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- 1374
Mayor Cleveland and Members of Cobourg Town Council
I am writing to express concern about division being fostered by recent actions by some members of Cobourg Council. I was disturbed by the Mayor's recent motion to ban Moms Stop the Harm and Green Wood Coalition from access to Municipal Grants, and grateful that the motion was defeated.
A recent Northumberland News article regarding the Health Unit's Harm Reduction Practices highlights the realities these organizations are experiencing and sets examples of the kind of collaborative work we need.
Drug strategy updated in response to toxic drug supply (link below)
Harm reduction is a key element in the Health Unit's ongoing efforts to manage a growing health crisis. These are the same harm reduction strategies that Moms Stop the Harm employs when they ensure that folks in Cobourg have access to safe supplies. (They do not provide access to illegal substances as some citizens and even politicians would have us believe.) They do meet folks where they are in their lives, offering a grass roots approach that may be more accessible for people at risk.
- 1574
Dear Mayor Cleveland,
I am writing to express concern with the lands I will call the Pebble Beach - Glen Watford Forest. The area is bordered by Glen Watford Road to the east, Canadian National Railway to the north, a private roadway to the west, and Lake Ontario to the south. This natural area contains a mix of seasonally flooded forest, a creek that drains into Lake Ontario, two meadows, some dry forest, and the remains of the house and outbuildings of the Tracy Estate.
To date:
- a petition has been presented to the Cobourg Town Council asking for the protection of the area as green space/parkland
- a presentation was made to the Committee of the Whole in September, 2023 by Adam Yahn to represent the petition signatories
- a presentation was made to the Public Works, Planning, and Development Standing Committee on April 3, 2024 by Adam Yahn requesting that the properties still owned by the Town of Cobourg within the area be donated to the Northumberland Land Trust
Read more: Open letter re Pebble Beach - Glen Watford Forest
- 2074
To: Town of Cobourg Council
Re: April 2, 2024 Motion to exempt GWC and MSTH from receiving any Town Grants.
Notwithstanding that the GWC strategically just withdrew their application for funding from the Town, we support the position of the Mayor and Councillors Mutton and Darling. We are adamantly opposed to that of Beatty, Burchat and Bureau as their votes do not pass the “smell test”!
My wife and I are responsible senior citizens living across from the Brookside encampment. This ongoing, ever growing and disgraceful mess drags down our town and adversely affects and frightens us. The market value of our home has been significantly reduced. Lawlessness (theft, break-ins and intimidation, etc.) have been normalized and addiction thrives here. A cultural shift has occurred where the rule of law is being ignored and the administration of justice is in disrepute. The GWC and MSTH and their well-known members directly and indirectly support, grow and enable this encampment and make excuses for the ensuing behaviour.
We believe that certain Councillors are failing to govern adequately for the greater good of the majority and that a hugely disproportionate amount of Town resources plus an ongoing acceptance of antisocial and often criminal activity are given to that minuscule group and their enablers who are ruining our town.
How sad a role model this is for the youth that call Cobourg home.
Keith Simpson
Cobourg
- 1438
So the Cobourg Police would like a new facility. Considering that its present headquarters is a century old, that is a reasonable request. But the $34.5 million price tag is certainly going to cause some controversy!
For a mere $9 million Brookside Youth Centre could become a Cobourg property. Situated on thirty acres and comprising both green space and fourteen buildings, might it be the answer to our policing needs?
Offices, interrogation rooms, holding cells, etc. could be built. Some of the buildings could be converted to low rental housing. The income generated could offset some of the cost of renovations, modifications and upgrades.
But forget about the firing range. Constructing it would be a waste of between $5 and $8 million!! There are several places in Northumberland where officers can practise their shooting.
The town buying Brookside sounds like a win-win situation. The only objectors are those who cannot think outside the box!
Gayle Carver
Cobourg