Forget the book – I’m waiting for the TV movie…

As predicted by us local media types a few weeks ago, musing as we were over a beer on a Friday afternoon at the Huron Club, former Simcoe-Grey Member of Parliament, former Conservative, former Independent… Conservative, Helena Guergis intends to write a tell-all book on her adventures in Ottawa — presumably focused on what’s occurred […]

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Final thoughts on Decision 2011…

… and I’ll try to keep it positive. Maybe… But whatever you do, please don’t take this as an endorsement (or non-endorsement) for any of the candidates; these are just some idle thoughts that are absolutely not reflective of the opinions of the E-B. I think it’s still too close to call for Monday, in […]

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Grinding away at the campaign trail in Simcoe-Grey…

Last night’s all-candidate’s event in Thornbury hosted by the Blue Mountains Chamber of Commerce was a gas – 10 times much more fun than Collingwood’s, when we have to sit through the self-serving, elitist questions of the local media… Nope, instead, we get questions from the audience! About the Bilderburg Group! Nothing livens up a […]

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Could Greens come in third in Simcoe-Grey?

For the third consecutive Meaningless Simcoe-Grey Poll™, Conservative Kellie Leitch has come in first with about 39% support; Independent… Conservative candidate Helena Guergis was second with 24%. The real numbers story on Monday, though, could be where Green candidate Jace Metheral (only one ‘L’; I don’t know why I keep on wanting to write ‘LL’) […]

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The prediction comes true…

Former Collingwood mayor Chris Carrier turned out to be very prescient in his speech to Conservatives last month: the Wasaga Sun story claiming Kellie Leitch had sent out a “forged” endorsement letter by Warden and Beach mayor Cal Patterson would be in every mailbox in Simcoe-Grey, he warned. Sure enough, Carrier was correct, as on […]

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