EVENTS IN OUR TOWN
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ELECTION 2010
It's a good day to get involved in your community!
There are no Council or Committee meetings during the month of July. Enjoy summer!
Mon. August 9, 2010, Council Chambers. CoW Meeting , 6:00 pm and Council Meeting, 7:00 pm.
White Tail Ridge - What's all the noise about? Neighbours reported that on one day last week heavy equipment noise started before 6:30 am and, on SundayJuly 25 th, continued until 10:30 pm ! Diesel engines, rock crushing and incessant backing alarms of heavy equipment don't make for an enjoyable rest day in the summer.
More like quarry work than construction... the rats must not be happy being disturbed either... and where are they going to go? Buyers should probably check WTR marketing material for possible references to "abundant wildlife".
Councillor Garry Dalgity runs again in Almonte, promoting himself as an "experienced Councillor" and encouraging the next Council to cool its heels on spending, while at the same time continuing to advocate for the expensive Sewage Treatment Plant. Although it's not yet a race, Almonte ward now has four candidates for Council, with Phil Wood, Chris O'Brien and Bernard Cameron already signed up.
Candidates have websites! Candidates Shaun McLaughlin (Ramsay) and Phil Warland (Pakenham) both have compaign websites up and working. See below.
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Get involved in your municipal elections...
Get candidate information: See our "Information on Candidates" section below.
Follow what's being debated... on the MMRA's Yahoo Discussion group.
Volunteer to host Kitchen Table Meetings for neighbours and ward candidates. Download a copy of the MMRA's "Host’s Guide to Kitchen Table Meetings".
Youth can get quality community volunteer hours. Students can click here for details.
Watch your neighbourhood. New updates have been received. We post the OPP's Neighbourhood Watch statistics upon receipt. Click here for most recent data.. For the previous year see our Archives Page, under the "Finance, Taxes, Other" pane..
News about the Muncipal Elections
Who would be YOUR choice for Mayor? Take the online poll and see the results when you click "Finish"!
CANDIDATES:
The current candidate list is available from the Town's website. See the bottom of this page too!
Information Session for Candidates and their team will be held at the Municipal Offices on Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 7:30 pm.
How many votes do you need? See the 2006 Election results for a guideline.There were a total of 10,239 eligible voters in MM in 2006.
VOTER AWARENESS:
Review the MMRAs Election Issues Survey Results and the Canadian Gazette article.
Volunteer hosts for Kitchen Table Meetings have come forward in neighbourhoods in Appleton, Blakeney, Pakenham, Ramsay south and Ramsay north for dates tbd in August and September, 2010. More KTM hosts are needed. Download a copy of the MMRA's "Host’s Guide to Kitchen Table Meetings".
MMRA and community groups are proposing to host Town Hall meetings in July and August, 2010, particularly for new candidates.
The Hub sponsors All Candidates Meetings - one in each ward.
VOTING:
Internet and Telephone voting ONLY. Voters in Mississippi Mills will vote via the internet or by telephone, at any time between Mon. Oct. 18, 8:30 am to Election Day, Mon. Oct. 25. at 8:00 pm. Information and PINs will be mailed to eligible voters by Oct. 12. "Help Centres" will also be set up by the Town.
Will Internet/telephone voting increase voter participation? Mail-in balloting apparently did in 2003 and 2006. According to the Town Clerk, voter turnout in MM has increased from 42% in 2001, to 61% in 2003 (first year of mail-in voting), and 56% in 2006.
Contact the MMRA Board at info@mmra.ca if you’d like information about being a volunteer, a candidate, a Kitchen Table host, or something else.
INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR WARD CANDIDATES
Candidates are invited to post their public domain material (flyers, scanned articles, links, web / blog sites, etc) here. Email to webmaster@mmra.ca.
ALMONTE (4 positions)
PAKENHAM (2 positions)
RAMSAY (4 positions)
Phil Wood
Chris O’Brien
Bernard Cameron
Garry Dalgity
Phil Warland See Candidate's Website
Duncan Abbott
Denzil Ferguson
Jim Lowry
Shaun McLaughlin See Candidate's Website. July 22 EMC Editorials.
Paul Watters
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