I love that image that an area photog did of moi. He meant it badly, mostly because he’s kinda young and probably never understood or watched Citizen Kane. He’s an example of a young person in Cornwall, with some talent, who sold his soul to get the loveContinue Reading
Monday night was a rarity for this council. It did the right thing and rejected the recommdation from City Staff to give an Ottawa firm the pharmacy contract to Glen Stor Dun Lodge, or long term care facility. Previously it had been with local long time pharmacy Medical ArtsContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Tonight council will most likely be giving out nearly $50K to an architectural firm for a feasibility study to create an arts centre in Cornwall or as many in our city are calling it, an utter waste of tax dollars. The community has written cheques to outContinue Reading
The buck stops at the Mayor as he is the leader. Council dictates policy which in a perfect world is enacted by management. Then again sometimes management dictates to a weak and ignorant council lacking vision, leadership, and direction. For the second term in a row Council hasContinue Reading
City Councilor Bernadette Clement looked more blue than red as she finally kicked off her campaign in Morrisburg yesterday. The heat was unbearable and wilted the crowd of mostly seniors and staffers. Ms Clement looks like the heat was getting to her in the picture above during the hotContinue Reading
I had two odd conversations with two journalists in the last 24 hours. The first was a late night ping on facebook when a disgruntled journo asked if I’d seen the shameless cover of the latest seeker. I answered no, because like many in Cornwall I don’t readContinue Reading
CFN – It was a great day for the 1st Annual Eastern Ontario Garlic Festival in Cornwall’s Lamoureax Park. You couldn’t have asked for better weather. It was bright and sunny with a cool breeze blowing off the river. While we were setting up at 8 AM you could seeContinue Reading
So I have a friend who is an amazing grower. He has a maple sugar bush and grows many strains of amazing Organic Garlic. He called asking if I was going to be at the fest Sunday. I said nope. I would be catching up on house work,Continue Reading
As we prep our report card for council for the first half of 2015 there was some discussion about who will run for mayor possibly and who may or may not run for council from this motley group? The buzz is that there’s a chance of a duel between CouncilorsContinue Reading
Wow! Perusing the last few issues of TC Media’s Seaway News it was kinda funny watching Todd & Mac try and tag team. Mr. Lihou must be cranky of late. He’s taken shots at moi and Freeholder editor Hugo Rodrigues recently. Of course looking at the page countContinue Reading
What does it say when the very Prime Minister of a country is fearful of the largest media outlet in a region or riding? What does it say if a party only invites “selected media”? Does it mean that those outlets are more “fair” or that they simply willContinue Reading
So I just finished reading the document that Mayor O’Shaughnessy & CAO Norm Levac are trying to ram though a all too often gullible public. Remember, this is the city that elected Brock Frost. The principle of a Code of Conduct is of course a wonderful thing other than theContinue Reading
Liberals Announce Campaign Launch in Morrisburg Cornwall – Today, Bernadette Clement is happy to announce that that she will be launching her campaign on Sunday, September 6 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at Russell Manor in Morrisburg. A great opportunity to meet Bernadette and help her – her team isContinue Reading
Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus Returns from a Successful AMO Conference Today, Members of the Eastern Ontario Wardens’ Caucus (EOWC) returned from the annual Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference, held in Niagara Falls between August 15th and 19th. The EOWC is comprised of the Heads of Council of theContinue Reading
While this disturbing, but hotly awesome piece of video is going viral it shows a few things about politics in Canada in 2015. One that the Harperites are extremely unhappy with the Mike Duffy saga; not so much for what Duffy did, but for how it’s played out. DoesContinue Reading
I was asked to run in the current Federal election as an Independent candidate. A group had come together, cash in hand, ready to roll, but I decided I couldn’t do it with any integrity. Yes it would be fun to stand on stage and debate Guy & Bernie, toContinue Reading
I was chatting with a veteran Cornwall politico this week and the subject turned to a common one; whether current Cornwall mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy was an improvement over the man he defeated, Bob Kilger? This was after Les lost a key vote on hiring of fire fighters at Monday night’sContinue Reading
Bruce Donig parlayed some big headlines complaining about the situation at the Fire Department in Cornwall into a Deputy Fire Chief gig. Now with a little help from the President of the Labour Union, who happens to sit on council, an Ottawa real estate convicted criminal, who also happens toContinue Reading