{"id":126738,"date":"2022-12-03T10:52:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T15:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/rwddev\/?p=126738"},"modified":"2022-12-04T11:45:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T16:45:38","slug":"candidates-vying-for-the-district-chairs-seat-will-get-their-answer-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/candidates-vying-for-the-district-chairs-seat-will-get-their-answer-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidates vying for the District chair&#8217;s seat will get their answer Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo: Candidates for the position of District chair from left in alphabetical order: (Above) Clifford Curry, Jeffrey Lehman and Terry Pilger. (Below) Howard Rosenthal, Don Smith and Tim Withey. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incoming District councillors will be voting for one of six candidates vying for the position of Muskoka District Chair at their December 5 inaugural council meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clifford Curry, Jeffrey Lehman, Terry Pilger, Howard Rosenthal, Don Smith, and Tim Withey <a href=\"http:\/\/video.isilive.ca\/muskoka\/MTC-Nov-28-22.mp4.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">responded to questions posed by local lawyer and moderator Jean Polak on November 28<\/span><\/a>, giving incoming councillors an opportunity to get a sense of where the candidates stand on issues such as housing, the environment, inclusion, services as well as governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Polak posed six questions to the candidates, most of which were submitted beforehand by both community members at large and members of the incoming District Council. Polak said more than 50 questions had been submitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once councillors have been sworn in at their inaugural meeting on Monday, they will be voting for Muskoka&#8217;s next District chair via a secret ballot. You can view the proceedings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muskoka.on.ca\/en\/council\/agendas-minutes-and-webcasts.aspx\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a>. The meeting begins at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/six-candidates-hope-to-become-muskokas-next-district-chair\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Six candidates hope to become Muskoka\u2019s next District chair<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Candidates for the position of District chair from left in alphabetical order: (Above) Clifford Curry, Jeffrey Lehman and Terry Pilger. 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