Cobourg Taxpayers Association Director Bryan Lambert and President Lydia Smith engage in a lively discussion about the Back to Basics campaign urging Cobourg council and town staff to postpone a business incubator project until other items are dealt with first during Consider This Live, part of the Drive Time on Northumberland 89.7 FM.
Senior Brampton City Hall staff approved secret $1.25M bonus slush fund
An unprecedented abuse of taxpayer dollars by the City of Brampton’s former top executives, who approved secretive non-union bonuses worth $1.25 million—including payments for “favouritism” that could have gone to themselves—has been revealed in an internal audit report.
City’s audit committee to tackle $1.25M in staff bonuses that could not be tracked
Brampton residents, councillors demand police probe into secret $1.25M staff fund
Citizens Can Make a Difference
This week, we saw that citizens can convince their elected representatives to change their minds. The residents of Abbott Boulevard in Cobourg made a presentation to the Committee of the Whole on May 29 opposing having a sidewalk built on their street.
Unable to Book Tour of HMCS Goose Bay
From: Lydia Smith <lrsmith200@gmail.com>
Date: 5 June 2017 at 11:32
Subject: Unable to Book Tour of HMCS Goose Bay
To: Deputy Mayor John Henderson <jhenderson@cobourg.ca>, Councillor Suzanne Seguin <sseguin@cobourg.ca>
Cc: Councillor Aaron Burchat <aburchat1@cogeco.ca>, Councillor Brian Darling <bdarling@cobourg.ca>,
No Printed Waterfront Surveys Available at Library
From: Lydia Smith
Sent: June 2, 2017 3:34 PM
To: John Henderson <jhenderson@cobourg.ca>; Brian Darling <bdarling@cobourg.ca>; Suzanne Séguin <sseguin@cobourg.ca>
Cc: Councillor Aaron Burchat <aburchat1@cogeco.ca>; Debra McCarthy <dmccarthy@cobourg.ca>; Forrest Rowden <frowden@cobourg.ca