New Year's Wish

Since 2010 is finally a civic election year (McGuinty should never have changed it from every two years to every four years). My wish is that the citizens of Brantford take an active part in the electing of candidates who will best represent them. I hope that a number of new candidates come forward who are interested in providing good government for the city with the emphasis on providing services for the people (isn't this what civic governments are supposed to) and not with dreams of mega-projects dancing in their heads. Leave the developments to developers and concentrate on making this city work and be a good place to live with a tax rate that is affordable to all. It's really not council's money no matter what they think! There may be a few on council worth keeping, but not many. A whole new council is what this city needs.

And I also wish that I actually had a say in electing the full council not just three of the eleven deciding this city's future (only one of those three even made it to council in the last election). The ward system is archaic and needs to be replaced.