All Entries in the "Steve Campbell" Category
Power, Purpose, Principle and Vision
I know from responses to my Times columns and countylive.ca blogs that Word on the Street works pretty well according to its original purpose: To get people talking. I have my fans, and I have my enemies, and that doesn’t really matter. The only thing that matters is to get intelligent people thinking about […]
A County Council Report Card
After trying to tear down the cellulose-ridden bureaucracies of the provincial and federal governments, it’s time to turn my attention inward. As Harper’s Tories groan under the weight of their own free-wheeling scandals, and spin doctors stay awake at night trying to find a way to make their renegade cohorts look acceptable in the press, […]
The Great Canadian Sell-Out
As a column writer, it never ceases to amaze me that people will read one sentence, or one word, and run off with it in a different direction. On the countylive.ca blog, I was under attack for a reference about shopping at Dollarama, from a blogger concerned that I was promoting buying cheap imported goods. […]
Criminal Minds meets Government
In a surprising move, after the appearance of last week’s column, I got a phone call from the Government of Ontario, asking me to do a psychoanalytical assessment of the province’s actions so far. I’m actually the perfect choice for the job, as I have some personal experience with mental instability, plus I just […]
The Devil and the Deep Red/Blue Sea
A New Year is upon us and, if human nature is still the guiding factor, we will repeat all of the mistakes we have made in the past, and then make up excuses for why we are not getting any smarter with age. If there’s a God in Heaven, I hope the debt-building disasters and […]
Bye Bye, Turtle, Bye, Bye
Leave it to Conroy and The Times to keep a watchful eye on the Ostrander Point debacle, as noted in the last issue. I think everyone in the County would like to see an end to the ongoing debate about Wind Turbines but, like the wind itself, you never know when it’s going to come […]
Knowing where to draw the line
Sorry for the long absence … it’s been a hectic year. I have completed cataract surgery and I highly recommend it to everyone, even if you have no eyesight problems. I can now see clearly – visually if not mentally. Due to the delay, I hope I’m in time to make some comments on the […]
It’s not about power; it’s about control
I haven’t given up on the concept of County Independence. Ironically enough, I was distracted by the several attacks by our Provincial Government on our County way of life. Maybe that was the plan: “Let’s keep those annoying dull-witted sod-kickers busy by threatening their entire south shore with IWTs, and cutting the heart out of […]
The Turtle that roared and other stories
Well, it looks like a few things have happened while I was trapped in my shop! First up, of course is the story of how Mighty McGuinty – who is running away from scandal so fast he is now just a dot on the horizon – was beaten by a tiny little slow moving turtle. […]
Come The Revolution …
This is not a column about Industrial Wind Turbines. Sort of. And it’s not a column about the rape and death of PEC Memorial Hospital. Sort of. It’s a story about what has gone wrong with Ontario and Canada. If you’re an innocent man standing at the gallows with a rope around your neck, and […]
