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
CORNWALL Ontario – The City put out an interesting graph that clearly shows that older voters turn out more for elections than younger ones. The irony is that if you read social media the younger ones make the most noise and have the highest reach so why don’t they vote?Continue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Smart Cookie Francine Taillon won our contest and was closest to the pin in our CFN election contest. She collected her $25 gift certificate to Cedars on Wheels. Pierre and MIA posed with her (Jey was busy manning the cash). I had a Lamb Platter toContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – I was asked what was the hardest part of this last year? Was it the police charges? Was it that after Bell provided a production order that categorically stated that I never made the calls (nearly six months ago!) that the police and crown put forth inContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – Voters wanted change and they made their voices heard Monday night as Mayor Bob Kilger went down in flames. Going along with him were long term councilors Syd Gardiner, Denis Carr, the despised Glen Grant and Gerry Samson. As of 9:25 PM one poll still wasn’t reportingContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – We rated all of those running for council in Cornwall Ontario over the last week of the election. It’s been a fierce campaign as there have been more candidates than in recent memory and there are a lot of people that simply do not want to voteContinue Reading
CFN is reviewing and rating local candidates this election instead of endorsing. Our next candidates for review are Mark A MacDonald, David Murphy, Bernadette Clement, Carilyne Hebert, and Maurice Dupelle. Mark A MacDonald is back on the attack. He fought for many issues over the last four years. ManyContinue Reading
CFN is reviewing and rating local candidates this election instead of endorsing. Our next candidates for review are Claude McIntosh, Justin Towndale, Guy St. Jean, Andre Rivette I like Claude McIntosh. Yes, we have crossed swords. Yes because of him Sun Media had to write me a cheque recently andContinue Reading
CFN is reviewing and rating local candidates this election instead of endorsing. Our next candidates for review are Gerald Samson, Glen Grant, Todd Bennett, and Roland Besner. I like Gerry Samson. Yes he’s like a character from the Simpsons. Yes my dachshund could probably take him at Jeopardy; but GerryContinue Reading
CFN is reviewing and rating local candidates this election instead of endorsing. Our next candidates for review are Mary Ann Hug, Greg Kielec, Tammy Hart, Cindy Woods, and Ray Beauregard. I can’t hide the fact that I am a fan of Mary Ann Hug. And no, she’s never advertised withContinue Reading
CFN – I had a chance to finally catch up with South Stormont Mayor Bryan McGillis who is running for a third term. He shared on how in all his years in politics he’s never seen such a dirty election which has included theft of his and other candidatesContinue Reading
CFN is reviewing and rating local candidates this election instead of endorsing. Our next candidates for review are Mike O’Neill, Denis Carr, Reg Coffey, Chris Cameron Mike O’Neill. Where the heck did he come from? He ran one of the best campaigns as far as how he handled himself andContinue Reading
CFN is reviewing and rating local candidates this election instead of endorsing. Our next candidates for review are Alyssa Blais, Rony Major (Macarone) Earle Depass & Rick Currier During her service as director of the Agape Ms Blais has seen services cut while costs go up. If you can’t runContinue Reading
At a recent presentation of Cornwall mayoral candidates, one candidate (O’Shaughnessy) advised the audience that administration had not followed council’s directives. The incumbent mayor replied that administration people were of high character . . . and he said that at a time when the public is reading news media reportsContinue Reading
CFN is reviewing and rating local candidates this election instead of endorsing. Our next candidates for review are for Davey Bedard & Donna Primeau I’m not sure what Davey Bedard stands for or why he’s really running, but he did give one of the most entertaining speeches at the Civic ComplexContinue Reading
CFN is reviewing and rating local candidates this election instead of endorsing. Our next candidates for review are for Denis Sabourin & Rick Waldroff I don’t know what to make of Mr. Sabourin who also was a pundit on Seaway Radio along with the late Joe Gunn on our Political RoundContinue Reading
CFN is reviewing and rating local candidates this election instead of endorsing. Our next candidates for review are for Gary Samler & Jason Swerdfeger Mr. Samler is taking his second whack at getting elected. He’s come a long way in the last four years. His public speaking is much better. HisContinue Reading
CFN is reviewing and rating local candidates this election instead of endorsing. Our next candidates for review are for Heather Megill & Mark Pendergast. Ms Megill is a gifted speaker. She did quite well at all of the candidate events she spoke at, as few as those were. She howeverContinue Reading