The Future of the Landfill

This week I attended a meeting of the Brighton Landfill Liaison Committee, and there’s a lot to talk about, starting with acknowledging the passing of the former Chair of the committee, Peter McCann; I agreed to take on the Chair position in his absence, and the County will be advertising for a new member ofContinue reading “The Future of the Landfill”

This County Was Made for You and Me

My last post made some waves, and prompted some backlash (skip ahead to 1:06:34 for the open session). Over the past week I have heard the same question from several people: why does a Brighton councillor care about what’s going on in Cobourg? Am I just sticking my nose into other people’s business? In thisContinue reading “This County Was Made for You and Me”

When Systems Go Bad

On Friday I sent a letter to County Councillors. I still haven’t slept well this weekend (and I’m writing this at 2am on Monday morning), and I’ve spent a lot of that time thinking about the situation at hand, and how it relates to my master’s thesis on the nature of evil. All these yearsContinue reading “When Systems Go Bad”