That Hugo Rodrigues is one funny cat. When I issued a release stating my intention to run for mayor again in the next election, and would do all possible to rescind the bizarre Harbor Deal in Cornwall Ontario that would give the good people of Akwesasne a half interestContinue Reading
The deed was done under cover. No public consultation. No real public information delivered. A non nonsensical that jeopardizes the future of the city of Cornwall Ontario. The bad drama started with the Chem Tanks and ended with the release below by the city which actually rezoned the landContinue Reading
There is a reason why the Federal Government is trying to unload harbour lands across Canada. Most are polluted or have historic environment issues that literally could cost billions of dollars to resolve. Cornwall’s harbour is so polluted that when a movement to create a beach occurred a fewContinue Reading
Long time CFN commentor Jules seems to have left the site after being sent an email asking her to self censor herself. The “Wacky” woman who originally is from Cornwall, but now lives in Ottawa is known for her abusive comments towards politicians and authority figures. She also seems toContinue Reading
Incredulously enough City Council asked the very person at the root of the Chem tank cover up scandal to issue a report, which he did last month. Bob Peters is the number two in our Economic Development office. His tome to council reads like a game of Three Card Monte.Continue Reading
Halloween seems a great time to write this piece and ponder the future of this term on council. After the utter joke that was not only the Brock Frost term on council, but the manner in which council dealt with the the hot mess that was his tenure the publicContinue Reading
Walking through the aftermath and wreckage of the election that just ended CFN has been talking to a lot of voters across the riding asking why they voted for who they chose and why they rejected candidates? Not surprisingly Bernadette Clement was tarred and feathered for being a Francophone womanContinue Reading
As we get closer to the 19th it seems the local Liberals are feeling the frustration from trailing so badly in the poll numbers. Or simply they have an utter boob as a riding President and simply didn’t replace him as they never had much hope of actuallyContinue Reading
Patrick Burger, Guy Lauzon, Bernadette Clement, Elaine Kennedy CFN- It was a feisty debate at the Civic Complex last night. Three of the four candidates were ready for battle and battle they did. The Green Party Candidate, Elaine Kennedy, was much more circumspect about the election preferring to talk about theContinue 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
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 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
CORNWALL Ontario – What about Bob? Is he coming back? Is Cornwall turning into a George Romero movie? Leslie O’Shaughnessy is one bad poker player. In other media reports he stated that he had a legal opinion on his Conflict of Interest incident and that he’d be getting a secondContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Last night was odd and funny. Cornwall City Council debated a new committee to hash out a Code of Conduct. There is the municipal act, the Council and CAO covenant (a joke document that the Mayor said isn’t even implemented) , and just plain common sense, butContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – My phone started ringing far too early this morning. It was surreal, but I live in surreal times in a surreal community. I first have to shoot down and dispel the rumor. I will categorically not be the NDP candidate for this riding in the upcomingContinue Reading
CFN – Is your council using ad dollars as a tool to control media in Cornwall? It’s a valid question. For three years now City Council and its tentacles have boycotted this newspaper. CFN has the largest audience in the city and are the only media outlet toContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – 2014 was a weird mixed bag of a year. Here on CFN we increased our market share while growing our over all numbers, an interesting achievement. Big changes in our city thanks to CFN viewers forcing out one of the most corrupt Mayor’s in Ontario history alongContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy and his council have issued a release announcing that Kilger CAO appointment Norm Levac is delaying his retirement. Mr. Levac announced his retirement shortly after the former Mayor announced he was running again. It seems that this new council appealed to him enough toContinue Reading