Comments on The Burd Report: Cobourg Council is wrong

These people are living in a flood plain. The are...

2010-02-20T10:46:44.028-05:00

These people are living in a flood plain. The area has been a flood plain since that end of the last ice age. Why won't the residents in this area acknowledge that they are living in a flood plain? The answer is simple: then they would have to acknowledge that they are responsible for what happened to them. It is so much easier to say that it's someone else's fault.

It's a David and Goliath thing. None of the ho...

2010-02-15T12:46:22.893-05:00

It's a David and Goliath thing. None of the homeowners are likely to have the deep pockets required to engage a lawyer to fight for their interests in a case they may not win.

From that perspective, wouldn't it be better to use their precious funds to just make the repairs themselves?

There is more than a trace.

2010-02-14T19:52:59.383-05:00

There is more than a trace.

Quite rightly too, anonymous. And why did you put ...

2010-02-14T16:19:31.825-05:00

Quite rightly too, anonymous. And why did you put quotation marks around the word union? Is there just a trace of anti-union bias in your remark?

Another reason for the water issues was the Public...

2010-02-14T08:36:20.615-05:00

Another reason for the water issues was the Public Works Supervisors. They got on the scenes first, but would not get out of their trucks and clear sewer grates because they did not want to upset the "union" by doing unionized workers jobs!