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PAGE 16—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1977
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Five candidates for mayor give their views
(The News -Record, as a
public service, has offered
free space to the candidates
to reach the voters in the
upcoming municipal election
next Monday, M.arch 7.
AC 'opinions arae strickly
those of the candidates and
thiS paper assumes no
responsibility for errors or
omissions.)
by Bill Crawford
First, I would like to ex-
plain a little of my
background. I moved to
Clinton some ten years ago. I
am married and have five
children, two married and
three at home.
I have been very active in
our community in the past
eight years. I sat on Council
in Clinton in 1970-72. I have
been on the Industrial Board
for eight years, and on the
Recreation Committee for
four years serving as both
Arena Chairman, and Parks
Chairman. I'm also involved
with the Fire Area Board, at
the present time as secretary -
treasurer. I chaired the
Winter Carnival on two oc-
casions for two years, and
found it very rewarding.
I am employed by. the
Ontario Federation of
Agriculture as a fieldman tin
Huron County. Some of my
responsibilities consist of the
activities of the 16 Township
Federations, in which I work
in very close relationship
with the elected people. 1 also
co-ordinate the activities of
Huron County Federation,
which represents in excess of
2,000 members.
Clinton has many major
problems, to name a few of
them: -
There has been some
discussion in the news media
that there will have to be
some major repairs to the
arena. This is the year we pay
off the debenture on the
arena, however, there are
problems with the floor and
thereis' talk of some major
expansion. I am concerned
that the people involved will
have every opportunity to
participate in the decisions to
be made in regards to our
arena.
Another major problem
coming up this year is. the
Senior Citizens Recreation
Centre. I feel that this has to
be discussed; and I feel it
would be my responsibility to
find some way of finding out
what the people think about
this problem. There are
several ways of doing this. A
plebiscite, which is costly, a
telephone poll to see what
people's opinions' are, and
then also the news media
could be used.
Another main issue is our
hospital. I hope we are not
naive enough to believe that
the hospital has been saved
for Clinton. I feel the battle
has just begun. The Ontario
Government has ways of
prolonging things. I know of
no-one who has told us that we
have a permanent hospital in
Clinton. I see many many
groups that were involved in
saving the hospital to this
point, and I think the activity
of stimulating these groups in
the future is certainly going
to be the only way our needs
will be fulfilled.
I am concerned about the
Rural -Urban relationship.
Quite often we make ar-
bitrary decisions that involve
our rural neighbours, and I
feel that a lot orthese things
are very unnecessary. It is
usually a lack of com-
munication, and I think that
we should sit down and
consult and negotiate before
decisions are made. I feel it is
very important that we have
our rural neighbours feeling
comfortable to come to
Clinton for business and
social events. I think this is a
working agreement that
should be emphasized. •
I would like to touch briefly
on our town hall. It seems to
me, three or four years ago,
there was a plebiscite, and
you, the electorate, made a
decision that the town hall be
preserve‘'. I feel if it was your
decision, then certainly
something should be done to
continue with that program.
Although this doesn't
happen as must locally, as it
does' Provincially and
Federally, I am concerned
that when it comes to election
time, each candidate is busy
trying 'to get support. It
seems to me that at election
time, my vote is important as
an individual, until that
person is elected and safe in
their position, and then I
wonder if they forget about
me.
If 1 am elected as your
mayor, one of the things I'd
try to do is.to encourage your
council to get the people's
opinions on major decisions.
The responsibilities don't just
belong to Council, but to
every citizen in the town of
Clinton. I look forward, if
elected, to working with
Clinton Council.
I travel all over Huron
County, and it is probably an
advantage to me to be aware
of what is going on in the
county. I am visiting and
talking with other elected
people in other municipalities
and it gives me a broader
understanding of what people
are looking for. If I am
elected, I will still be exposed
to these kind of opinions from
people.
I offer my services to this
community. I feel I have the
skills and ability to be your
mayor, and I feel that ar
important part of being
mayor of Clinton is being a
spokesman not a decision
maker. •
I seek your support on
March 7 and will o my very
best to be your spokesman as
mayor. I would like to pledge
that whoever you choose, I
will give them my total
support, as I have in the past,
to make this a better town for
all of us in the future...Where
are we, where are we' going,
and how are we going to get
there? Thank vou.
live in. I wish to see it con-
tinue to grow and prosper so
that my wife and two children
can continue to be proud of
-their town and can watch it
grow around them in an or-
derly fashion. As a resident of
High Street, by the Legion, I
also pay taxes .and am, in-
terested that we receive good
value for every one of our tax
dollars spent and will work
towards a rational balance of
services and tax dollars.
