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While many readers may already be aware of the divisions and contentious nature that permeated the 2018-2022 term of Council, there is a large group of the electorate who may have read/heard about the “G5” or “G4” and have no idea what this terminology refers to when they see it. If you are not aware what those terms have come to mean and want to satisfy your curiousity… this post is for you.
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After reader demand for a Regional Councillor questionnaire similar to our Mayoral and Ward posts, we decided to go ahead and ask the two Regional Councillor Candidates their thoughts on growth, planning and issues in Grimsby at the Regional level. Both candidates responded to the questionnaire and the results are presented below.
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In the first analysis of the 2018-2022 Council data, this post will examine how Members of Council performed in attending meetings. As representatives of their Ward residents, or in the case of the Mayor all residents of Grimsby, meeting attendance is one the most basic but important requirements of any elected official.
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With the final regular meeting of the 2018-2022 Council now in the history books, analysis can now start on the information that has been gathered in the past 4 years. It might have been fun to use an ancient mainframe to do this, but today’s computers are far more powerful on several orders of magnitude and speed is what we need.
With almost 400 meetings, nearly half of them Council/Committee of the Whole meetings and about 700 recorded votes in the GCFRG database, there is a lot of data to draw upon… and the stories surrounding them to be told.
As always, this site will continue to keep the community aware of matters, past and present, so they can make their own fully-informed decisions in the upcoming municipal election.
Last and certainly not least in our questionnaire series is the questions put to the Mayoral candidates on growth, planning and very importantly, governance in Grimsby. With only two candidates in the race, it was hoped we could provide you with two opinions on the questions. Only Mayor Jeff Jordan chose to respond and his opponent, John Dunstall, decided not to respond despite several emails sent to him regarding the questionnaire.
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It’s a Friday and the final post of the ward-by-ward roundup of candidates and their views on matters of growth, planning and development for your consideration. Ward 4 is by far the most transitional of wards with the largest group of new voters thanks to development over the past four years. Responses were received from all but one of the Ward 4 candidates, due to extenuating circumstances.
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Another day, another political ward. Today we will look at who is running in Ward 3 and how they tackled questions relating to responsible growth and development in Grimsby. If you aren’t sure what Ward you are in you can visit this Town page with the electoral map. Responses to our questions were received from all five Ward 3 candidates.
Don’t forget, you can vote for two candidates for Ward Councillors!
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The deadline of September 23, 2022 @ 12PM is drawing near if you want to speak or make comment at the Town’s Zoom-only “open house” meeting for the lands known as 502 Winston Road (aka “321 Hunter Road”) scheduled for September 26, 2022. The meeting will focus on the applicant’s request to have the Official Plan amended to re-designate the land, which is in the Greenbelt, from “Specialty Crop Area – Tender Fruit and Grape Lands” to just “Rural”.
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Today our questionnaire makes the short journey to Ward 2, which saw large changes in its boundaries after the recent Ward Boundary review. If you aren’t sure what Ward you are in you can visit this Town page with the electoral map. Responses to our questions were received from all five Ward 2 candidates.
Don’t forget, you can vote for two candidates for Ward Councillors!
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Here is the first in our series of candidate profiles sprinkled in with some questions relating to planning and development and growth in Grimsby. All Ward and Mayoral candidates were emailed a short questionnaire last week and sent a “last call” reminder email before the deadline. Each day will feature one of Grimsby’s four municipal wards, with answers from the Mayoral candidates as a wrap on the series.
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