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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Congratulations to all our members who worked so hard during the municipal election to further our goals.<BR>
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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 don’t advertise. <BR>
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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.<BR>
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And congratulations to those who conducted such amazing campaigns even if they didn’t 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.<BR>
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Congratulations not only to all the candidates but to all those who supported them in their campaigns.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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John Jackson<BR>
17 Major Street<BR>
Kitchener, Ontario N2H 4R1<BR>
519-744-7503<BR>
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