I was a candidate first in 1963. Again in 1965. First elected in 1967.
I served four terms with Councillors whose families were founding members of the town.
Who were students at Chiurch Street School. Played hockey for the town when the League was all stops along the electric rail on Yonge Street.
They were volunteer fire-fighters .
Lived through the depression.
Recalled the tramp camp at the railway tracks and men begging for bread .
One recalled poachng rabbits with his Dad in Shephard's Bush to put a meal on the table.
I had some of the same memories.
Friday nights were re-called when farm families came into town to shop and gathered in large groups on Yonge Street sidewalk. Crowds so deep, a person had to step into the road to make headway.
They were of my own generation. Glad to share their history with the newcomer to Aurora and Council colleague.
Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Untouchable ....Not":
I absorbed it and was always greedy for more
I lived through the changes and had a hand in some of them.
I do have a different perspective to the Mayor and other Councillors.
It's not skewed or distorted.
It's not different to the communnity I represent.
As long I am elected, knowing what people expect, I shall know that to be true.
Subservience within this blog may not be assumed.
It is what it is.
Facts are delivered by one in a position to know.
Deduction is made from facts , qualified by long expeience in town affairs.
Challenges made to facts represented are minimal
The Blog is an offering.
Take it or leave it.
Either way, I will not be offended.
I will not be offended.
Posts
8 comments:
"I have lived in Aurora more than half a century. That's a third of the Town's history."
Actually, the Sesquicentennial celebrated the town's incorporation in 1863, not its founding. The first land deeds date initial settlement to the end of the 18th-century/beginning of the 19th.
The current onslaught of carping could be directly linked to the fact that your #s appear to be on the rise again.
I doubt that highly - Evelyn is a guarantee on council if Aurora gets it right! I think people are finally getting involved ....
13:00
She is a guarantee on Council regardless.
Actually, Aurora was formed in.1863 and incoporated in 1888.
Is she running? Don't see her on the list.
My gut tells me that you won't see her name until the last minute because she will want to see who else is running. Don't want to run if there is no change in winning.
Aurora was incorporated as a village in 1863, and as a town in 1888.
8:49
Why should she register now ? The woman is not stupid. We are all waiting to see who else is running. Did you have a point there ?
Post a Comment