Thank you to the 1345 people in Trillium District who voted for me in this election. Thank you for your trust and your confidence in me. Thank you to my campaign team who was there for me all the way. We worked hard and well together and I appreciate all the time you spent with  [ Read More ]

Meeting constituents at their doors, on Friday evenings at Loblaws Upstairs, and on my Sunday at 5 p.m. walks and talks has given me lots of opportunities to hear what improvements could be made in Trillium District neighbourhoods. Some concerns should be relatively simple to address – a branch hanging too low over a pathway  [ Read More ]

Over the last few days constituents have increasingly asked me about the mayoralty race and school board elections. They want to know more about their choices. I have repeatedly encouraged them to buy the Saturday Whig-Standard believing that there would be some final election coverage in the paper. Some substance to help them differentiate among  [ Read More ]

Please be sure you mark your ballot before handing it over to the election worker who puts it in the counting machine. Tonight I heard the sad tale of a voter who handed over her voting card before filling it in. She had misunderstood the direction to “give it to the man in the corner”  [ Read More ]

This morning, I had a telephone call from a Queen’s area resident who thanked me for being truthful about the Queen’s situation. He told me how upset he is by the actions of the student “ruffians” on his street. And at an apartment door this afternoon, concerns about Queen’s were the first comments a woman  [ Read More ]

The hockey community is a-buzz with the city’s new policy to allow a few tournaments at the Invista Centre instead of having all the tournaments at the Cataraqui/Kinsmen arena. Candidates have been besieged with e-mails these last few weeks contesting the city’s new policy. I had some interesting conversations with hockey families today. One man  [ Read More ]