The Citizen, 2010-10-21, Page 33THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2010. PAGE 33.Continued from page 1businesses.Seili said that he chose to stepdown from the mayoral race becauseof other commitments, but that he
still wanted to be involved with the
municipality. He listed the
accomplishments of council under
his watch, including the Huron East
Health Centre in Seaforth and said
that one of the biggest challenges
going forward will be the provincial
government “ramming stuff down
our throats”.
“We have to stand up and fight for
our community,” Seili said. “We’re
not second-class citizens and we
need to make school boards and the
province accountable for their
actions”.
Walton’s Chris Lee, candidate for
deputy-mayor, said that there is
much more to him than motocross,
which he acknowledges is what
many people in the area know him
for. He has worked extensively with
the Huron Business Development
Corporation and Huron County in
small business development and says
that will help him, should he be
elected. He also cited his work withthe Huron community Family HealthTeam and the Gateway Rural HealthResearch Institute.He said he was interested in
running for the deputy-mayor
position because of the “middle
ground” that it would afford him. He
would be able to be in a position
where he could oversee the council,
but he would also be in a place
where he could express his opinion,
something the mayor is unable to do
during the discussion of an issue.
His competition, current Seaforth
Councillor Joe Steffler, says he has
experience with all of Huron East.
He was born in Grey, lived in Walton
for a long time and now makes his
home in Seaforth.
Steffler said the three issues he
sees as major going forward are the
declining population in rural
Ontario, the closure of Brussels
Public School and the Brussels
Library.
Mayoral candidate Bernie
MacLellan said that while ratepayers
may be concerned in his opinions,
it’s his job to run the meetings,
govern over council and ensure thateveryone has their say, but when itcomes to issues, the mayor doesn’tvote. MacLellan said he will do hisbest to uphold and defend council’s
decisions after they have been made
and to be a voice to the press and the
public, as well as to Huron County
Council.
MacLellan’s competition, Paul
VanderMolen said that he believes
the mayor should be out in the
community as much as possible,
hearing the concerns of the citizens.
“I’m creative and enthusiastic,”
VanderMolen said. “And I like to be
involved.”
The question period was opened
by a question for the four mayoral
and deputy-mayoral candidates
asking what strengths they believe
they would bring to Huron County
Council.
MacLellan said that he already has
years of experience with Huron
County Council and that he knows
how it works in Goderich.
He said the downloading of
bridges to the municipality has been
tough, but that he feels he has
worked out a way that the costs canbe spread out over the next 16 years.Lee said he plans on listening a lotand talking a little, at least for thefirst little while as he learns the
ropes. He cited his self-employment
as an asset, knowing how to network
and negotiate, which he feels will
help him at the Huron County
Council table.
The issue of the Brussels Library
was raised once again and Blaney
said that he wants to do what the
people want to do.
Stretton said he is open to looking
at anything, but that a viable option
would be to save the Carnegie
building, while linking a new library
with renovation and expansion at the
Brussels, Morris and Grey
Community Centre, which would
result in improved recreation
facilities and increased usage at the
library (as a similar experiment had
done in Howick).
Seili said he would have liked to
see the new library built a year ago.
Pam McLellan, who is running for
a trustee position on the Avon
Maitland District School Board, was
asked about further school closuresin Huron East, which she said shewould not support. She said thatunfortunately the “deck is stacked”against Huron County, with Perth
County having five members on the
board, while Huron County only has
four members, but that she would
not vote for another closure in Huron
County, but especially in Huron
East.
Incumbent board trustee
Wilhelmina Laurie said that Huron
East should be able to breathe easy
and that there should be no more
closures in the area in the
foreseeable future.
Robert Hunking, who is also
running for the board’s local trustee
position, said that funding continues
to be a big problem for the school
board. He said that he would not
necessarily be against closing
another school in the area and that he
would vote for it if it was the best
situation for the board.
Hunking, however, did say that he
wants more transparency in the
Accommodation Review process,
which he felt was missing in Blyth.
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