Mark your calendar's

... for May 5th. This Fall's provincial election comes to the new LFLA riding. Well, not really, but that's when our new MPP will be elected.

The contenders include Brent Cameron, Randy Hillier and my personal pick for the job, Jay Brennan.

Jay is a former businessman from Smiths Falls, and is currently executive assistant to Lanark Carleton MPP Norm Sterling. Solid business and political experience... in my mind, a slam dunk.

Especially considering the competition. I'm predicting a Hillier win, but in my opinion this would be a mistake. This is a perfect example of what I mean ... when Hillier announced his candidacy, I came across this little tidbit ... I wasn't going to mention it, but (and this is important) he put this on his website, so he's got to be proud of it ....


In the recent past under Hillier's direction the Landowners have:

-Opposed Clean Water Act and threatened to 'detain' officials protecting water sources;

-Opposed the Greenbelt and protection of 1.8 million acres of green space;

-Shot a deer dead, named it Leona (after then Environment Minister Leona Dombrowsky), then e-mailed graphic photos to the Premier and Minister of Natural Resources David Ramsay;

-"Pushed a police officer with a front-end loader, and almost dropped its bucket on the officer's head." (Ottawa Citizen, March 24, 2006);

-Opposed meat inspections and try to sell uninspected meat;

-Decried government support of "Quebec, Native, Arts, Homosexual, Urban and Multi cultures" while "stifling, suffocating and controlling... independent rural culture".

Is this really who the people of our area want representing them in the Provincial Legislature ?

Ummmm ... No Thanks.

One more reason not to nominate Hillier ... NEVER elect the guy the other side wants to win !!

In the end, I hope he gets the nomination. If so, he's guaranteed a seat. And with Hillier having a seat, we're all guaranteed a few good laughs. The man is just not a carny, he's the whole damn carnival.