Leaving it until almost the last possible moment, Jeff Leal announced Thursday morning that he will not seek a second term as mayor. It was a wise decision because it is unlikely that he would have won.

There is too much discontent among voters. There are at least three strong candidates running for the job among the seven who want it. A couple, one in particular, have already siphoned off many of the Liberal votes that helped put Leal in office last time.

And many of the pickleball players batting balls around Bonnerworth don’t even live in Peterborough.

Ah yes, Bonnerworth. You don’t ignore an 8,000-name petition thinking the issue will go away. It won’t. It has legs politically.

So too, does using strong-mayor powers to push through over council opposition a 52-unit six-storey Brock Mission project in the........

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