By Pepper Parr
BURLINGTON, ON September 1, 2011 The email started with: “I’ve decided to leave well- enough alone” which meant that Casey Cosgrove was not going to be a candidate in the forthcoming provincial election. He would have run as an independent, something not done very often.
Cosgrove was a candidate for Ward 5 during the 2006 municipal election where he came in second – just 480 votes behind Rick Goldring who then went on to become Mayor in the 2010 election.
There will be no election signs with the name Casey Cosgrove on the lawns of Burlington homes.
“I will use my energies in the fall” said Cosgrove “to start a foundation ( connected to cancer support for young families), and may blog in my own straight- shooting way on the election , and try to connect Burlington voters ( more aimed at traditional non- voters) in that way.
I will also take up the offer and opportunity to share whatever support, ideas that I can to our Mayor and his team in an ongoing and informal manner.
A good one got away on us.
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