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905877-6944 33 Mountainview Rd. North, Georgetown • your window & door professionals • 341 Guelph St., Unit 3 Georgetown 905.873.0236 www.buy-wise.ca info@buy-wise.ca • awarded readers choice 22 times • Visit our showroom www.georgetownrealty.ca edimou@georgetownrealty.ca EFFIE DIMOU Sales Representative Thinking of buying or selling? Call Effie Dimou for all your real estate needs. 905-877-5211 Dir: 416-991-4247 Real Estate Centre Inc., Brokerage Thursday, October 16, 2014 Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper serving Acton & Georgetown 72 Pages 50 Cents (+HST) Visit us at www.theifp.ca INSIDE The Hooded Goblin opens Pg. 37 Ward debates Pgs. 22 & 24 SPORTS Pgs. 47-50 Chamber accreditation Online at www.theifp.ca Mayoralty candidates Sally Stull (left) and May- or Rick Bonnette (right) shake hands before the start of last week's May- or's Debate hosted by the Canadian Federation of University Women- Georgetown at the John Elliott Theatre. Photo by Jon Borgstrom Mayoralty candidates face off in one-on-one debate About 130 people came out to the John Elliott Theatre Thursday evening to hear from the two candidates running for Mayor in the upcoming munici- pal election. No real sparks flew through- out the night between the candi- dates -- Sally Stull, an Erin mu- nicipal planner, and incumbent Mayor Rick Bonnette. After their opening remarks the candidates took questions that had been submitted to the Georgetown Branch of the Ca- nadian Federation of University Women, which hosted the meet- ing. Stull was asked to elaborate on an article that appeared in last week's Independent & Free Press and her legal action against the Town of Halton Hills. "I have actually provided to The Independent a response but they chose not to provide...," said Stull. "There was misrep- resentations. It was actually the Town that chose to proceed with legal action against us. That is in the courts, it was not our deci- sion, it was the Town's decision." "As a member of council you would declare a conflict of inter- est on such a matter," said Stull. Bonnette said on one por- tion of the Stull property, a site alteration application had been approved with conditions, and one condition was restricting trucks at certain times for safety of children getting on/off school buses. The Town decision was appealed, he said, to the Fair Farm Practices Board. "The Stulls appealed that, that was their choice," said Bon- nette. He said the Town had to spend money to hire lawyers to defend its position. "Another time, we have a site alteration bylaw, and it was ig- nored, and again, yes the Town had to go to court, why, to pro- tect our residents." He said the Town had to spend money to protect the residents because hundreds of trucks were coming through an area of the town. See MAYOR'S, pg. 5 By LISA TALLYN Staff Writer Read about your candidates 10 pages inside