An election campaign can be a very busy time in a candidates life and times a very quiet time in a candidates life.
For hours on end, a candidate can knock on doors to speak with the voters in their ward, passing out information on who they are, what they stand for and what they feel the issues are in the area. Many of you tell me what you think as well and that dialogue is important. For some though who haven’t yet made a decision on who they will be supporting on October 25th, some reply with I’ll have a look and see.
What I find the most satisfying are the emails I receive from Ward 6 voters letting me know I am on the right track. In the last 48 hours, I have received dozens of emails from you in the ward saying they watched the Milton Today TV debates from Sunday, either live or on demand (see my home page for the links) and they support what I’m talking about for the future of Milton.
Here are just some excerpts:
From Gilles:
“I’ve had the opportunity to speak with you at my home and listen to you speak during the Thanksgiving debate and you have my vote on October 25, 2010”
From Morgan:
“Just saw the debate online. You did very well, and your rationale regarding the health care situation was excellent! On all questions, I’m glad to see that you focused on your values and what you would bring to the table. Good job, keep it up!”
The health care situation he speaks of is obviously the hospital expansion and what the Town of Milton can do to speed up the process. My opponent asked me directly why Im “against the provincial government” on this. The answer is quite clear. We cant move forward as a town on the expansion of Milton Hospital until we know if the province of Ontario approves it. THEN we can work towards plans, diagrams, money needed for local portion and everything else that comes with it.
NOTHING can happen until the provincial government gets “off its duff” (my words from the debate) and approves Milton, the fastest growing community in Canada, so we can get started. No matter what the expansion looks like, we need to know. We needed to know years ago, but they dragged their heels and they havent made Milton the priority it should be when it comes to the delivery of health care services in our area.
Thanks to everyone who has emailed me during this campaign and your words of support and encouragment are uplifting to say the least. Nothing motivates me more to continue to knock on doors and speak with as many of you as I can before October 25th. You can email me as always, mike@mikecluett.caor click on the Contact Mike section of the site. I look forward to speaking with as many of you as I can before the 25th.
Until then, I’ll see you at the doors.