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An independent candidate who listens, leads and gets results.

An independent candidate who listens, leads and gets results.

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September 22, 2022 ·

Connecting with communities is the most important thing that we can do – so, I welcome Phil Mauger’s announcement today that he’d establish a Community Forum if elected Mayor.

I believe that our community missed an opportunity when the Council (including Phil) didn’t support the proposed residents’ forum in 2020; I think we’d be further ahead today if he & his co-campaigners had been able to support that initiative at the time.

But, looking forward – let’s listen and let’s act…

This is why, when I announced my candidacy for Mayoralty, I included participatory budgeting as one of my key policies: because we need to both listen to our communities but also empower them to decide how a budget is allocated.

Local communities know what’s important to them – so, let’s make sure that we listen AND get results.

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