Well, it looks like Helena Guergis isn't going to have a lot of political backup when she runs as an independent......
Change comes to Simcoe County
Guergis "dynasty" swept off the map
By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe October 26 2010
The electorate has chosen change – a new brand of leaders who have promised to listen to the people, care for the environment and be prudent with our tax dollars.
Yesterday’s municipal election was a significant victory for the hundreds of county residents who rose up against Site 41, who fought for a new approach to waste management and who organized across the County under the AWARE Simcoe banner for transparency, sustainability and fiscal accountability.
The Guergis “dynasty” – standard bearers for dealings, over-the-top spending and an arrogant disregard for regular folks – has been swept off the map.
GONE: Springwater Mayor Tony Guergis, three-time warden, resoundingly rejected by the voters of Springwater.
GONE: Essa Mayor David Guergis, whose campaign against the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority was entangled with his family’s property dealings.
GONE: Their cousin, Christine Brayford, sister to MP Helena Guergis, defeated in her bid for deputy mayor in New Tecumseth.
Here are the new leaders:
IN: Midland Mayor-elect Gord McKay, chair of Zero Waste Simcoe, who fought hard during the county’s waste management strategy process for the new approaches that must be implemented if we are not to drown in our own garbage.
IN: Innisfil Mayor-elect Barb Baguley, a tough operator who won’t be phased by developers or administrators. She beat Gord Wauchope, the old-guard chair of the waste management strategy subcommittee who was tasked with heading off effective Zero Waste measures.
IN: Tiny Mayor-elect Ray Millar, whose intimate knowledge of how municipal politics works was forged by years on the Site 41 front lines.
IN: Essa Mayor-elect Terry Dowdall, who took on the Guergises on their home turf and never stooped to fear-mongering or distortion.
Change comes to Simcoe County
Guergis "dynasty" swept off the map
By Kate Harries AWARE Simcoe October 26 2010
The electorate has chosen change – a new brand of leaders who have promised to listen to the people, care for the environment and be prudent with our tax dollars.
Yesterday’s municipal election was a significant victory for the hundreds of county residents who rose up against Site 41, who fought for a new approach to waste management and who organized across the County under the AWARE Simcoe banner for transparency, sustainability and fiscal accountability.
The Guergis “dynasty” – standard bearers for dealings, over-the-top spending and an arrogant disregard for regular folks – has been swept off the map.
GONE: Springwater Mayor Tony Guergis, three-time warden, resoundingly rejected by the voters of Springwater.
GONE: Essa Mayor David Guergis, whose campaign against the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority was entangled with his family’s property dealings.
GONE: Their cousin, Christine Brayford, sister to MP Helena Guergis, defeated in her bid for deputy mayor in New Tecumseth.
Here are the new leaders:
IN: Midland Mayor-elect Gord McKay, chair of Zero Waste Simcoe, who fought hard during the county’s waste management strategy process for the new approaches that must be implemented if we are not to drown in our own garbage.
IN: Innisfil Mayor-elect Barb Baguley, a tough operator who won’t be phased by developers or administrators. She beat Gord Wauchope, the old-guard chair of the waste management strategy subcommittee who was tasked with heading off effective Zero Waste measures.
IN: Tiny Mayor-elect Ray Millar, whose intimate knowledge of how municipal politics works was forged by years on the Site 41 front lines.
IN: Essa Mayor-elect Terry Dowdall, who took on the Guergises on their home turf and never stooped to fear-mongering or distortion.
