By Pepper Parr
September 30th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
It didn’t take Ward 2 Councillor Lisa Kearns to move back into her photo op mode.
She did a photo op with a really pathetic sign nailed to the northern wall of Spencer Smith Park. Many, perhaps most people, don’t know that the Park was named after Spencer Smith who came to Canada as a xxx in xxx
He ran a grocery store on Brant Street and was Chair of the Horticulture Society, which at the time was the most influential group of citizens in the city.
That was at a time when Burlington grew produce that was shipped around the world.
148,000 plus of these benches have been sold. Burlington installed its first yesterday.
Later the same day, Kearns slipped over to the Pier to celebrate the installation of a yellow bench. It’s supposed to make you feel better when you are depressed.
Kearns has been out of the country, serving as one of the Canadian team of people visiting Africa on behalf of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, part of a program funded by the federal government and delivered by FCM.
If we can catch Kearns between photo ops, we will ask her how the trip went. She did tell us that the story about her trip is on her Facebook page.
For the person who is the Deputy Mayor on Engagement issues – referring to a Facebook page isn’t really up to par. Was there a pun in there somewhere?
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