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Stouffville Sun-Tribune (Stouffville, ON), January 19, 2006, p. 18

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18 stouffvitte suntribune thursday jan 19 2006 whose head do you want to bite off its neck and neck you have two chores while you vote chew the head off a politician or sing like stompin tom more than 2000 canadians are having fun with a markhamdesigned election poll and a stourrvillewritten song response to markhams say what com munications gingerbread poll complete with its accompanying song suggests mon days election could be a tight threeway race of the 2000pius gingerbread voters 40 per cent support liberal paul martin 30 per cent back conservative stephen harper 27 per cent favour new democrat jack layton while three per cent pick bloc gilles duceppe the gingerbread poll launched before christmas has caught the attention of the media across the country its been everywhere from national news papers and television in toronto vancouver edmonton and sudbury said say what communications founder grant ivens with the help of stouffvilles ae mr ivens baked up the special poll meanwhile as a tribute to stompin tom connors the slime dogs a 10piece stouf- fville band wrote the lyrics to the good old voting game mr ivens his wife and two daughters are members of the slime dogs the gingerbread poll will remain open until election day jan 23 canadians can vote and nibble on the four federal political party leaders by visiting wwwsaywhatcom mr ivens reminds everyone to tap their foot when singing the good old voting game it goes like this hello out there were on the air its elec tion day real soon oh what despair its hardly fair to vote for these buffoons they hurl insults without results it all seems so inane then harper shouts youre corrupt get out and martin goes insane joan ransberry green gets to know markham markhamunionville green party candi date wesley weese doesnt believe absence makes the heart grow fonder a candid candidate the 56year old belleville journalist musician and farm resi dent admits he was parachuted in when no locals came forward rather than go through the motions by long distance or commuting the 100 kms mr weese committed to campaigning on the ground full time ive spent the better part of the campaign in the riding the rookie politician said the people have been very friendly except for a few grouches my daughter lives 15 minutes away and i stay there im new at this game and ive learned a lot mr weese is realistic about his role and chances in what has been a liberal strong hold since 2000 the green party isnt going to form the next government obviously he said my job is like being a motivational speaker telling people about our party creating awareness about green as a movement im also here to form an eda electoral district office will he return when the next election is called i would love to but i doubt thatll hap pen he said ive already run into many local people who said theyd run chris traber 2005 rontiac montana sv6 extended wheel base 7 passenger quad captains chairs air auto v6 awfwcd cruise pw pl side alrbags tilt steering and more 2 to choosestkj 15451sb 2000 biiick century v6 dualzone air conditioning automatic abs amfmcassette cruise power windows power locks tilt steering stkj 27571 6b or sblt 2003 chevy silverado 1500hd heavy duty crew cab 6 passengers 4x4 v8 air conditioning automatic amfmcd power windows locks and seat tilt steering 43800ots stkj 158086b 2003 honda civic sedan well equipped air conditioning automatic 17l engine amfmcassettecd cruise power windows power locks tilt steering 62000kms stkf 926001 b sx r3127s8 bl weekly or 1 997 pontiac grand am v6 air auto amfmcassette cruise pw pl stk 515607b 335 ior 45 su all sale prices are plus admin gas and applicable taxes biweekly payments are based ofi 85 apr 60 month term with s2500 down admin gas an0 applicable taxes m

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