mmomma wrote:
I have heard a lot of good things about Alex, but I am still unsure. I got one of his flyers at our home, without him knocking on our door to talk to us. Abrar has come to our house twice, and has even sent a PM, regarding this post, which none of the other candidates have done (although, I don't know how many are on Hawthorne Villager). I don't know anything about Kelly as he does not have a website, nor have I seen any pamphlets. Do any of the candidates actually live in Ward 6?
In my opinion I would rather vote for someone who will do the job instead of where they live. The local candidate in Ward 6 is moving up to Regional which left a void (meaning no incumbent). It makes sense that anyone in the community looking to run would look to make Ward 6 home since they don't have to get into a battle with an incumbent who has much more exposure and an easier ride to re-election than a new up and comer.
I voted last Tuesday in the early voting. I did my research and for me Alex was the guy. He has clearly demostrated his committment to the role and responsibilities of the job and not just how well he knocks on doors (even though he stopped at my house twice and I missed him both times). I see A LOT of Abrar sings in my neighbourhood but I see more of a commitment to the job by looking at Alex's website video logs, etc... In addition I found most candidates served up platitutes on issues. For intance look at most of the platforms and you will see one word: TRANSIT. Great, what about it. Alex is looking at finding efficiencies in transit (which is realistic) and spells it out on his website instead of just one word. You mentioned a candidate met you at the door twice and even PM'd you which is great feedback. If you want to continue to assess candidates run a search on the Villager for Anabusi and you will see him all over issues which is also great. I registered to post in this website immediately after finding his posts on here and I ordered a lawn sign the next day.
I didn't intend for this to be an advert for Alex but I wanted to relay how I used my research and experience looking at the candidates at how I came to decide on the candidate(s) for me.
Either way, I am glad that this website as well as twitter allowed me to research our candidates. In the old days all we had were some newspaper articles and a chance meeting at the door. Nowadays I can follow each of the candidates(those that have engaged the digital age anyway) and interact with them in a postive way that allows me to find out who to vote for. It's too bad only 35% of Miltonians will vote anyway, even with all of the tools available to assess candidates.....