BREAKING NEWS FROM THE BARGE
NO KIDDING, I WAS READING "WALDEN AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE," BY HENRY DAVID THOREAU, WHILE LISTENING TO "EDDY AND THE STINGRAYS," AT GULL LAKE PARK, TONIGHT, WHEN THE POWER WENT OUT ON STAGE. CONSIDERING IT MILDLY PROVIDENTIAL, I PUT MY FINGER ON THE SENTENCE OF TEXT I WAS READING, WHEN THE SHOW SUDDENLY CONCLUDED, BEFORE THE FINAL FEW SONGS……THINKING IT MIGHT HAVE SOME MEANING BEYOND, WELL, JUST AN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY ISSUE. WHEN I COULD SEE IT CLEARLY AGAIN, THE WORDS SEEMED RATHER PROFOUND…..SO I OFFER THEM TO YOU.
"NATURE AND HUMAN LIFE ARE AS VARIOUS AS OUR SEVERAL CONSTITUTIONS. WHO SHALL SAY WHAT PROSPECT LIFE OFFERS TO ANOTHER? COULD A GREATER MIRACLE TAKE PLACE THAN FOR US TO LOOK THROUGH EACH OTHER'S EYES FOR AN INSTANT. WE SHOULD LIVE IN ALL THE AGES OF THE WORLD IN AN HOUR, AY, IN ALL THE WORLDS OF THE AGES. HISTORY, POETRY, MYTHOLOGY! I KNOW OF NO READING OF ANOTHER'S EXPERIENCE SO STARTLING AND INFORMING AS THIS WOULD BE."
FROM OUR VANTAGE POINT ON THE SHORE, AT THIS MOMENT, SEEING THE RAW TERROR ON FRED SCHULZ'S FACE, AS THIS IS HIS RECURRENT NIGHTMARE, AND WHAT HIS EYES WERE SEEING OF THE EXODUS FROM THE PARK, ONE COULD ONLY THINK ABOUT CHARLIE BROWN UTTERING, SOFTLY, ALMOST INAUDIBLY, "OH CRAP!"
THANKFULLY FOR FRED, THE UNCEREMONIOUS END, WAS WITHIN ONE SONG OF THE SHOW'S SCHEDULED CONCLUSION ANYWAY…..AND THE MOST THE CROWD WAS SHORTCHANGED, WAS THE TRADEMARK BRIEF PRESENTATION BY MR. SCHULZ…..WHO WOULD HAVE ASKED THE QUESTION, "WELL FOLKS, WOULD YOU LIKE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE," AND THE CROWD WOULD HAVE EXPLODED WITH "YES, YES, YES,"….RETURNING THE BAND TO THE STAGE. BUT ALAS, THERE WAS NO POWER. A BREAKER ON SHORE WAS TRIPPED, OR SO MY SON SAID, AFTER GETTING THE LIGHTS BACK ON, BUT BY THEN IT WAS TOO LATE. THE BAND WAS UP ON SHORE SIGNING THEIR CD'S. BUT THERE WAS GRUMBLING, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THIS, THAT FRED HAD ACTUALLY CUT OFF THE BAND MID-SONG, BECAUSE THEY HAD GONE OVER THEIR TIME BUDGET, FOR THE NOISE BYLAW IN THE PARK. SUZANNE HAD TO CORRECT SEVERAL GROUPS OF UNHAPPY CAMPERS WHO ACTUALLY THOUGHT FRED COULD BE SO MEAN. SO FOR THE RECORD, FRED DID NOT CUT OFF THE BAND. IT WAS A POWER CONSUMPTION ISSUE, NOT THE MANAGER'S PREROGATIVE.
