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GeorgetownActon Wednesday Dae 9 Miller Kuiken Norton big winners appointments night week length of time necessary to bold an He claimed an appoin would get be whole thing over and council could get down to business go for an appoint McDonald said he felt very strongly there should be an ejection and stressed he bad beard ram mare residents on this issue than any other in Ins time on council He contended council credibility would be in question if they appointed for the mayor when only a short ago had an election for a council seat Poubtrup recalled when the last council seat was to be tiled lie suggested an appointment and was given kinds of sons by the others why there should be an election This is much more important and as far as can see these reasons nave not changed Especially with two years left la the term for an election Nobody can say council is dull coin KnecbteL as be his argu ment for an election He said be felt he was as democratic as anyone else He claimed many people had told him there should not money Selection of mayor election At the senior levels of if Premier BUI Davis Prune i Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigned their positions would be filled by appointment and would face the electorate at the next He too claimed a ten week gap until an election would seriously affect the workings of Council and said the Town can ill afford ISO on an election Levy charged council running scared of the public You were elected to do a job be stated He said is a lot of money and said the budget committee sweats over Items costing He said council would be fading in their duty to have no leadership Tor ten weeks and maintained a new person fill the spot who has not been involved in the local scene would be a mistake Again be charged council was running scared of criticism on the Stevens property purchase and noted did anyone every say council has done a good Job on the Cultural Centre Tins was built without using taxpayers Nominees make election pitch In his nomination speech before the ballot log for the mayor seat Councillor Mike Armstrong stressed he would have been in the race whether council went for an elec or appointment He claimed continuity on council was his main reason for running and cited the Official Plan and the Second ary plans as Items to be completed He em phasixed the tax base must be increased by controlled development which hinges on the secondary plans We cant continue the same level of service without more revenue He contended continuity on the decisions of council Is necessary and specifically cited the purchase of the Stevens property I supported that acquisition but I also sup port a citizens review committee to look In to our decisions He promised to listen in lently to them commenting We are not infallible He predicted council would have to deal with market value assessment and water problems in Acton and Georgetown In seconding Armstrongs nomination Carney said he felt he had the qua necessary for a mayor and the experience to do the job Levy who nominated Armstrong said he knew Armstrongs strengths and weak nesses but said be was a dedicated and fa councillor He Is not parochial He said Armstrong is a goahead type who t letthlngsstandstill and is a leader In a brief speech Miller said he s been in politics years as a school trustee and a councillor He said he had always respected other councillors opinions and thought hey had respected his He noted one person run the Town It takes He said he would carry on as he has In the past Kuiken In seconding his nomination said he had known Miller or many years and pointed out he has gone to the voters several times and always won If there was an election he would have the mayors job Whiting Miller said he op posed Miller on the Stevens property pur chase but knew his ability since he had worked with him at the region Where he is doing a more than He Id he would head council in the right direct on Jake Kuiken moves up to regional council In the most surprising development of Monday night of council appointments Jain was new regional councillor Kuiken defeated Georgetown Harry Levy for the post seven votes to five Kuiken was only elected In late October to replace the late Tom Hill as one of two area councillors and has attended only a handful of Hills council meetings He replaces longtime Esquesing regional councillor Miller who won the mayor Job Councillor Dave Whiting who nominated Kuiken said they had known each other much longer than Just since Joined council He recalled he was a freshman regional councillor with no political ex perlence about three years ago and he dldn feel fared too badly sohedldn think his short time on council would hamper Kuiken is an resident and aware this unique ward problem Whit Councillor Ross Kncchtel seconded Kuiken nomination The candidate himself said he hoped to follow In Miller footsteps Georgetown Councillor Mike Armstrong who had lost his bid to be appointed mayor nominated Levy for the ward two regional post He to Uyy many years of experience on adding his can knowledge of municipal politics was second to none He said Levy had always been guiding force on council and he fought or needed projects In all wards not Just his own Armstrong recalled departed mayor Peter Pomeroy lived In but effectively represented Georgetown as a councillor Another Georgetown member Councillor Phil Carney seconded Levy nomination He said he was reluctant to send Levy to the region since he Is no fan of the region However he felt Levy was the best person for the Job since the post had to be filled Levy told his colleagues he was prepared to serve as needed and recalled running unsuccessfully for mayor against Hill once so that showed he was concerned about the whole Town not Just his east Georgetown ward While serving on old Georgetown councillors he several times represented a ward different from the one he lived in at the lime Regional matters are more specific concerns and not as localized he said adding he felt he could help the Hills cause at the region Peter Norton new councillor After two unsuccessful attempts at being elected to represent on Halton Hals council Peter Norton of Georgetown was chosen Monday to serve as the ward new area councillor First Esquesing lost its regional council lor Miller who was chosen as the new mayor to replace Peter Pomeroy who last week became the new regional chairman Toen Jake Kuiken who was only elected October to replace the late Tom Hill as an area councillor was selected to Ul Miller post as ward two regional coun cillor Kiriken position as area councillor hen had to be filled and council went for Norton who ran a close second to in a six make giftgiving easy visit the Glen Gift shoppes The perfect place to shop the old fashioned relaxing and unhurried We collected the most Interesting assort Christmas Qlft Ideas you can Imagine CARDS CANDLES POTTERY LAMPS TOYS JEWELLERY HAN DKMITS and more Glen Gift Sheldon admitted It wss a nowin She said she found It difficult to to those who said If you don do what want you re not listening to the people She predicted chaos if council watts ten weeks for an election especially when the town is just coming into tune She argued council once elected has a moral obligation to make decisions and has a to govern not a mandate to hold a referendum the going gets rough Carney said he polled a M of people and they did not want an ejection He insisted an appointment did not usurp people democr atic rights since it was allowed under the Municipal Act He said either way not everybody would be satisfied He said one of the btggest factors in his senior citizen who called him slating there should be no election She said You people are sent there to run the munidpality so do it theres Iota better ways to spend Armstrong said council is elected by the people on behalf of the people to make and his was to go far an appointment was nominated by and Whiting and Armstrong by Carney and Levy IN 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