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Weather for Oakville, ON Thu Fri Sat Sun 7° 2° 15 ° 5° 11° 3° 14° 3° Remembering Donna Messer Spotlight www.insidehalton.com 916 Winston Churchill Blvd. t k ill www.carstaroakville.com t k iill Collision & Glass Glass Service Service Collision & 905-845-7579 905-847-2595 2212 Wyecroft Rd. dentistoakville.com 905-842-6030 Stay Connected! Connected to your community - $1.00 incl. tax Rob Burton spends $79,492 on election by David Lea Oakville Beaver staff Thursday, April 9, 2015 | 48 pages A Publication of Metroland Media Group P A G E S I N H I S T O R Y Public meeting as Saw-Whet development heads to OMB by David Lea Oakville Beaver Staff Residents interested in seeing how much council candidates spent or who gave them money during the October's 2014 municipal election can visit the Town's website to get their answers. The nancial statements of the election candidates were posted online at http:// elections.oakville.ca/7090.html late last month in compliance with the Municipal Elections Act. These statements showed Oakville Mayor Rob Burton, who bested his closest competitor, John McLaughlin, by 17,780 votes on Oct. 27, spent more than any of his opponents, incurring $79,492 in expenses over the course of his campaign. These costs included $28,084 in salaries, bene ts, and professional fees, $10,918 for signs, $12,297 for advertising, and $11,838 for brochures/ yers. In his nancial statement, Burton reported he had taken out a bank loan of $47,500 in connection with the campaign. see Many on p.4 Two Oakville friends and teammates on the Oakville Rangers minor bantam hockey team, Vaughan Courage, 14, (left), and teammate Noah Westwater, 14, have both served as pages at the Ontario Legislature. For story, see p. 5. | photo by Graham Paine ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) A public meeting concerning the potential development of Saw-Whet Golf Course will be held Tuesday, April 14. Anyone who wants to nd out how they can have their voice heard concerning the potential There was a loud development are invited to atpublic outcry tend the meeting at 7 p.m. at the against the plan Region of Halton Headquarters with hundreds on Bronte Road. of residents The meeting has been orgawriting letters and nized by Ward 4 Oakville Town councillors Allan Elgar and attending public Roger Lapworth in a bid to draw meetings. attention to Bronte Green CorAllan Elgar poration's application to develop Ward 4 Oakville councillor 780 houses and two multi-storey buildings on the 55-hectare plot of land that is now a golf course at 1401 Bronte Rd. The meeting will also help residents understand what comes next in the process. "There was a loud public outcry against the plan with hundreds of residents writing letters and attending public meetings," wrote Elgar in a recent letter to the editor. see Province on p.3 SAUNDERS, SAXTON & WINTER Real Estate Real Advice Real Results Wendy Saunders Sales Representative Kim Saxton Sales Representative Ruth Anne Winter Broker Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd., Brokerage 136 Church Street, Suite 4A, Oakville, ON 905.845.1223 sswteam.ca | johnstonanddaniel.com luxuryportfolio.com JOHNSTON & DANIEL DIVISION 535 Golfview Court, Oakville