AND BY THE WAY, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE BARGE, THAT FRED SCHULZ WAS ASKED TO WEAR CEREMONIAL GARB, OF THE 1950'S, IN HONOR OF SUMMER TRADITION, AND GOOD ENTERTAINMENT. HE CAME OUT ON STAGE WEARING THE "EDDY AND THE STINGRAYS" PINK BLAZER, TO THE CROWD'S APPROVAL. IF MEMORY SERVES CORRECTLY, HE ONCE SANG WITH THE GOOD BROTHERS, DURING ONE OF THEIR VISITS TO THE BARGE. BUT TONIGHT, HIS NIGHTMARE CAME TRUE. THANKFULLY IT WASN'T TOO DARK, BECAUSE THE PARK LIGHTS DID NOT COME ON, AT THE SAME TIME AS THE BARGE LIGHTS WERE RESTORED. NOW THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM EXITING THE LARGE CROWD IN ATTENDANCE. IT ALL WORKED OUT, AND EVERYONE WAS SAFE. JUST DISAPPOINTED THERE WAS NO ENCORE.
HOT, HOT, HOT AT THE BARGE FOR "EDDY AND THE STINGRAYS"
LARGE CROWD AT ROTARY GULL LAKE PARK - LOTS OF SWIMMERS UTILIZING THE BEACHFRONT
I HATE THE HEAT. DESPISE IT. ALWAYS HAVE. BUT FOR SOME REASON, AND IT MAY JUST BE THE PLEASANT PARK SURROUNDINGS, I'M ALWAYS COOL SITTING UP ON THE SHORE OF BEAUTIFUL GULL LAKE PARK. THERE'S ALWAYS A LAKESIDE BREEZE, AND SUZANNE AND I HAVE FOUND A WEE POCKET OF SHADE WE RETREAT TO, EACH WEEK, FOR THE MUSIC ON THE BARGE CONCERT. TONIGHT WE TOOK ALONG SOME COOL TREATS OF WHICH I'M PARTICULARLY FOND; KNITTING FOR SUZANNE, AND AN INTERESTING BOOK FOR ME. IT IS A TREAT GOING TO MUSIC ON THE BARGE. EVEN WHEN IT'S HOT LIKE TONIGHT. BUT IT SURE WAS GOOD TO SEE SO MANY HUNDREDS OF CITIZENS, OUT DOING THEIR RECREATIONAL "THING," WHETHER ON THE BEACH, HAVING A PICNIC, PLAYING CATCH, CANOEING, KAYAKING, OR SAND CASTLE BUILDING. THEN WHEN THE MUSIC BEGAN, IT WAS THE 1950'S AND 60'S ALL OVER AGAIN, AND THE CROWD WAS ANIMATED……EVEN THE OLDEST OF THE SHORELINE GROUP WERE CHAIR DANCING TO THE ENGAGING, ELECTRIC PERFORMANCE OF "EDDY AND THE STINGRAYS." IT WAS GREAT. IT WAS A ROCK 'N ROLL BONANZA……AND PLEASURE ALL THE WAY DOWN MEMORY LANE; AND EVEN THE YOUNGSTERS WERE THINKING OFFHAND, THE OLD DAYS MUST HAVE BEEN PRETTY FUNKY AFTER ALL. THERE WAS A HUGE CROWD, AND THAT ALWAYS PLEASES BARGE MANAGER FRED SCHULZ, WHO ADMITS HE WAS WORRIED IT WAS TOO HOT FOR SOME FOLKS SITTING ON THAT SUNNY EMBANKMENT. HE DOES ACKNOWLEDGE, THE RISK OF BRINGING IN NEW ACTS, WHICH ON FIRST RUN NIGHTS, IS ALWAYS TOUGH ON THE NERVES. THIS FINE GROUP PAID DIVIDENDS, TO THE COLLECTION BUCKETS…..WHICH THANKFULLY WERE FULL TO OVERFLOWING. BRINGING IN THESE TALENTED PERFORMERS, TO THE GULL LAKE MAIN STAGE, WAS WHAT CONCERT GOERS HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR. THEY WERE FABULOUS, AND BY THE CHEERS FROM THE AUDIENCE, AND THE RELUCTANCE TO LET THEM LEAVE THE STAGE AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, THEY WERE, OF ALL THINGS, "CROWD PLEASERS." IT WAS A HOT SUMMER NIGHT IN THE COUNTRY. THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT? THE LIMITS OF POWER. CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT, BUT IT WAS OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY FUN……AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT FOLKS.
NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT THE MUSIC ON THE BARGE WILL PRESENT, "THE BECKETT FAMILY," FEATURING THE AWARD WINNING LINSEY BECKETT, FIDDLING AND STEP DANCING. A NICE CHANGE OF PACE IN THE CONCERT SERIES.
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ARE WE MISSING THE POINT OF WHAT GOVERNANCE CAN DO TO OUR TOWN? HAVE WE GIVEN UP ON POLITICAL LEADERSHIP?
APATHY IS GOING TO CHANGE OUR REGION MORE THAN THE EARTH MOVERS AT THE WHIM OF DEVELOPERS
I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONVINCE SON ROBERT, TO CONSIDER TAKING A RUN AT A COUNCIL SEAT, HERE IN GRAVENHURST, DURING THE NEXT MUNICIPAL ELECTION, IN THE FALL OF 2014. I ASK HIM THIS EVERY MONTH, JUST TO BE SURE HE HASN'T CHANGED HIS MIND. WHEN I ASKED HIM THIS WEEK, IF HE'D CONSIDER GIVING IT A GO, HE SAID, WITHOUT HESITATION, "NEVER….NO WAY….AND STOP ASKING ME!" "AND BY THE WAY, YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO RUN,….SO WHY KEEP ASKING ME?" WELL SIR, I DID SUGGEST THAT I WOULD RUN FOR A DISTRICT SEAT, AND I WOULD SEEK SUPPORT FROM THE "ONE MUSKOKA" GROUP, CAMPAIGNING FOR A REDUCTION IN THE SIZE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT. IT STILL DOESN'T MEAN, THAT I WOULD BE THE BEST ONE FOR THE JOB. I WOULD GLADLY THROW MY SUPPORT BEHIND ANY ONE OF A DOZEN CANDIDATES, I KNOW WOULD BE BETTER AT THE TASK. I JUST WON'T ALLOW A CORONATION TO HAPPEN IN THIS TOWN…..OR THE POPULARITY CONTESTS THAT TYPICALLY PLAY OUT, MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN OF THOSE WHO WANT A RETURN TO RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. REMEMBER THAT, BACK IN THE 1830'S IN UPPER CANADA. THE HISTORIC REBELLION WITH THAT FIREBRAND, WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE, TO GET RID OF THE FAMILY COMPACT OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNANCE.
"DON'T YOU THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE YOUTH OF THIS TOWN TO GET INVOLVED IN WHAT WILL ALSO BE YOUR FUTURE," I ASKED. I WAS SHOCKED BY THE ANSWER. "IT WON'T DO ANY GOOD. YOU CAN'T CHANGE THINGS AT TOWN HALL. IT WILL ALWAYS BE LIKE IT IS," HE ANSWERED, SITTING BACK ON THE SOFA, STRUMMING SOMETHING FAMILIAR ON HIS GUITAR. "WHEN YOU WAKE UP EACH MORNING, AND CASUALLY LOOK OUT THE WINDOW, DO YOU NOTICE THAT THE VIEW STILL INCLUDES THE TREES AND WILDFLOWERS OF THE BOG……THAT WAS SAVED BECAUSE CITIZENS GOT INVOLVED; AND THE VERY EFFORT OF GETTING INVOLVED, THAT DID CHANGE THE OPINION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT?" I ASKED HIM IF HE REALLY MEANT WHAT HE SAID, ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO INFLUENCE CHANGE IN THIS COMMUNITY? ROBERT IS VERY GUARDED ABOUT GETTING INTO A POLITICAL DEBATE WITH ME, BECAUSE IT USUALLY ENDS ABRUPTLY, WITH COMMENTS LIKE, "IT'S MY OPINION, SO YOU GOT WHAT YOU ASKED FOR." OR, MOST OFTEN, "WHO ARE YOU CALLING STUPID?" MY GRANDFATHER, STANLEY JACKSON PASSED THE IRREVERENT GENE ON TO MY SONS AND I; BOY OH BOY, WAS HE A HARD-ASS ON ANY POLITICIAN WHO MISLED HIM FOR A ONE TIME VOTE. HE NEVER FORGAVE A POLITICIAN OR PARTY FOR BREAKING PROMISES…..NOT JUST TO HIM BUT THE CONSTITUENTS GENERALLY. HE WAS A TRUE TO LIFE "SHANE," AND HE WASN'T ADVERSE TO DEBATING THE ISSUE FACE TO FACE, WITH ANY POLITICIAN WHO BROKE HIS (HER) WORD…….WANTING TO KNOW WHY. HE WASN'T BRUSHED OFF EASILY EITHER. WE NEED MORE CONSTITUENTS TO SMARTED UP THE FOLKS AT TOWN HALL. THIS IS MY DREAM SITUATION…..TO ACTUALLY HAVE COUNCILLORS UNAFRAID TO SPEAK THEIR MINDS, AND ADDRESS US, LIKE IN THE OLD DAYS…..OVER A CUP OF COFFEE AND A MUFFIN, IN THE COMPANY OF TOWNSFOLK. ORDINARY FOLKS WHO ARE TIRED OF BEING IGNORED AND BYPASSED BECAUSE OF SOME OBTUSE PROTOCOL THAT INSISTS ON THE LIMITATION OF FREE SPEECH.
I DID ASK HIM BLUNTLY, BEFORE IT GOT TO THE ABRUPT ENDING PART, IF MOST YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY FELT THIS WAY, ESPECIALLY IN THIS TOWN. AND WHY THEY FEEL LOCAL POLITICS IS IRRELEVANT TO THEM? I HAVE A FEELING THIS IS A CANADIAN THING AS WELL…..THAT MANY YOUNG ADULTS JUST FEEL IT'S A WASTE OF TIME VOTING FOR WHAT THEY BELIEVE, WILL BE THE NEXT "DICTATOR." THEY DON'T FEEL THE ESSENCE OF DEMOCRACY TODAY, THAT I DID GROWING UP, AND THEN JOINING THE WORK FORCE. I HAVEN'T LOST MY FAITH IN DEMOCRACY. I HAVE GRAVE CONCERNS THAT GOVERNMENTS ARE GOING TO GET A LOT WORSE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BECAUSE THE LEVEL OF APATHY, ALLOWS FOR POPULARITY CONTESTS TO THRIVE, AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE LAST MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN THIS TOWN. IT WAS LIKE A HIGH SCHOOL ELECTION, MORE SO THAN A REGIONAL VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN THE FOLKS WE WANTED TO LEAD US…..AND REPRESENT THE CHANGES WE ARE INTERESTED IN, FOR THE FUTURE.
THOSE WHO WON THE ELECTION, TOOK VICTORY BECAUSE IT WAS HANDED TO THEM. I WAS RIGHT IN MY PREDICTIONS FOR COUNCIL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE WARD. I PREDICTED THIS, NOT BECAUSE OF MY GREAT SAVVY AS A PROGNOSTICATOR, BUT RATHER, AS IT WAS SET UP THIS WAY, BECAUSE OF EVENTS LIKE THE ALL-CANDIDATES MEETING, THAT DIDN'T ALLOW ANYTHING OFF-SCRIPT…..AND WAS BASICALLY A MEET AND GREET, BUT NOTHING IN THE WAY OF A POLITICAL DEBATE. SO WHAT ELSE COULD HAVE THE ELECTION ACTUALLY DETERMINED UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES? THE MOST POPULAR PEOPLE IN THE TOWN AND IN THE WARDS WON THEIR SEATS. NOT NECESSARILY THE BEST CANDIDATES, BUT THOSE WHO WERE ABLE TO DRAW BEST FROM COMMUNITY CONTACTS, THEIR POSITIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEIR ABILITY TO SPEND LOTS OF MONEY TO PROMOTE THEIR CAMPAIGNS. SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS? IT MEANS THAT REALLY GOOD CANDIDATES, WHO ARE QUALIFIED, ARE BUMPED IF THEY CAN'T SPEND THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY ON ADS; AND BECAUSE OF THE FORMAT OF THE ALL-CANDIDATES MEETING, COULDN'T EVEN BENEFIT FROM A SHOW OF VERBAL CAPABILITY, DEMONSTRATING THEIR LEADERSHIP QUALITIES. AT MOST IT WAS ABOUT PUBLIC SPEAKING. NOT MUCH MORE. I'VE PRETTY MUCH DESCRIBED AN AVERAGE ELECTION THESE DAYS, ALL OVER THE CONTINENT. WE CAN ELECT ANYONE TO A GOVERNMENT BODY IF THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY AND VERY FEW ACTUAL NO HOLDS BARRED DEBATES. SO WHAT WILL BE DIFFERENT IN THE NEXT ELECTION?
