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 | 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...