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7s mmmmm a special section introducing the candidates standing ror election in your municipality in the 2000 campaign the people tell us what they expect from by fred simpson t staff writer ove is a many splmteredthing when it concerns politicians and the public and it has never been more so than with local councillors at best its bittersweet despite this the siren call is put again as a convoy of incumbent and wouldbe pretenderstotfiethfone line up to parade their wares before the electorate and its an electorate that will be r assessing the qualifications and making demands in theweeks leading up to the nov 13eleiction i expect honesty from my council- lor was the lessthariallembracing comment from brian mettel of rickmond hilli dont expect them to run up unneeded expense accounts l mettel ajso wants his council repre sentative to keep him informedpartic- ularly on major issues l some matters should be put before the public for a referendum instead of them just sitting in council and voting on their own equally demanding or jaundiced if you- prefer is stevelaw of newmarket who wants councillors to keep morein touch with reality basi- cally ramermansittingin their office passing bills that wont dothe town any bdfe is he would also like to see more couri- ciuorejustjakirig a stroll down main stteet and sayirighi to people i ii here fofeightyears and i have once talked toa councillor i law graciously doesnt expect coun- ciljors to be brilliant he just waritslhem to be in touch with the people to talk about issues in between elections another rather sardonic note on politicians is sounded by brian king of vaughan who notes often youll have problems in your ward and a councillor will visit you arid then never follow jt up you dont see him for the next four years until ifs election time again he also feels a councillor has to be a good communicator i expect honesty from my councillor i dont expect them to run up unneeded expense accounts- you have to understand the issues in your area and- keepyour electorate informed thats very important also throwing out a lessthanunani mous vote of confidence for local politi cians is kim nasello of markham sometimes i think politicians will say anything to get in she says tsktsk nasello expects a job well done because we all work hard for our pay- cheques and i expect them to work hard fortheirs 1 when theyre out of the limelight they can get drunk if they want to but just dont do it on the job x ledo monti- of thornhill has had some complaints about- the towns r representatives inthe past but generally see our expectations page 18