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CFN – On Monday, April 16, I decided to get more involved in the city’s municipal life and attended the special meeting of the council, which was to decide how it would replace the departing Councillor Leslie O’Shaughnessy. We all remember that right after the announcement of his resignation, theContinue Reading

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CFN –  You have to give CAO Paul Fitzpatrick kudos for timing.   Having been on sick leave now he’s missed the final budget mess in Cornwall that saw a 2% increase or roughly $1.4 Million dollars.  He’s vacationing in Hawaii according to an inside source from city hall. AboutContinue Reading

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CFN–  Cornwall Ontario City Councilor had a moment to chat with the media Thursday night and one of the topics was the amount of time that some politicians speak. The long time city councilor, and active Federal and Provincial Conservative was animated as the topic was discussed. If you can’tContinue Reading

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CFN – Bernadette Clement is known for her long speeches at council.   She’s studied well at the feet of Mayor Bob Kilger and while not as polished as the long time MP, has a way of using up minutes at council while saying very little of substance. Monday AprilContinue Reading

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CFN –  Optics in Politics can be everything.  They can make you look bad, and they can make you look like the Cornwall City Council team and Clerk right now. Transparency and accountability are huge; especially in municipal politics.  Cornwall, which has less than 50,000 residents spends over $145M perContinue Reading

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To be convinced, one must visit the site of the think tank Frontier Centre for Public Policy. One of the issues studied by Frontier Centre concerns local governments and the results are available at www.lgpi.ca (lgpi for local government performance index). The data used to compare the performance of aboutContinue Reading

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CFN – Councilor Glen Grant ate his Wheaties Monday night at council as even he, one of the longest tenured councilors was boggled by the stunt pulled by a sub-committee in changing City By-law 2010-93 which would allow the Mayor/Council to fill a vacancy on council by appointment instead ofContinue Reading

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CFN – A small meeting took place at the Ramada Inn this afternoon in Cornwall.   Economic Mucky Muck Mark Boileau, businessman and developer Eric Lange, and a couple other dignitaries joined MPP Jim McDonell in a closed private meeting. Media were kept 20 minutes late waiting for the doors to openContinue Reading

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Greetings Mr. Mayor and Council: The Ontario Government has recently been discussing plans to overhaul gambling in the province and at the same time the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission have plans to unlock greater funding for health care and education. In a recent interview OLG Chairman Paul Godfrey said OLG would not makeContinue Reading

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CFN –  Cornwall Ontario suffered a great loss today as Councilor Leslie O’Shaughnessy resigned from council a midst the strife and undertow of countless in camera meetings.   His voice was one of the strongest and loudest against the corruption the is rife at council and resulted in bloated amounts of moneyContinue Reading