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financial services 1u btteuiemujfmaj merry christmas anp many thanks act mtnwmmlrmot ure insurance amuma mn wcpremmnwhckrcma ubss 4712311 the tribune 172 bullock drive unit 31 markham 4718660 z2l vol 10 no 52 a metroland commumtvneivspaper- ttrpiiomscst happy holidays from your friends at the tribune recount widens win by mike ruta staff reporter a mayoral recount on thurs day reconfirmed the election of wayne emmerson as mayor of whitchurchstouffville his margin of victory actual ly increased from 73 to 78 votes emmerson was glad any doubts about the election had been erased im glad its over he said im looking forward to getting on with my job emmerson said he wished alles had requested a recount sooner after the november 14 election ive been put on hold for ten days and now weve got a job to do he said i wish it had been held three weeks ago alles said it was important the second tally be conducted i think the airs cleared now and the process will be much better for having done this he said i think the point here is that the process allows for and its in the public interest for every candidate to have a scrutineer emmerson said the recount proved that the poll clerks and deputy returning officers do their job maybe scrutineers arent needed he said referring to ward one candidate ray pre ston who recently said he had no scrutineers because he trusted the vote would be con ducted properly the new results show that mayor wayne emmerson fin ished with 2118 votes and doug alles ended up with 2040 electionnight numbers had emmerson with 2114 votes and alles with 2041 fran sainsburys total remained the same at 1355 votes and ken prentice lost two votes for a new total of 1284 photosjoerd witteveen laugliing at the library stouffville library winds down its year of entertain ment for children with a highly memorable play called searching for santa enjoying the program are alexan- few contested ballots der 4 and his dad brian powell the library has become a popular place for parents arid caregivers to find amusement for children the recount was- held at latcham hall with markham town clerk bob panizza filling in as recount- officer for clerk michele kennedy five counting stations were set up with roughly 10 ballot boxes assigned to town- appointed individuals all ballots were reviewed including those previously dis counted for various reasons candidates were permitted five scrutineers one per sta tion alles and emmerson both sent five scrutineers to latcham hall the recount took three and a half hours with panizza reconfirming emmersons election at 1230 pm panizza said there were a few contested ballots the majority of these were rejected on election night and were reexamined during the recount marshall stymied the province does not appear ready to budge on what they say is a conflict of interest involving ward 3 councillor mar- got marshall as a newlyelected councillor the ministry of the solicitor general says it is inappropriate for her to remain as a provincial appointee on the york region police services board the province has sent marshall a letter stating their posi tion and requesting her comments she wrote back this week to this day i do not understand what difference my letter would make said marshall you either have a policy or you dont larry cotter ford lincoln me new used cars leasing h today easy way to drive stouffville rd 3 x major mackenzie dr sba nffil ljf hwy7 000 0w-m- w90t i parts service parts 9056404566 small town atmosphere big city professionalism