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.
“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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