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A2 - The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, November 14, 2006 Lee keeps regional council seat Lunau, Mowbray Barry Lee bas once agaîn gained tbe voters' support. And tbey in turu bave gained bis Qrespect. J ust moments after bis seventb termi on eounecil - and sixtb at tbe regional pos5t - Barry Lee had been deelared, the long-time councillor toucbed on perception versus reality witb regard to members of bis ever-growng urban constituency. Barry Lee Tony Lambert Frank Massara # votes 2065 1773 422 "Iond people in the new areas of town to be tbe complete opposite of wbat's been portrayed in tbe press. Tbey're positive and ambitious, not negative at ail,' said Lee, speaking to regular criticism dîrected at local issues and officiais via letters to the editor in Tbe Cbampion. "Tbey're tbe finest buncb of people. Ninety-five per cent ol tbe people Vve been in toucb witb love Milton." Siaiing tbai be anticipated a tougb raee after being acelaimed the last two elections, ihe veteran councillor said belIl continue to work bard to botb preserve rural Miltons identity and address the challenges of the urban areas' growing pains. Having offered a formidable chal- lenge in bis first crack at tbe regional seat, Tony Lambert is certainly keeping anotber run at council open for con- sîderation. "Sure, by aIl inians," be said witb an air of encouragement. ste Qd Qo p3 P'A aQ k& h QQWF CD.,tQQ I p,",Qy,<Q(SS) QQQ Q Q t-Q CDQ& dd * r em NO SECURITY DEPOSIT ON ALL 2006 AND 2007 LEASES. M 1I1I 10il fl 1L Iin 1tI 1 WARDS 1 à 3 (Regional) 1 ....... ..~~~ W%~d~~? jQ4 are re-elected in close Ward 3 race Cindy Lunau b*l]L q1q' bas maintained ber status as one of # votes tbe longest serving Jan Mowbray 992 wmnon town Cindy Lunau 991 council in recent Rick Matchet.t 822 memoty, but not quite ber distinction as rural Miltons top cboice. Tbat bonour was banded off to Jan Mowbray, wbo edged out ber veteran counterpart by a measly one vote - ending Lunau's run of first-place finisbes at tbree. Far from discouraged by being eclipsed last night, the now four-term councillor said sbe's pleased to be back for anotber four years and looks forward to seeing the impie- mentation of a number of projects, like the Brookville Park expansion and Destiny Milton 2. "Tbere's stili a lot of work to be done. 1 think the rural area is happy witb its representation. Tbey bad tbree credible can- didates to cboose fromn, and sometimes ifs just a shame you cant elect everyone," said Lunau, referring to anotber strong run offered by two-time challenger Rick Matcbett. Stepping up ber door-to-door eampaigning efforts tbis urne around, Mowbray said sbe actually visited every single rural borne and bas received plenty of feedback from tbe e- focus group sbe establisbed wben first voted onto council in 2003. Tbat level of availability no doubt factored beavily into ber solid return. It's great. l'm tbrilled Cindy and I will be representing Ward 3 for tbe next four years," sbe said. 'I tbink tbe rural residents sec us baving bonest, transparent representation on council, and tbe vote validates tbat." So wbaî's ber main objective for tbe next term? "Establisbing consistent speed limits on rural roads. Tbat's my priority" Incumnbents Day, Penmaný to serve another 4 years WVard I voters * bave decided to stay the course. # votes Veteran incurn- Rick Day 1232 bents Rick Day B.rian Penman 1094 and Brian Penman Mk let10 bave botb been Mk let10 returned to coun- Greg Nelson 952 cil, fending off Eugene Cummins 186 some stiff compe- tition tbis time around. Milton's longest-serving councillor, Day will now sec bis politîcal career stretcb past the quarter-century mark. "I1t goes by fast tbougb, "be explained. I told (challenger) Mike Cluett uonigbî ibat four years goes by in a blink. Its an bonour to be back. Ifs always nice wben your message gets aeross to tbe electorate and tbey trust you to represent tbeir interests." Wbile generally pleased witb tbis falîs campaign - including wbat be called a bigb road taken by ail Ward 1 can- didates - lie did express disappointment witb the 23 per cent voter tumout in bis area. Ibhat type of apatby us discooraging,' said Day; wbo becaine a bot button issue in thc latter stages of tbe tam- paign. Equally pleased to be voted in for anotber term, Penman remarked on just bow mucb bis ward bas cbanged in recent years - and bow Ïiih ave to be looked at differently as it continues to grow "Public consultation wiII be tbe way," be said. "As Ward 1 becomes more and more urbanized, the issues of tbese areas need attention." Maintaining tbe rigbt balance between urban and rural Milton is among Penman's cbief priorities, as weII as contin- [MI LTO N ý,'.e,à»TOYOTAý]