DeVeau joins race for council
Former Community Services Director Wayne DeVeau announced he will run for Cobourg council in the municipal election this fall.
With 14 years of service, he has a good knowledge of the inner workings of town hall and he comes to the table with some pretty impressive credentials. He helped get the $1 million grant for the construction of the C. Gordon King Library and $4.1 million from the Waterfront Regeneration Trust for habourfront redevelopment. Those are two very high profile projects in town and will carry weight in the minds of voters. He retired in 2004.
DeVeau also has plenty of insight into the machinations of council, too. His wife, Gail, was a councillor for three years.
It is difficult to rate his chances at this point seeing as the race has not really taken off.
Deputy Mayor Bob Spooner is stepping down from his post to run for council because he is too frightened to take on Gil Brocanier for the deputy mayor's spot. Longtime politician Ben Burd will take on Brocanier for the battle of the budget chief. He announced his candidacy in his blog
Also, landscape architect and community activist Miriam Mutton is running. She stands a good chance because Pam Jackson, the only woman to sit on council for the past two terms, dropped out of politics a few weeks ago. Voters like to see a woman on council, which sounds very sexist, but it is a pattern for at least the past 20 years. For many years Joan Chalovich in the late 1980s and 1990s held the spot as the lone councilwoman. Then, when she became mayor, Johanna Loken became the only woman. The, she was replaced by Jackson.
Incumbents are still sitting in the weeds waiting. Lloyd Williams will likely run again because he can't help himself. Dean McCaughey had a tough term and may bow out after getting beat up pretty severely on the Mr. Sub project, the preservation of Molly Baker Lane and several other development proposals he supported. Finally, Bill MacDonald is very quiet. He has served for three terms, but has held little power or influence on council. His portfolio this time around was community services and he did very little of note.
So, it is not time to get too excited. But, with the incredible heat wave, there is not much energy anyways.
With 14 years of service, he has a good knowledge of the inner workings of town hall and he comes to the table with some pretty impressive credentials. He helped get the $1 million grant for the construction of the C. Gordon King Library and $4.1 million from the Waterfront Regeneration Trust for habourfront redevelopment. Those are two very high profile projects in town and will carry weight in the minds of voters. He retired in 2004.
DeVeau also has plenty of insight into the machinations of council, too. His wife, Gail, was a councillor for three years.
It is difficult to rate his chances at this point seeing as the race has not really taken off.
Deputy Mayor Bob Spooner is stepping down from his post to run for council because he is too frightened to take on Gil Brocanier for the deputy mayor's spot. Longtime politician Ben Burd will take on Brocanier for the battle of the budget chief. He announced his candidacy in his blog
Also, landscape architect and community activist Miriam Mutton is running. She stands a good chance because Pam Jackson, the only woman to sit on council for the past two terms, dropped out of politics a few weeks ago. Voters like to see a woman on council, which sounds very sexist, but it is a pattern for at least the past 20 years. For many years Joan Chalovich in the late 1980s and 1990s held the spot as the lone councilwoman. Then, when she became mayor, Johanna Loken became the only woman. The, she was replaced by Jackson.
Incumbents are still sitting in the weeds waiting. Lloyd Williams will likely run again because he can't help himself. Dean McCaughey had a tough term and may bow out after getting beat up pretty severely on the Mr. Sub project, the preservation of Molly Baker Lane and several other development proposals he supported. Finally, Bill MacDonald is very quiet. He has served for three terms, but has held little power or influence on council. His portfolio this time around was community services and he did very little of note.
So, it is not time to get too excited. But, with the incredible heat wave, there is not much energy anyways.
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