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Candidates for deputy mayor

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Oct 2nd, 2010
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Simcoe.com October 1 2010
PENETANGUISHENE – All of the municipal candidates were offered the same opportunity to provide a 150-word statement to The Mirror.
Heather Garratt – My name is Heather Garratt. I am 52 and I manage Main Street Computers. I am asking for your support and vote in the upcoming municipal election.
I have been a resident of the area all my life and believe we live in a very beautiful area with a lot of potential.
Better budgeting and planning is needed to get us back in the right direction. The current council has had cost/budget overruns on almost every capital expenditure. For example, the street lights, the arena, the town hall etc.
I bring almost 30 years of business management and experience to the table. I intend to use them to benefit our residents.
Our community needs fresh eyes on council to steer this, and so I am asking you on Oct. 25 to go to the polls and vote for me for deputy mayor.
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Thomas Lackie – I am a community-minded local resident and businessman who has lived in the area for 30 years. Because of my vast business experience, I have a longstanding interest in the governance of Penetanguishene.
Being a consummate volunteer who is quite proud of the positive influence I have had leading many organizations, I feel it is a natural transition for me to use this experience to benefit our town.
Top three priorities:
1. I feel it is mandatory to revitalize the downtown core with an exciting retail corridor from a new tourist-focused, transient-oriented town dock southward.
2. I want to run the town like a business by properly managing budgets and eliminating cost overruns, thereby controlling taxes.
3. I will focus on promoting socially and environmentally responsible residential and commercial development, and advocate self-sustainable cultural and recreational centres for youths and seniors alike.
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Patrick Marion – My name is Patrick Marion. I am 61 years of age, married and retired after having worked 37 years in the financial services industry, of which I worked 10 years for TD Bank and 27 years as manager of Huronia/Hepcoe Credit Unions.
For the past seven years, I have had the pleasure of representing the citizens of Penetanguishene as a councillor. During those years, I enjoyed sitting on all section committees of council, and chaired planning and development, parks and recreation, transportation and environmental services, and finance.
I believe that, with my financial background and experience on council, it is now time to take the next step and run for deputy mayor and help lead council into the future. I also feel I am well qualified to represent and speak for the citizens of Penetanguishene at Simcoe County council, a position that requires political experience and financial knowledge.

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