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Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 10, 1982, p. 2

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Page 2 SECTION A Pomeroys back sos Hill HALTON HILLS COUNCILLORS 198285 J MAYOR REGION TOWN Pete secured a third term as mayor of Hallon Hills Monday night with a landslide victory over Glen Mc Keiuie who ran a cam Star symbol indicates reelected incumbent PETE del GlcaMcKeuiJc WARD ONE WARD TWO MILLER ACCLAIMED SHELDON TOM HILL 173S 1115 def Jake ISM Peter Norton WARD THREE JOHN MCDONALD ACCLAIMED PHILCARNEV WARD FOUR MIKE ARMSTRONG del Mike Row I Carney are in town mol exciting election nee Monday The victors Finn and Poll Carney both residents of the community were followed Jim Akers Tbe three pulled away from contenders Jim Young and Dave retail ve- tyaartyaspollbypolftalliescameui There were a number of momenta when Mr Carney and Mr were apart by jut a handful of votes Mr and Mr Carney earned over rotes apiece with the former ending up on top of the count by votes after all of the Ward polls reported Mr Akers finished a very close third with mas Im that Ward 3 bucked me Mr Carney There were things that I talked about with residents and I wont forget about Ihem when I get on couacU Mr Carney added that it good for council to have a few changes and proves that democracy Is working properly at the municipal level I happier about being elected ban acclaimed Mr Carney said Ira Just nappy that so many people nave faith In me 1 wont let them Mr Poulstrup attributed a large share of his victory to the wellorganized campaign which he and about IS other people ran Now be plans to attend a few council meetings before new council takes over getting better idea of bow the administration handles municipal matt era I want to watch and see bow council operates be before getting Into the fray myself The reason Tor tbe close race he said was hard work of the three front runners noting that they frequently crossed paths campaigning door to job creation and tourism promotion Of the almost II votes cast in the mayor ally race the first in four years Mayor Pomeroy was acclaimed in the incumbent picked up three times as many While some observers doubted the seriousness Mr McKenxies cam he managed to squeeze votes most from Acton his Hometown The Herald was unable to reach Mr McKenue as of presstlme Tuesday A ward by ward tally shows hat Mayor picked up votes to Mr McKenne 983 votes in Acton Bonnette wins in Ward 1 Wllh only one vote separating Ihem in day nights unofficial tally incumbent Ross Knechtel and poll rookie Rick make up the new local council team for Ward 1 Acton Acton voters stuck to their incumbents where possible reelecting both regional Coun Dave Whiting and Coun Knech tel who rode comfortably Into his third term of office 1089 voles Right behind him was Mr the 27 year old owner of Acton Travel whose common sense approach to municipal politics plus a lot of hard work earned him 1088 votes He replaces Terry who retlr at the end of this term at least for the time being Among the defeated contenders only former councillor Esther Taylor trying for a comeback after almost SO years came close She polled votes in the unofficial count compared with Bruce votes and Dennis Dcvines votes I feel bad about the challengers Mr Bonnette commented Monday night In the midst of a victory celebration with friends Theyre all good people all with good ideas I sort wish they all could ve gotten in Mr Bonnette and Coun Knechtel were at Acton arena that evening watching the results come in Acquainted through the formers downtown business they 11 Join council other veterans and new faces trying to hold tax to a minimum some thing Coun said was requested of him time and again during the campaign Also crediting door canvass for his reelection Knechtel said the 198285 council will have to seriously look for pro jects and programs it can cut next year in order to save taxpayers money It was clear to me from the people I spoke to that they want taxes kept to a minimum he told The Ho raid Even though the town Is responsible for only a quarter of the taxes council will have to be very careful from now on Among several con cerns Mr Bonnette ex pressed hope he can final ly do something about a minor but nevertheless irritating problem many Actonians have complain about since regional ration the fact that town works department employees who live in Acton must travel to Georgetown every morn ing to punch a time- clock before returning to their actual Jobs in Acton Sharing a quiet moment together In the midst of latenight celebrations Monday were Irene reelected to a second term as Hal ton separate school trustee and husband John The couple watched returns posted at the Alcolt Arena ball reassured In the course the evening that Mrs had withstood challenges from Tom Simmons and Irene Wood Public school