by Ron Voss | Apr 29, 2022 | Cochrane
Presentations (Charter and Peckford letter) received by mayor Jeff Genung on April 27th, 2022. (Photo by Barry Blick.) On Wednesday, April 27th, Deborah Murphy and I had a brief meeting with Mayor Jeff Genung at the Ranche House as a follow-up to our previous...
by Ron Voss | Apr 13, 2022 | Cochrane
Cochranite Deborah Murphy was responsible for organizing the very first Cochrane Freedom Rally on Sunday, January 30, 2022, and the subsequent eight Freedom Rallies in Cochrane. On Wednesday, March 23rd, on the eve of the ninth Cochrane Freedom Rally, Deborah received...
by Ron Voss | Mar 12, 2022 | Cochrane
Being “kind and respectful of individual choice” sounds like a good idea. On September 14, 2021, Cochrane Now reported that The Town of Cochrane had no immediate plans to make vaccination mandatory for town staff. The Town’s Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Mike...
by Ron Voss | Dec 7, 2021 | Cochrane
Upon reviewing the draft budget presented to Council on November 8, my overall impression was that the primary objective of the budget was to increase the size of the Town’s bureaucracy. One thing we know about bureaucracies is that they have a desire and an...
by Ron Voss | Nov 4, 2021 | Cochrane
As reported by the Cochrane Eagle on September 20, 2021, “Town of Cochrane commits to Truth and Reconciliation, declares Sept. 30 a stat holiday”. This followed upon Justin Trudeau creating a federal statutory holiday through legislative amendments made by Parliament...
by Ron Voss | Sep 30, 2021 | Cochrane
All 19 candidates for Cochrane Town Council, as well as the current Mayor, Jeff Genung, who was re-elected by acclamation, were asked their position on three issues. The Preamble to the questions, read as follows: “In order to make an informed decision before I cast...
by Ron Voss | Jul 26, 2021 | Cochrane
A good example of a disconnect between what people say and how they act came to light during Cochrane Town Council discussions at a Committee of the Whole Meeting on May 17, 2021 about a draft Courtesy Flag Pole policy. At that meeting Councillor Marni Fedeyko...