:00.000-04:00Perhaps Cecilia did not talk to the same person I ...Perhaps Cecilia did not talk to the same person I did, he even told me he heard BS say NayBen Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-12596997067238644212009-03-16T16:01:00.000-04:002009-03-16T16:01:00.000-04:00How you know this Ben?<br><br>According to Cecilia...How you know this Ben?<BR/><BR/>According to Cecilia Nasmith of Northumberland Today (Mar 10) "By her silence, which technically counts as a nay, Mutton cast the only dissenting vote at the Cobourg council meeting."<BR/><BR/>Northumberland News made no reference to the vote count, other than say it was carried.Wally Keelerhttp://cobourgtown.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com