From: https://consider-this.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/FINAL-Cobourg_Candidate_Comparison_2026.pdf

Randy Curtis’s take on the ECE bylaw:

“The Town of Cobourg's Emergency Care Establishment (ECE) By-law (By-law No. 018-2024) has become one of the most divisive pieces of local legislation in recent years. Introduced following Northumberland County's purchase and relocation of the Transition House emergency shelter to 310 Division Street, the by-law was intended to regulate emergency shelter operations within the municipality. However, its implementation has come at a significant cost to taxpayers and has created substantial barriers to providing essential shelter services.

The by-law restricts shelter capacity through extensive administrative requirements, strict licensing limits, and punitive enforcement measures. These regulations place a heavy financial burden on non-profit organizations and service providers. As an example, Northumberland County was required to commit more than $580,000 in additional taxpayer funding to bring the 310 Division Street facility into compliance with the Town's requirements.

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) and legal counsel representing Transition House have argued that the by-law creates discriminatory and cost-prohibitive barriers that limit access to emergency shelter services and negatively impact individuals experiencing homelessness. Rather than supporting vulnerable residents, the by-law has increased operational costs and reduced the
community's ability to respond effectively to housing insecurity.

Given its financial impact, regulatory burden, and the concerns raised regarding human rights and accessibility, the Emergency Care Establishment By-law should be repealed.”

That should put him on the new mayor’s Christmas card list.

We may have lost the battle, but we need to keep fighting. We must hold Cleveland accountable and continue to work to make Cobourg a better town for everyone. Be kind, be strong, be safe.

Who will it be?

1. Beatty
2. Cleveland
3. LeMarchant

Please vote before 8 PM!

Are we ever going to bring it back to life?

We need more stores in this town, like best buy, target, sunset records, hottopic more variety stores, less cafés and clothing stores maybe a book store like chapters town needs to spice it up.

On the eve of the election!? There's no other legitimate contender for Deputy Mayor (let's be serious) but this seems highly unusual.

Media Release - Cobourg Police Service Board - Chair Adam Bureau Announces Decision to Step Down

READ FULL RELEASE cobourgpoliceservice.com/media/

Adam Bureau has announced his decision to step down as Chair and continue serving as a Board member until his term concludes. Vice Chair Sean Graham will assume the role of Acting Chair until the Board’s elections take place, ensuring continuity in Board leadership.

What will come of this after the vote concludes? https://youtu.be/XrLacDMBmqM?si=eLqe0juDpk-62vM6

I live downtown and as I write this King Street is packed with families enjoying Trick or Treat day, where participating stores give out candy or other treats.

And it just irks me to see all these people sipping from their Tims and Starbucks cups while standing in front of downtown independent coffee shops as their kids run inside for free snacks.

It's not like we're lacking for choice down here when it comes to coffee.

Hi all,

I am the music director for the Northumberland Orchestra Society. Our 49th season is about to start with a Halloween-themed concert this Sunday.

We sincerely want to make it to 50 years so we would love your support by coming out to hear us.

The concert features brilliant works by Rachmaninoff, Mussorgsky, Mendelssohn, Saint-Saëns and more. This is a great concert for families and first-time attendees with a lot of familiar music, and the performance will be musically rewarding for seasoned guests, too.

We would love to see the house filled to help ensure we make it to our anniversary season next year.

Please join us at 3:00pm at Trinity United Church in Cobourg.

Thank you so much!

Today, the incumbent mayor of Cobourg, who has lived here since 2019, argued for free parking in Cobourg for the low season because "if Port Hope can have free parking, why can't we?"

Which is great, except Cobourg already offers three hours free parking, and parking in Port Hope costs $1.50 / hr.

Just wanted to share a disturbing incident that occured over the Labor Day weekend.

Long story short, my father in law is on a walker and needed to use the accessible bathroom so I walked him there. Upon opening the door, a staff member was sitting on the sink, pants around his ankles, facing the towards us, and appeared to be using the sink as a bidet/toilet.

Closed the door pretty quickly obviously. After a few moments, the staff member walked back into the kitchen after exiting the washroom.

Contacted the restaurant and they never called me back. Contacted their Head Office who investigated and confirmed an incident occured and that they coached and disciplined the employee.

They offered to comp the bill, which I found insulting given what had happened. I requested more than their offer of comping the bill ($160), which given the circumstances, I think was more than fair, and then they stopped replying.

Accountant David Dexter is the latest to endorse Mayor Cleveland. Mr. Dexter also accepted a $20,000 sole-sourced contract issued under Mayor Cleveland’s Strong Mayor Powers to assmeble and lead the budget task force last budget cycle. That directive can be found here. Of the 42 recommendations made by the task force, at most three were implemented in the budget.

The candidate who campaigned on transparency in 2022 should add some transparency and context to this endorsement.

I heard this morning that a body was found in Cobourg in some bushes and that the police were called when children reported something smelling rotten..

We were visited by the Cobourg Porch Wizard. What a fantastic idea!

You made our day!

It took under two minutes.

Everyone eligible should already have the PIN required to vote online. Get in there and vote. I (clearly) have my own preferences, but my greatest wish is that we have high voter turnout in this election. Democracy is best when it's participated in.

Information: https://www.cobourgvotes.ca/

A picture can be worth 1,000 words. What are these two pictures worth? Apologies for the marked-up original; the candidate in question pulled the post, but some diligent folks screen grabbed it and “enhanced” it.

I caught the last bit of the special meeting called by the Mayor last night.

It featured a heated exchange between him and normally-even-tempered Councillor Darling, who objected to his tone and questioning of the CAO and called the meeting the incumbent’s “dog and pony show”; earlier in the meeting, it was revealed that DM Beatty has refused to meet with the incumbent in private since last April, when he told her that she’d adopted her children as a PR move. Some time ago, Councillor Mutton said in a public council meeting that she will not meet with the incumbent in private because of his attitude and behaviour.

After the meeting, candidate Beatty joined candidate LeMarchant at the YMCA for a fireside chat and Q&A period which the Y delayed so that the special council meeting could take place; candidate Cleveland sent regrets.

An instructive glimpse as to what four more years under the current Mayor will be like.

Meeting video: https://pub-cobourg.escribemeetings.com/Players/ISIStandAlonePlayer.aspx?ClientId=cobourg&FileName=New%20Encoder_Special%20Council_2026-10-13-04-00.mp4

Soon-to-be ex-Mayor Cleveland was a no-show at last night's fireside chat hosted by the Y. Max LeMarchant and Nicole Beatty (who rushed there after the silly council meeting called by Cleveland) were there to answer questions and chat with voters. Is Cleveland coming to the realization that he cannot stand on his failures in office so far, or on his message of fear and hatred? Has he become self-aware?

If you have seen it I would welcome your thoughts. Lucas Cleveland was the only town official they interviewed - interspersed with shots of masked police officers with dogs and rifles at night hunting people down. Not a fan of Ford. Not a fan of Cleveland. But this… ain’t it.
https://www.tvo.org/video/documentaries/home

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