Questions without answers

I spent the morning leisurely cleaning my stove top.I was guest at Heather and Andy's camp site. I didn't do any cooking but I  have done it for so long I still come  home with a new appreciation for the comforts of home.

I don't use steel wool pads to clean the enamel. It won't stand up to  scouring like original enamel.
 A stove could be a hundred years old and show no signs of wear.

I scrape the burned material lightly with the fine point of a sharp knife.It's slow but contemplative.
I like such tasks.My mind  can wander enjoyably without lighting on any item in particular.

I thought about  the  stream of photos Mayor Tony Van Bynen of  Newmarket is posting on Facebook.

Jackie  Playter, his best supporter  is doing the same. The Mayor is prolific in congratulatory messages to this group and that and very complimentary to his current Council.

Something  less but similar is going on in The Auroran with letters to the editor full of dire warnings
about who to vote for in the upcoming election.

I delete more than I publish  in my blog. This morning I published a comment from one who cannot recommend anyone from the current Council.

Well, I thought. There's gratitude for you. Using my own blog to cast me down. Probably thinks I'm
too stupid to realize the clever trick perpetrated against me.

The impact of internet is interesting. It makes a shambles of the requirement to declare election   expenses.

In a conversation with the clerk a few weeks ago, I was informed  signs left over from a previous campaign is an election expense and must be declared.

Really ,I thought. I already knew donated use of chairs for a gathering had to be priced and declared.

There would  be no actual expenditure but  a value had to be calculated and declared nevertheless.

Now then.... if a loaned chair  or collected, stored and re-used signs. which are not actually expenditures have to have a price attached  for  an audited declaration of  finances,what about a campaign conducted  on the internet that cost nothing but time?

What's to hinder a disappointed candidate or friend of such from filing a complaint  under the Elections Act against  a winner for spending more than allowed or declared ?

The biggest lament on the blog these days is lack of  credible candidates, particularly for Mayor.

The biggest irony is number of complainers versus numbers willing to throw a hat into the ring.

The field is  wide open . Any eligible voter is entitled to be a candidate.

The question that needs to be answered  therefore is why the choice is limited?

Why would the job not hold more appeal?

We live in a  compact, small community blessed with many natural resources.

Decisions are not complex.

Challenge   is not overwhelming.

It is simply to maintain and if necessary, improve services that must be provided.

And continue to provide a pleasing environment within ordinary means.

Once one battles one's way through the bafflegab, what's so hard about that