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VOTE
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Jamie
McCallum
strong representation,
strong leadership
for councillor
Morris-Turnberry
On October 25th VOTE
PAUL GOWING
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MUNICIPAL ELECTION 2010Better relationships needed in Central Huron
JIM GINN
After serving two terms totalling seven years as a councillor for Central Huron, Jim Ginn is
running for reeve of the municipality.
Ginn is running for reeve because he feels that communication in the municipality has been
a problem. He says he would like to improve communication and eliminate what he calls “the
current reeve’s refusal to communicate council’s policies and actions.”
He says that change is needed and new blood is good and could help provide a fresh
perspective.
He said the most important issue going forward for Central Huron is council spending. Ginn
says that spending has been another communication failure of the current council. He says he would like to finish
projects that have already begun and then move on to supplying other services like paving and re-paving roads. He
would also like to review all of the municipality’s current fire service agreements.
His personal goal is to improve communication in both directions, explain the use of government stimulus dollars
and provide value to the citizens for their tax dollars.
PAM STANLEY
Current East Ward Councillor for Central Huron Pam Stanley has decided to run for the
deputy-reeve position after current deputy-reeve John Bezaire’s announcement that he will not
be running in this year’s election.
Stanley has served on Central Huron Council since the last election in 2006. She has also
worked extensively with the Huron Business Development Corporation, Ontario Agri-Food
Education and Women and Rural Economic Development.
She has also worked with the Clinton BIA, Sloman School on Wheels Museum, the
Bluewater Recycling Board, Drinking Water Quality Management Systems and the Central
Huron Community Complex.
Stanley has decided to run once again in order to complete several major projects from her first term. She has also
listed a 10-point priority list which includes the completion of the Clinton Fire Hall and the Central Huron
Community Complex, a review of the use of facility space, the development of lakeshore projects, a reassessment
of the costs of fire boundaries and agreements, changes in EMS and development of the Emergency Services
Training Centre, the development of REACH in Clinton, work with Huron Planning, support for commercial and
residential property retention and expansion and team building with the county’s other eight municipalities.
Her personal goal is to continue the healthy development of working relationships on Central Huron Council as
well as at the Huron County level.
DAVE JEWITT
With the departure of current deputy-reeve John Bezaire, Dave Jewitt hopes to claim the
position.
Jewitt served as a councillor and the deputy-reeve for the Town of Clinton between 1994 and
2000. He has also been a member of the Bluewater Recycling Association’s board of directors,
a member of the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority and a member of the Clinton Power
Corporation.
Jewitt is seeking the position because he wants to increase the engagement and transparency
in his local level of government. Jewitt says he wants to utilize social media to message
council’s directions to ratepayers.
Jewitt says he feels the most important issue going forward for Central Huron is clear communication between
council and the citizens as to why decisions are being made, background on the issues and the long-term benefits
of the decision to the municipality. He also thinks it’s important to have a long-term strategic plan in place.
Jewitt’s personal goal is to be an effective deputy-reeve and champion all areas of the municipality. He says he
will make decisions which are in the best interest of the long-term growth and sustainability of the Municipality of
Central Huron.
KAUSHIK PATEL
Running for the position of East Ward Councillor for Central Huron is Clinton’s Kaushik
Patel.
While he has no previous political experience, Patel feels that his experience as a local
business-owner will help with the position of councillor, should he be elected. He says he
knows the needs of the people and wants to serve the community.
Patel decided to run because he wants to help the municipality take a step in a new direction
and he wants to serve the community at a political level. He says he has a university degree in
commerce, specializing in accounting and administration, which will help with the day-to-day
running of the municipality.
Patel feels the most important issue facing Central Huron is its appearance. He says he would like to help improve
how the municipality looks. He would like to see Central Huron cleaned up and he would like to see roads improved
as well.
He says he will not stop working until his aforementioned goals are achieved.
JEFF STOLL
Jeff Stoll is running for the position of East Ward
Councillor for the Municipality of Central Huron and
says that he hopes to make a difference in the
community, rather than simply observe, complain and
do nothing about it.
Stoll has no previous political experience, but says
that he will make it his number one priority to ensure
that the new community centre in the municipality is
completely paid for and that no additional burden be
placed on the ratepayers.
His personal goal is to make an impact on municipal government in the
area in which he lives.
BERT DYKSTRA
Incumbent Central Huron Reeve Bert Dykstra has
decided to run for the position once again.
He has served two terms as reeve of Central Huron
and served nine previous years on Goderich Twp.
Council and has been with Central Huron Council
since amalgamation.
Dykstra says he wants to continue the projects he
and his council worked on in the previous term and to
ensure that they meet their full potential. Projects he is particularly
interested in are the community complex, the new fire hall and REACH in
Clinton.
Dykstra says the most important issue for the municipality going forward
is to maintain current tax rates and keep them at an affordable level while
attracting new businesses and investment opportunities to the area.
Dykstra’s personal goals are to continue to serve the community as he has
for nearly 20 years. He hopes to improve communication with the
ratepayers of Central Huron and begin work on a strategic plan that would
set goals and objectives for the municipality over the next four years and
beyond with plenty of public consultation.
He wants to continue to investigate providing services to lakeshore
residents who live west of Hwy. 21, which is he says is an area of interest
for potential future growth.
Running in the West Ward are
Brian Barnim, Dorothy
Beuermann, Bruce Holst, Alison
Lobb and Burkhard Metzger.
Running for Avon Maitland
District School Board Trustee are
Robert Hunking, Pam McLellan
and Wilhelmina Laurie and
acclaimed as Huron Perth Roman
Catholic Separate School Board
Trustee is Jim McDade.
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