Wilmot Election Talk

[UrbanWaterloo]

Super-Stickied this thread so it will be easier to follow as we get closer to the election. 32 weeks to go. Is anyone here considering running for a position?

[Brenden]

So which one of our Wonderful Waterloo members is going to be running?

[UrbanWaterloo]

Recent Additons

Elliot Fung is running for Mayor.

In Ward 2 Ken Dietrich is now a candidate.

Barry Fisher & Darlene Vorstenbosch are competing in Ward 3.

In Ward 4 Gregg Murtagh, Mark Murray & Aaron Fewkes have declared themselves as candidates.

[UrbanWaterloo]

Glen Cooke has added his name to the Ward 4 race.

[Duke-of-Waterloo]

Wilmot's Ward 3 has a third candidate
NEW HAMBURG INDEPENDENT | September 07, 2010

David Falconer has added his name to the ballot in Ward 3.

The 60-year-old Baden business owner will run in the Oct. 25 municipal election against Barry Fisher and Darlene Vorstenbosch to represent Baden at the Wilmot council table.

Falconer, who drives a ready-mix truck for Hogg Fuel and Supply Ltd., in Kitchener, also owns Affordable Garage Doors, his own garage door sales, installation and service business for residential and commercial clients.

Formerly a transit bus driver for the City of Kitchener and Region of Waterloo, Falconer says his entrepreneurial background and his passion for meeting and helping people makes up for his lack of political experience.

“I really like my community and I just want to help wherever I can,” he says.

Close to retirement, Falconer says he expects to have more spare time to devote to the role of councillor.

Like many people in Baden, he says he believes GO Transit's plan to build a layover station west of town is an issue that has the most potential to impact Ward 3.

He says the current council has done a decent job handling growth in the community. He realizes some of his concerns in Baden are beyond the control of the lower-tier government.

Falconer says there is always room for new faces on council.

The married father of three adult sons has been a member of the St. Agatha Lions Club for about nine years and is the club’s current secretary-treasurer. He has done extensive volunteer work with kidsLINK in St. Agatha, particularly with the agency’s Christmas hamper program.

Falconer has lived in Baden with his wife Barbara, a floral designer, for about 10 years. Prior to that he lived in St. Agatha starting in 1988.

http://www.newhamburgindependent.ca/news/article/218513

[UrbanWaterloo]

Charlotte Cudney is running in Ward 1.

Jeff Gerber & John McLean both have entered the Ward 4 race since the last update.

There are no acclamations in Wilmot. For the full candidate list check out Post 1.

[Glenn Cooke]

The New Hamburg Independent has a story today about how election candidates have received a threatening email.

As a candidate I received it as well. We all get spam all the time, this one was different. It was quite explicit and detailed. I actually read a bit of it before deleting it.

In the end, no big deal. Just delete and carry on. I just thought it was interesting that a spammer on the other side of the world would feel the need to target someone running for council in New Hamburg.