[All] Election results

[John Jackson]

Congratulations to all our members who worked so hard during the municipal
election to further our goals.

Hurrah to those who eked out a victory to stop the fluoridation of water in
Waterloo, St.Jacobs and Elmira. This is an amazing victory considering how
stacked the media coverage was against the anti-fluoridation forces and the
pro-fluoridation full page ads from the Ontario Dental Association. This
included a full-page ad on election day ­ a day that is seen by all
candidates as a day on which you don¹t advertise.

How wonderful to have GREN member Yvonne Fernandes win with 47% of the vote
in a four-way contest. She will be a bright new light on Kitchener council.

And congratulations to those who conducted such amazing campaigns even if
they didn¹t win. Jan Liggett got 43% of the vote in the ward she ran in in
Cambridge against an incumbent. Susan Koswan obtained 15% of the vote in a
field of four strong candidates. And Robert Milligan obtained an amazing
39% of the vote against Waterloo Regional Chair Ken Seiling. This is a major
achievement in a region-wide campaign started at the last minute. In the
previous two campaigns Ken won by over 70% instead of the 61% that he won by
in this election.

Congratulations not only to all the candidates but to all those who
supported them in their campaigns.

Now it is time for GREN to determine how best to work with councils across
the Grand River watershed to achieve our goals. We will meet shortly to
discuss this.

John



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John Jackson
17 Major Street
Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1
519-744-7503


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