Shame and Arrogance of NB Power
How is it possible that a corporation owned by the taxpayers of New Brunswick is allowed by our elected government to conduct its affairs with total disregard for the safety and personal property of those same taxpayers? How has this corporation been allowed to steal our very livelihood and...
Flood Mitigation Study Report – An Insult to Perth-Andover Flood Victims
Well, we finally got our report – right on schedule I might add. What a colossal waste of taxpayer money and valuable time! Our government insisted from the start that this report was absolutely essential and would serve as the basis of action so that the plight of our...
How did we get to this point?
I received an email just recently from a lady who wrote “My house survived this flood with just 7 feet in the basement… a couple more inches and it would have been on my main floor.” My first reaction was boy, did you dodge a bullet and you were...
Scamsters & Con Artists
From the editor… Conning innocent and naïve folks out of their hard earned bucks has been a perennially popular method to rob people while avoiding all that drama that a stick-up entails. The con artist gets the money, the victim gets robbed and frequently also gets a little moral...
From the Editor…
The Perth-Andover Rotary Club invited me to speak about the Blackfly Gazette at their Monday lunch meeting last week. I got to explain a bit about how and why Jonny and I created this local newsletter. I thought I’d write a bit about that here for our readers, to...
On Citizens, Idiots & Politicians….
A comment I ran across somewhere not long ago said the word “idiot” originated in Greece and meant “someone not interested in politics.” That was pretty funny, I thought, and so I made myself a little sticky note to check that out sometime. The time came for me to...
Be Careful What You Ask For…
Many times we look to Governments for leadership only to be disappointed with the result. When it comes to community involvement in being as self sufficient as possible, we the public will have to take the lead. In the Harper Government’s rush to turn the keys to Canada over...
Why I Hate “Survivor”
From the editors… I know I know, bazillions of people think “Survivor” is the greatest thing since the invention of the wheel. Personally, though, I can’t bear to watch it. It celebrates all that is venal, selfish and cruel in the human psyche. To “win” on this “show”...
From the Editors….
Life goes on no matter what circumstances folks find themselves in. We are a resilient and hardy breed of souls and no matter how harsh our lives become, humans have always been able to survive because we have HOPE. Well, we’re all sure hoping to get some answers from...
From the Editors…
As I sat in the waiting room of the clinic recently, another woman nearby was carrying on a fairly loud conversation with an acquaintance she had just run into. I was tuned out, as it was none of my beeswax, until she began talking about her shopping routine. Promoting...