The annual Guelph Budget is complete for another year, and it was a tough one for all involved as there were a number of pressure points including infrastructure, transit expansion, and the demand for more police resources. How tough was it? Ward 3 Councillor Phil Allt came on Open Sources Guelph last Thursday to talk about it. Continue reading “Allt Has Good Feelings About the Budget in Open Sources Interview”
When Steve Petric appears at council, it’s usually to speak about transit issues, but now he aims to be at council all the time as one of Ward 3’s councillors. Continue reading “CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE – Steven Petric for Ward 3 Councillor”
Mike Foley aims to be a new voice on the Upper Grand District School Board as one of two representatives for Wards 2, 3, and 4. Continue reading “CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE – Mike Foley for Ward 2/3/4 Upper Grand District School Board Trustee”
Tina Danese is aiming for an upset in the race for Ward 2, 3, and 4 Trustee for the Upper Grand District School Board running against one other challenger and the two incumbents. Continue reading “CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE – Tina Danese for Ward 2/3/4 Upper Grand District School Board Trustee”
Jason Dodge has been a community advocate for a while, and he’s trying again to take his advocacy to the next level as the city councillor for his Ward, Ward 3. Continue reading “CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE – Jason Dodge for Ward 3 Councillor”
June Hofland got to keep her seat in 2014 by only a few votes. She’s obviously hoping to do better this year among some stiff competition. Continue reading “CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE – June Hofland for Ward 3 Councillor”
Phil Allt won first place in the 2014 Municipal Election among Ward 3 voters, and he aims to keep is seat in the next term of council. Here are his responses to the 2018 Guelph Politico Candidate Questionnaire. Continue reading “CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE: Phil Allt for Ward 3 Councillor”
And now, a former colleague who had to be let go. Just kidding. Phil Allt left the Gang of Four voluntarily when he decided to run for city council earlier this year. Continue reading “Phil Allt (Ward 3) – Candidate Questionnaire”
If re-elected, Maggie Laidlaw will be the longest serving member of city council, a political career that she started 20 years go when she was first elected school trustee. She was then elected to council for the first time in 2000, the start of an auspicious and occasionally controversial tenure around the horseshoe that has, regardless, seen her re-elected three time by now. Continue reading “Maggie Laidlaw (Ward 3) – Candidate Questionnaire”
June Hofland is hoping that the voters of Ward 3 like her past eight years of work on city council so much, that they’re ready to give her four more. Continue reading “June Hofland (Ward 3) – Candidate Questionnaire”
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