The big lie
If you oppose industrial wind energy you are, according to the McGuinty Liberals, in favour of coal-fired electricity— an energy source that kills and damages children’s lungs. Unless you support Dalton McGuinty’s plan to blot the horizon with wind turbines you are worse than a NIMBY— you are complicit in killing children. The shrillness and […]
Defining purpose
What if you were asked to join an organization to give advice and no one asked your opinion? That seems to be the dilemma faced by the municipality’s Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC). The EAC was formed shortly after Mayor Leo Finnegan first took office in 2004. It has struggled ever since to find its purpose. […]
On the beach
I don’t know what I would do without Ralph Margetson—especially at this time of year. He has been such a rich store of knowledge and insight for me these past half dozen years. He is knowledgeable about a great many things, but particularly he helps me to understand what it was like to be a […]
A treasure lost
It was a particularly cool and crisp walk to work this morning. So clear the stars seem to pierce brilliant holes in the large inky fabric draped overhead. The patterns so clear and compelling one could not help but to pause and take it all in—if for but a moment. It is at these moments […]
2,500 bales
There will be plenty of time to dissect the results from Monday’s municipal election in future weeks—plenty of time to sort out what the electorate was saying and to whom. Instead I will use my space this week to line up behind the many folks so full of pride and gratitude this week to the […]
Our choices
As voters head to the polls The Times respectfully offers our picks to represent each ward for the next four years. WARD ONE PICTON – 2 seats to be elected Bev Campbell and Laverne Bailey are the incumbents in Picton. They are being challenged by Brian Marisett, Paul Morris, Doris Lane, Don Ward and Richard […]
Mayor Finnegan
The first time I met Leo Finnegan was on top of Chuckery Hill. He was just months into his new job as mayor. I was just days into mine. We had assembled for a photo op to mark the consummation of a deal with W3Connex. The rickety outfit promised it would soon bring high speed-internet […]
Counting things
Twelve years after amalgamation we now know what we own and how much it’s worth. For perhaps the first time ever we know the value of things we own as a municipality. It sounds like a minor accomplishment—something that should have been known all along. It is, however, a massive and terribly important achievement by […]
Where’s the plan
Sandy Latchford refuses to answer this question. The candidate for mayor is complaining once more, this time in a campaign flyer, that the County’s current economic development path is a mistake. “What we are doing now is not good enough… It is time for the Economic Development Office to take a new direction.” We’ve heard […]
Fix the bylaw
Mark Henry and Lynne Ellis want to abide by the law— but the law, in this case, is impossibly vague. It is now up to the new council—which gets to work next week—to fix it. Henry and Ellis operate Fields on West Lake between Bloomfield and Wellington. With much hard labour and many thousands of […]