Every once in a while, wires get crossed. When there’s a lot to keep track of, mistakes happen. What matters is how we respond to them. In this week’s Lanark Era, it was reported that I “...would advocate at council to put a trunk line
Watch your mailbox, and if your voting letter doesn't arrive, call the Township! I received my letter at the post office this week, so I'm all set. But did you get yours? This is the first municipal election in which Elections Ontario, not MPAC, supplies
Tomorrow, September 30, film crews return to Almonte's Mill Street to shoot scenes for a new Hallmark-style movie, "Jingle Bells, Wedding Bells." This is nothing new for our next-door neighbour. Mississippi Mills has hosted close to a dozen film and TV productions in recent years,
Zero. That's how many Ward meetings have been held in Ward 4 the past four years. This isn't just a Ward 4 problem — it's happening across the township. Council members have talked about holding regular ward meetings in the past, but that hasn't translated
Let's cut to the chase. I've faced baseless, slanderous rumours in a politically-motivated attack. Here's the real story. In law, being charged with a crime is not the same as having committed it. That's what "innocent until proven guilty" means. In 2023 I was extradited to
They say the house always wins in Las Vegas. Walking into local politics in Lanark Highlands can feel much the same way, except instead of a casino floor, you're up against a procedural by-law, with rules seemingly built to make sure you, the citizen, always
People often think that having the same politicians on town council for a long time means stability. But when local leaders stay too long, experience turns into entitlement and complacency. When council members sit in the same seats for eight years or more, the town-hall
According to the Township's 2026 budget, the Water and Sewer Reserve sits at about $2M, down from the original $7.25M the province provided in 2007.[1] Roughly $3M of that has been spent since the current Council took office in 2022.[2] This begs a fair question:
Today, council seems to operate like a 1960s caretaker board. The apparent unspoken philosophy is simple: keep taxes low at all costs, ignore the future, and treat road maintenance and weekly garbage pickup as the beginning and end of local government. That “caretaker” approach isn't