UNLESS SOME AMBITIOUS, FIESTY, WELL INFORMED CANDIDATES POP UP EARLY IN THIS CHALLENGE, AND DEMAND AN END TO THE LOVE-IN FORMAT OF THE ALL-CANDIDATES MEETING, WE WILL HAVE THE SAME BATTLE WAGED BY CANDIDATES WITH THE MOST RESOURCES, AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE NOT SO WELL ENDOWED. BUT HERE'S WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS SITUATION. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE WHAT OUR TOWN COUNCIL'S, IN ONTARIO, CAN WEILD, IN POWER STROKES, TO INFLUENCE THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY. THEY CAN SCREW US UP WITH CONSECUTIVE BAD DECISIONS, AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT……EXCEPT MAKE REGULAR MARCHES ON TOWN HALL IN PROTEST. SEEING AS OUR PRESENT COUNCIL ISN'T REALLY TOO COMMUNICATIVE, AND REALLY DOESN'T FLINCH AS A RESULT OF PROTEST, IT DOES MAKE ME CRINGE ABOUT WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IF THE SAME GROUP WAS TO CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS. BUT WHEN I HEAR MY OWN SON ADMIT, "WHAT'S THE POINT," IT REALLY KNOCKS ME OVER. THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY MEANS TO MY SON. TO BE ABLE TO SAY, "NO WAY IN HELL DAD. IT ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN." I UNDERSTAND IT IN MANY WAYS, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE FOLLOWED THIS COUNCIL, OVER THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS, YOU WOULD HAVE LITTLE DOUBT, THAT INFLUENCE ISN'T GOING TO MAKE ITS WAY INTO TOWN HALL, LET ALONE TO THE COUNCIL TABLE. WHICH BY THE WAY, SHOWS JUST HOW COMMITTED THESE FOLKS ARE, TO RUNNING THE SHOW THEIR OWN WAY……WITHOUT FEELING ANY REAL NEED TO ACCOMMODATE NEW INFORMATION AS IT COMES DOWN THE PIKE…..IF THEY DON'T HAPPEN TO CONCUR WITH WHAT IT ALL MEANS. SO THUSLY, AS FAR AS I CAN DETERMINE, THE ONLY THING THAT MIGHT WORK IS A MARCH ON TOWN HALL TO ATTRACT SOME ATTENTION. WELL, THERE IS ONE OTHER WAY.