Although the mayor is but
one member of a nine
member council, he does
have a position of special
privileges and respon-
sibilities as the chief
executive officer of the
municipal corporation. The
mayor is responsible for the
smooth operation of the
business of the town. To this
end, I would keep my finger
on the pulse of the municipal
organization by following
through council decisions to
ensure a speedy resolution
and would haye boards and
employees under municipal
control make monthly reports
to council.
I would attempt to fill the
leadership role of the Mayor
by making recommendations
to the council for the
development and growth of
the town. I will try to stay
ahead of problems so that we
will be working towards
improvement rather than
scrambling to stave off
stagnation.
I would lead the council to
go out and work for services
that are needed by the. town
such as an ambulance service
based at our own Clinton
Hospital to further strengthen
its position and aid Clinton's
people.
The mayor must be
available to the people on a
regular basis. I would accept
the challenge to keep the
people informed and aware.
The institution of regular
by Jim Hunter
I would like to thank the
News -Record for its interest
in the municipality as shown
by allowing the candidates
both a forum in the
newspaper and a meeting for
the, candidates to be heard
and questioned.
It is this same type of in-
terest in our community that
has enticed me to again enter
the political arena. An in-
terest in: community affairs
that I have continued since
my childhood in Goderich.
During my 30 years of life, I
have devoted my energies, to
Scouting as a leader, to
politics as the President of
the Huron Young Liberals, to
the community as advertising
chairman of the Matheson
Chamber of Commerce and to
sports as a coach of various
ball and soccer teams.
My enthusiasm for in;
volvement and my, desire to
play an active role in my
community has continued
since I, moved to Clinton. I
have tried to serve my
community's needs through
membership in the Kinsmen
Club, as a town councillor,
and as an active Planning
Board member. The en-
thusiasm did vitality that
was displayed by the Hospital
Action Committee to Save
Our. Hospital of which I was
chairman, I hope to bring to
the town council as its Mayor.
chair and with your help we
can move forward, acting on
issues before they become
problems. Action is the
promise, action is what I will
deliver if elected Mayor.
At the age of thirty, I am now office hours for access to the
'. prepared to take on the mayor at the town hall would
ultimate responsibility, of fill* this need. As well, I would
community involvement as institute a regular corn -
Mayor of our town. . munication to the people so
I am a citizen of Clinton and that input and comment can
intend on being one for a long be made in advance of council
time to come. I returned to decisions.
this area to renew my family' I feel that I can accept the
ties and because I knew that challenges of the Mayor's
reat town to
Clinton was a g
by Harold Lobb
At this time, I would like to
thank you for the opportunity
to reveal some of my
thoughts; ambitions and
issues with regard to this
election for mayor. I also
would like to th-ank my
nominators, they were very
encouraging.
Congratulations to the
council for the way they
handled the situation in the
first part of the year, due to
the untimely death of Don
Kay, and I wish to extend my
sincere sympathy to Mrs.
Kay and the Kay family.
The reasons I am running
for Mayor are: I feel that I
have the experience in
municipal government that is
needed to create the co-
operation that is necessary to
accomplish good things for
our town.
In the past nine years, I
have served -on the
Development Property,
Library, and executive
committees for the County of
Huron, the committees of the
town council including two
years as Chairman of Public
Works, representative for the
town on the board of joint
land fill site at Holmesville
and on the Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authority since
Bayfield River has been part
of that large conservation
area.
This town Of ours has come
a long way in the past century
but still has a lot of growing to
do. We need more industrial
property for which we may
have to annex. We need to
repair, rebuild or renew
many of our sidewalks and if
this is done in the next year or
two, that it be done in the
fashion requested by Miss
Elaine Townsend to help
thoseheeichirs.
whoaare less fortunate
than we are and have to use
w
The idea is to have ' all
approaches with ramps in-
stead of curbs. This would
also be a great help to young
mothers with babies in baby
carriages.
We need off-street parking
very badly. We also need
better washroom facilities for
the general public.
These issues I have been
discussing would bring more
people to Clinton and keep
them happy.
We are not just building our
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of Clinton in the county of Huron that since more candidates
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