By JENNIFER BURDEN, THE ORILLIA PACKET & TIMES October 19 2010While Harry Hughes has been acclaimed as mayor of Oro-Medonte Township, the race for deputy mayor is heating up. ...

Orillia Packet and Times October 19 2010WARD 1Coun. Mel Coutanche is acclaimed.WARD 2Economic development is also at the top of Meyer’s election issue list. With Oro-Medonte’s annual growth rate decreasing, she said economic development is essential.“We need to increase our economic...

Letter to aware.simcoe@gmail.com October 19 2010A series of 5 All-Candidates meetings has just been completed in Oro-Medonte. The meetings were sponsored by the Oro-Medonte Chamber of Commerce. The panel consisted of the Mayor and the Ward candidates and Deputy Mayor  candidates. The format was such ...

Letter to the Orillia Packet and Times October 12 2010Re: “Oro-Medonte deputy mayor defends stance on AWARE,” Ralph Hough, letter to the editor, Oct. 6Like most candidates in Oro-Medonte, Ralph Hough ignored AWARE’s efforts. Outraged that a majority of candidates marginalized AWARE ...

By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe October 09 2010Candidates at the Oro-Medonte Ward 4 / Deputy Mayors all-candidates’ debate last Thursday had very different answers when asked whether they would re-instate the township’s Planning Advisory Committee. ...

Councillor vying for same ward seat says he's setting record straight By NATHAN TAYLOR THE PACKET & TIMES - October 8 2010 A candidate for Oro-Medonte Township council is accusing his incumbent rival of conducting a "smear" campaign.Gord Roehner got his hands on a photo of his property, handed out by...

Letter sent to the Orillia Packet and Times October 8 2010 Re:  Oro-Medonte deputy mayor defends stance on AWAREAWARE Oro-Medonte is non-aligned group of individuals who share a common purpose that should be supported by the vast majority of citizens – a more transparent democracy, increased voter pa...

Letter to the Orillia Packet and Times October 6 2010Re: "Aware survey rejected," Oct. 1Firstly, I would like to state that I have no issue with the intentions of AWARE. I have spoken to many of the members on a number of occasions and did, in fact, attend one of their meetings that was held in Coldw...

By NATHAN TAYLOR, THE PACKET & TIMES October 1 2010 The West Oro Ratepayers Association (WORA) has not yet thrown its support behind a particular candidate in Oro-Medonte Township, despite incumbents' concerns to the contrary, an official says. ...

Questionnaire & Interview Results -- Oro-Medonte -- October 2 2010AWARE Oro-Medonte adopted a two-step process as a way to express the candidates’ views and positions to as wide an audience as possible. Both steps were, of course, optional. ...