Oooops

This is an email from a friend in Cobourg North, he asks "Now that I'm living here in the Township of Hamilton I'm on a steep learning curve to familiarize myself with the candidates.

Ben, I know you are focused on the nail-biting election in Cobourg, but I need a ruling on Fred's flyer that arrived in my mailbox today. What is the statute of limitations on asking for re-election? Is Mr. Holloway allowed to ask for re-election as Mayor? I would appreciate your insight on this."

It appears that Fred is an advocate of efficient recycling, either that or he had a couple of boxes stored in his basement for the next time.

The big fix

Does anybody think that the death sentence given to Saddam Hussein has anything to do with the US election tomorrow, what a coincidence of timing.

Have you voted yet?

One member of the household voted online yesterday. The only flaw in the system is that when one goes back into the voting after having voted, to test the PIN number security, a page appears saying "Try Again". It should say "Sorry your PIN has been used, you have voted already" Also would it have been too much to design the software to produce a receipt page, which would show your selections on a printable page. These printed pages would be an admirable recount ballot.

How many disreputable candidates (do we have any) are asking householders for their unused PIN number envelopes? Just a thought, but a percentage of the increased vote could be due to zealous campaign workers using the disaffected voters PINs.

One week to go

One week to go and the unofficial poll shows the current mayor on his way to another term. As one correspondent said this week Campion is finishing strongly. Pity she hadn't started to work in January like a serious candidate.

What we get for our money!

Look carefully in the latest YMCA blurb, that we all received on the weekend. Careful observers will notice on the right side of the double page, second one down, the Town's ad. Same size as all the others, it leads me to believe that the Town may even had to pay for it. Nowhere in this screed do we see any acknowledgment of the thousands and thousands of dollars the Town pays to maintain this magnificent edifice. Pity!

I guess the election is over for some!!!

The opinion is in - Northumberland News has made its picks! Proposing that the status quo be maintained in the strongest possible way what does that say for the News's progressivism? Endorsing all of the incumbents and then playing it safe by putting the strongest woman candidate on and saying that Stan Frost should be on because he only lost by a few votes last time does not do it for me.

I strongly disagree; that this slate is anything but a change, but then if you don't want change go for it.

The loneliness of the long distance candidate

Just came back from a visit downtown (Thursday 8pm) and noticed two candidates events - dropins. Gerry Drage had one person at his and Lloyd Williams had nobody in his surgery. Perhaps the election is over, we certainly don't see anything to the contrary.

Ten days to go!

Seen any candidates yet? Nothing doing in the local scene, but I'm hopeful something will emerge to make us all sit up (surely you jest - ed).

I had a conversation with a Port Hope candidate last night and this person raises the spectre of the feminazis from Ward 2 taking over the Town. Now I don't go that far but with the plethora of females supporting Linda Thompson I can see how such a theory could develop. Coupled with the allegation (from the candidate) that in matters of Planning and Finance the Ward 2 councillors get two votes to the Ward 1 councillors only getting one the idea of Ward 2 dictating to Ward 1 is a theoretical possibility.

Can This Machine Be Trusted? more about voting machines!

Now Time magazine has got into the debate TIME.com: Can This Machine Be Trusted? -- Nov. 6, 2006 -- Page 1

More for the conspiracy theorists

Read this about voting machines and just ponder whose paranoia is twitching?

U.S. Investigates Voting Machines’ Venezuela Ties - New York Times