Who's coming today? Who cares?

You know what happens to your neighbourhood when an election contest is declared one of the tightest in province? Your neighbourhood gets invaded by every man or woman who ever yayed or nayed in the provincial legislature.
Ontarians go to the polls Oct. 10 but already I'm oh so tired of hearing that so-and-so is coming to such-and-such an event to bolster what's his or her name's campaign. That's old news. It's news when someone isn't coming.
Such visits should be seen for what they are -- uninteresting in the grand scheme of things, the only purpose of which is totally self-serving. Instead of strutting the concrete with a visiting political "dignitary," each of the five local candidates should spend every minute, every second, of this campaign, dealing with concrete of a different kind, as in providing concrete solutions to any one of the number of challenges plaguing Ontarians border-to-border. That's time well spent. That's something worthy of our attention.
Maybe it's early yet but it just doesn't feel like an election is in the offing. Outside of the numerous political heavyweights dropping by, there isn't any of the buzz that typically accompanies an election campaign. That will no doubt change but as of now, there's a body but no pulse. Call CSI.