IT IS NOW TIME FOR COUNCIL HOPEFULS TO BEGIN THEIR SOFT DECLARATIONS. THE "HANDSHAKE" OPENING IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR NOW. BUT WHAT THIS MUSTERING WILL DO, FROM THE SIDELINES, IS LET THE STATUS QUO GANG KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE CHALLENGERS RAPPING AT THE COUNCIL DOOR, FOR THE COMING YEAR……AND TAKING AWAY SOME OF THE COMPLACENCY THAT SEEMS TO GO WITH THE JOB THESE DAYS. MY GREATEST THRILL WOULD BE TO SEE FOUR OR FIVE NEW CANDIDATES FOR MAYOR, EARLY ON, AND THIS SHOULD MOTIVATE OTHERS TO LOOK AT COUNCIL SEATS…..BECAUSE OF THE TALENT SEEKING-OUT THE TOP JOB. IF THEY SEE THE SAME-OLD, SAME-OLD, IT WILL BE HARD TO BUILD ANY ENTHUSIASM, AND THAT KILLS THE WHOLE ELECTION SCENE…..AND MAKES FOLKS LIKE MY SON, ADMIT SEEING NO LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL FOR THE EXERCISE OF TRUE DEMOCRACY. WE NEED YOUNG ADULTS TO CONSIDER RUNNING FOR OFFICE. WE NEED YOUTH TO HELP US BUILD A MORE DYNAMIC FUTURE. EXPERIENCE IS GREAT, BUT SOMETIMES IT COMES WITH THE KIND OF STUBBORNNESS THAT CONFOUNDS CHANGE, AND DELAYS PROGRESS. THIS IS THE TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THIS COMMUNITY, FOR CITIZENS TO GET INVOLVED……AND MAKE SURE THAT THE NEXT FOUR YEAR GOVERNANCE IS AS DYNAMIC AS WE'D ALL LIKE OUR COMMUNITY TO BE……UNFETTERED FROM THE CONSTRAINTS APPARENTLY IMPOSED ON THIS COUNCIL……ABOUT ACTUALLY GOING OFF SCRIPT TO TELL IT THE WAY IT IS.
WHEN OUR CITIZENS BEGIN GIVING UP ON THEIR GOVERNANCE, WE ALL MUST LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR INACTION. THINK ABOUT THIS, AND WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY YOU WANT IN THE FUTURE, AND THEN THINK ABOUT THE NEGATIVE IMPACT, OF STICKING WITH COMPLACENCY FOR FOUR MORE YEARS. WE ARE NOT PROGRESSING IN THIS TOWN THE WAY WE SHOULD BE, AND PART OF THE REASON, IS THAT WE HAVE A COUNCIL THAT IS BIG ON PROPAGANDA, AND CATCH PHRASES, BUT NOT MUCH ON FIGHTING TOOTH AND NAIL TO MAKE US MORE COMPETITIVE. WE ARE TOLD, TIME AND AGAIN, WE ARE IN MAKING THESE ENORMOUS STRIDES IN SELF IMPROVEMENT. I KEEP TRACK OF THEM, AND I'M SORRY, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE NOTHING BUT FICTION.
WE NEED TO GET INVOLVED IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN ALL ITS GLORY. WE NEED TO HAVE AN ELECTION THAT IS NOT JUST A POPULARITY CONTEST, BASED ON PERSONALITIES. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FINE CITIZENS BUT WOULD MAKE CRAPPY LEADERS. WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE THOSE WHO WE BELIEVE HAVE OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP QUALITIES, TO RUN FOR OFFICE, AND TAKE A TURN AT MAKING US THE KIND OF COMMUNITY THAT IS PERPETUALLY VIBRANT, AND DEDICATED TO SERVING THE CONSTITUENTS THE WAY THEY WOULD WISH TO BE SERVED BY THEIR TOWN COUNCIL. IT'S A TALL ORDER. SOME OF THE NAMES BEING BANDIED ABOUT, TO DATE, ARE ENCOURAGING, EARLY IN THIS PROCESS……BUT I WOULD SURE LIKE TO HEAR THAT ANOTHER DOZEN HAVE DECLARED THEIR INTENTIONS……SO WE CAN REALLY GET TURNED-ON TO THIS PLAN TO GIVE GRAVENHURST COUNCIL A MAKE-OVER. A BIG ONE.
THANKS FOR JOINING TODAY'S BLOG. DO YOU THINK YOU COULD MAKE A GOOD TOWN COUNCILLOR? GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT. IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE INTERESTED, AND BELIEVE IN THE MISSION STATEMENT OF THE "ONE MUSKOKA" GROUP, TALK TO THEM TO SEE IF THERE IS SOME COMMON GROUND. I DO BELIEVE THIS WILL BE A HUGE ISSUE IN THE NEXT MUNICIPAL ELECTION…..SO GET USED TO IT!
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