There was recently a radio program hosted by a professor on “the proper balance in municipal government”
During his career the professor had worked on both sides: first as a staff member – where he referred to the office of the elected official as “the dark side” – and then as an elected member of Council where he could see the other reality.
Imagine a retired couple moving to Cobourg from North Bay with a passion for curling only to find that not only are Cobourg rinks fully booked, but prime time is given to visiting teams from Bowmanville and Oshawa. These visitors are considered by the town to be “tourists” and especially desirable for preferential treatment.
We still want to ask the Candidates questions about where they stand on key issues. We can’t ask them about every issue but we can create a few key questions about the important issues.
We do want to know what Cobourg citizens think the top issues are.
The all candidates event was to be held on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 but has been cancelled. The Cobourg Taxpayers Association issued a press release this morning.
As we stated in the release, we believe it is important to get the issues out and to see where the candidates stand.
The CTA would like to thank everyone for coming to our Open House on May 23– especially the young people. Thank you to all the volunteers who made our event a success. Thanks to all who gave very generous donations. We would especially like to extend a warm welcome to our 20 new supporters.
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