WAKE-UP - DURHAM

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PICKERING - AJAX - WHITBY - OSHAWA - BROCK - CLARINGTON SCUGOG and UXBRIDGE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Residents, ask yourselves, are you content, do you agree: - with the way things are being done; in your city, town, municipality? - do you really have a say? - is your council working for you, the tax payer? - with the way your tax money is being spent? While you have to cut corners to eat etc.. - do they care about the burden they are putting on you while they spend on new items? - with the continued increase in property Taxes? WAKE - UP PEOPLE, YOU DO HAVE A SAY and not just at election time, when sadly, most people don’t use their right to vote (proof below) why, because they say nothing changes. They are absolutely right, nothing changes because they, you, walk away from your most valuable rights, Civil Rights. SO GROW UP, TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY for what is happening instead of complaining and doing nothing. You have the right to hold your mayor and council accountable for what happens in your municipality, but only if you use your rights. Municipalities allow the public the strongest voices to be involved in what’s happening in your area. You pay the Mayor and Councillors, they have to answer to you not the head of some party. LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD. Attend council meetings or at least watch them. Your city provides a link where you can get a copy of the agendas, a link to watch their council & other committee meetings online, call your councillor, write and email all your concerns to your full council not just one councillor and keep doing so, don’t let them ignore you. Don’t be one of the silent majority, pay attention, speak up, others will follow. Municipality Tax Inc. New Council Eligible Voters # Voted = %Voted Pickering ............. 5.42% ................. 3 of 7 ............... 76,021 ......... 20,786 27.34 % Ajax .................... 6.42% ................. 1 of 7 ............... 85,443 ......... 19,205 22.48 % Brock. ................. 3.97% ................. 2 of 7 ............... 10,604 ........... 4,094 38.61 % Whitby ..................... 5% ................. 3 of 9 ............. 102,618 ......... 23,872 23.26 % Oshawa .............. 3.89% ............... 1 of 11 ............. 121,885 ......... 22,456 18.42 % Clarington ............. 4.2% ................. 3 of 7 ............... 73,471 ......... 20,606 28.05 % Scugog ............... 6.35% ................. 3 of 7 ............... 18,318 ........... 3,359 18.34 % Uxbridge ............. 5.77% ................. 2 of 7 ............... 17,006 ........... 6,736 39.61 % Remember, voting is only one step, Know who you’re voting for will they fight for you, will you back them up? New councillors are fighting an up hill battle for you against the old boys club who want to keep things as they like it. This “old boys club” across the province and country are and have been slowly crushing your civil rights, and you are allowing them to do it. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SILENCE - YOU SOLVE NOTHING