Friday, August 31, 2018 7 Brooklin Town Crier Durham Regional Chair (Select 1, 1 will be elected)X Meet the Candidates for the 2018 Municipal Election I'm Tom Dingwall and I'm running for Durham Regional Chair. I am not a politician, but I have dedicated my life to ensuring the safety and security of the residents of Durham Re- gion. I've worked in every part of this region as a Police Officer and a leader for the past 26 years, lived my whole life and raised my family here. My platform comes directly from working with and listening to everyday people across the entire Region. It also comes from years of formal training and a hands-on awareness of how this region actually works. My platform includes: Opposing tax increases and implementing known efficiencies to improve services Establishing a Regional-Provincial partner- ship approach to Mental Health and Addiction issues Developing a region-wide strategy for supporting seniors, especially in smaller communities Seeking out and implementing innovative ideas on improving transit and social programs Providing practical, timely and effective support for all of our front-line services Proactively work to acquire and service employment lands to attract good paying jobs close to home My entire career has been based on delivering security, transparency and accountability to Durham Region and I will bring these principles with me into office. Tom Dingwall Hampton, Ontario 905-926-3517 dinger4@rogers.com Durham Region candidate: Peter Neal for Durham Region chairman Regional government was and is simply another level of taxation. Why the individual communities were assumed to be incompetent of managing their affairs and that a senior level of government was required suggests that politicians love to build hierarchies whether they can validate such existences as useful and needed. The chairman and finance position are costing the taxpayer well over $500,000 a year. Ridiculous. The councillors are part time earning full time wages and big pensions. The province is is looking at this problem starting with the Toronto council. How has the Regional government seriously improved the lives of those living in the communities in terms of environment, efficient transportation ,superior health ,fire,police services, parks, encouragement of local small businesses instead of national chains and foreign businesses? I am for justifiable taxation that takes into account modern environmental and technologies for the benefit of future generations. The money saved from putting it in these politicians pockets could be used on front line new police gang units to fight the crime war that is coming east to our own streets . We are all tired of the political talk and debating. Let the staff do their jobs ,quit trying to create more expensive consulting work . Peter Neal pwneal@hotmail.com Other Regional Chair Candidates (Editor's Note: The BTC contacted all five candidates, requesting a short summary of their platforms. Only Tom Dingwall and Peter Neal provided them.) John Mutton 905-441-0791 jmutton@municipalsolutions.ca John Henry 905-410-2419 john@votejohnhenry.ca Muhammad Ahsin Sahi 416-587-9334 sahifordurham@gmail.com