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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>It is important that you express your view of the Waterloo Region lightrail transit plan. See article below from the Kitchener Post regarding a survey currently being taken. Please go to the link below to do so. It will only take you a couple of minutes because there are only two questions. The survey is only for residents of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo.<BR>
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Thursday, January, 02, 2014 - 1:01:46 PM<BR>
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Survey tracks LRT opinions<BR>
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<B><I>By Bill Jackson <BR>
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A new online survey is giving people the opportunity to share their opinion about the region’s light rail transit project.<BR>
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Waterloo resident Ernst Friedel believes it would have been easy for the region to do one before approving the project. However, he wouldn’t say whether he’s for or against the plan.<BR>
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“I won’t say because I don’t want to influence people,” he said.<BR>
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Friedel posted the survey at <FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="https://surveymonkey.com/s/HMDHY25">https://surveymonkey.com/s/HMDHY25</a></U></FONT> in mid-December and it will be available for two months.<BR>
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“I hope it’s an indication of what people are thinking and gives people a chance to voice their opinion,” he said.<BR>
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“The biggest complaint I am hearing is not so much for or against it, it is ‘We were not asked.’”<BR>
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As of Monday morning, opinions for and against the project were virtually split, with approximately 500 votes.<BR>
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Some feedback from outside the region, including votes from as far away as California, will be omitted in the final tally, Friedel said.<BR>
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“You have to live in Kitchener, Waterloo or Cambridge,” he said.<BR>
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The vast majority of feedback for the survey from within the region has come from Kitchener and Waterloo, probably because Friedel initially sent an e-mail to a list with recipients primarily from those cities. The survey allows people to explain their rationale and doesn’t aim to serve as a petition.<BR>
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Friedel said he’s already heard from some politicians who are in support of the survey.<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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