trustees Arlene Bruce and Betty Fisher alto won reelection while former councillor Dick Joins school board as Ward representative Herald photo by An the Mayor earned votes to Mr McKeniles voters In Georgetowns Ward supported Mayor Pomcroy while voted for Mr McKenxie and Mayor collected 359 votes In Ward to Mr At a celebration party held afterwards at Georgetowns Chateau Restaurant Mayor told The Herald that the mayoralty vote and Mr share of It Is a sign of times People are cot pleased with polluciana in general as they see unemploy ment grow and their pay cheques buy less Mayor commented Ho said that this kind of personal pressure real dents experience was reflected in the election despite the two previous administrations strong recordsof fiscal restraint and low tax increases Mayor suggested that there was some voter confusion in the local council races Many of the issues dis cussed in local campaigns concern regional govern he said yet three of the town s our regional councillors were acclaim The issues next time around will be regional he said They should have been this time Meanwhile Mayor agreed council faces one of its toughest terms Budget and tax restraint remain priori ties but questions linger about how long council can uphold them while maintaining the towns level of service lo which residents have long since grown accustomed Whiting tops poll Running a positive campaign paid off re elected Ward 1 regional councillor Dave Whiting told Tho Herald Monday night Rather than knocking things and other dates I ran a positive campaign and kept It clean the 34year old councillor said He beat out Vlnce and Ed Wood or the seat This will be Mr Whit second term repre senting Ward 1 and he said campaigning had brought him In touch with peoples complaints I knocked on all doors myself and did a mailing list this year Mr Whiting said explain ing that ho wasnt able to get Into some Acton build ings where a lot of seniors live to distribute handouts and so he relied on his mailings to reach them Mr Whiting found out election results at the Acton arena Monday night then went home to celebrate with campaign workers Among the issues brought out by his const tucnts was the shortage of things for teens to do in Acton Mr Whiting said He also heard concern over slop signs In Issues bring Hill back locations and said the town hall issue is still alive in peoples minds The biggest one had to be policing and taxes Mr Whiting said Well have lo really bite the bullet on tax res train I He said with prov ince cutting back more and more Itll be very difficult at the regional level balance Ihe need for more police protection with dropping the amount of money collected from taxpayers My suggestions on how to increase police protection without In creasing police numbers would be to use part time retired people to enforce bylaws instead of he police ho said SEPARATE SCHOOL TRUSTEE SEPARATE SCHOOL DELEGATE MARK BRADLEY Tony HALTON HILLS TRUSTEES PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD Elected barely 12 hours earlier Tom Hill said Tuesday morning he could hardly wall for the new council to convene because he has some serious questions he wants answered for the benefit of his constituents For the next three years hell be working with fellow local Sheldon and region Miller look after the municipal affairs affecting the town a rural residents While Coun Sheldon re elected for her second term picked up the lion a share of the A rural voles cast Mr Hill garnered a respectable show of support for his return lo politics after a four year absence Before he was defeated by Pete the mayoralty race Mr Hill had a colorful 13year history in local politics serving as councillor deputy reeve and reeve of township and later becoming Hal ton Hills first mayor Now he lakes over from George Maltby who retired from politics this year after representing residents for ten years Mr Hill told The Herald that residents have con cerns about the high taxes they pay for living In the rural area although they receive few municipal services Roads be added are also a constant sore In area He uld be can work well with Coun Sheldon shes a rural person too and be likes the threeyear term because it allows time or ftedgl politicians lo not only get their feet wet but eventually add under standing voles to council decisions Coun Sheldon who spent a good deal of Monday night tit the up in the Gordon Alcott Arena In Georgetown said It very important for dates get out and meet the people While campaigning I found out that people arent so concerned about what I think but what they want Is somebody who can listen she said WARD 1 WARD 2 34j BRUCE DICK BETTY Bert Jim Kenile Richard Clarke IU2 HALTON HILLS HYDRO COMMISSION MEMBERS DOUG MASON Mil Wllf McEacbern HURT ALLISON ACCLAIMED abtennant Ralph Fletcher BILL SMITH ACCLAIMED

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