We need Superheroes on Thursday at the Special Council Meeting, Councillors with ‘cajones’ who will not buckle under the threat of the “Ontario Land Tribunal” and be able to see through a motion designed to delay. The motion to be debated on Thursday afternoon will be motion to discuss whether to implement an Interim Control Bylaw. Unfortunately the people who...

Surprise, surprise, surprise! 1210hrs This announcement hit my facebook feed a couple of minutes ago, and now we are waiting, with bated breath, for the Special Meeting agenda to hit the website calendar.  The question we have at the BR is simple, can we take this seriously from a Mayor has a record of pushing for more development or from...

Cobourg has had online voting, in some form or other for many years.This year is different, it is online only. Gone are the paper option and the phone option. Nobody has explained why but we can tell you it is not a good change. When I first entered politics there were over forty polling stations in Town – all paper...

In a previous post (read it here) we at the BR posited that an Interim  Control Bylaw (ICB) should be put in place to control the development of 202 Second St because of its impact on the Municipal parking situation. Now in the light of three planning applications, each one containing density levels never seen before in Cobourg an ICB...

A recent email obtained by the BurdReport from one of Cobourg’s candidates for Mayor – Max LaMarchant lays out a compelling case for the sudden rush of Zoning Bylaw Amendments by developers working in Cobourg. Three development applications in three months with a multitude of high-rise buildings that if ever built will change the character of Cobourg, as we know...

Just received this email from Mr Cleveland: On 8/10/26 3:17 p.m., Lucas Cleveland wrote: Dear Ben I know you were very interested in this so I wanted to make sure you were the first one to know that I put my paperwork in to be Mayor of Cobourg just today.  I went up 3 minutes ago.  Kindly  Lucas Cleveland

16 days to register and we have two more Candidates added to the list and one potential Candidate sitting on the fence electioneering from the Mayor’s office – official letterhead n’all. First the latest Candidate for Mayor – Max LaMarchant, local businessman and longtime property developer, he has since sold that side of the business and now concentrates on building...

This is the concept plan for the “Brookside” property.  The Proposed Development consists of the elements: • Creek Corridor: 2.71 hectares • Development Area: 9.54 hectares • Public Parkland: 0.26 hectares • Private Roads: 1.29 hectares • Total Area: 12.25 hectares Within the development area the Proposed Development accommodates the following conceptual mix of uses and housing opportunities: Housing •...

The public comments at the recent Council Meeting about the rezoning application for 202 Second St. brought forth a couple of people saying the same thing. But the most passionate and cogent comment came from former Mayor John Henderson. In his estimation, using his vast local knowledge of the Town, he told the Council that if this application goes through...

And I am convinced the fix is  in! The Planning consultant for the Town is all for it, The Development Division is all for it and the Mayor wants to kill the proposal right now – knowing that would be a fast-track to the Ontario Land Tribunal (OLT), where developers win 90% of the time. Eight storeys is a done...