{"id":56071,"date":"2018-09-30T15:42:33","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T19:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=56071"},"modified":"2018-09-30T18:01:39","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T22:01:39","slug":"listen-up-why-arent-people-more-engaged-in-the-upcoming-municipal-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/listen-up-why-arent-people-more-engaged-in-the-upcoming-municipal-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen Up! Why aren’t people more engaged in the upcoming municipal elections?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hugh Mackenzie
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More About Municipal Elections<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last week I wrote about the pending municipal elections in Huntsville and Muskoka, particularly about elections at the District level. I continue to believe that we need to hear more from candidates who are seeking a seat on District Council about reining in the massive municipal structure we have in Muskoka, especially at the upper tier or District level.<\/p>\n

It is not just about how many elected municipal representatives we have in Muskoka although that is important. We have far too many and they need to be substantively reduced at the District level and perhaps at the local level as well. But there are other issues equally as important.<\/p>\n

I have not always agreed with former Huntsville Mayor Ron House nor has he with me. However, I agree with much of what he wrote as a comment to the Listen Up! column I posted last week<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong> The time has arrived to reduce many of the functions of District government and return them to the lower-tier municipalities where they can be most effectively and efficiently delivered and where the priorities of local taxpayers are best identified. We have too much overlapping of services at the District level and there has been an expansion of responsibilities there over the years that was never contemplated when the District was formed and has resulted in a bloated bureaucracy and out of control spending.<\/p>\n

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What sense does it make that a District councillor from Honey Harbour on Georgian Bay can vote on whether a road in Huntsville needs to be repaired or if it can be temporarily closed for a community event? And why should a councillor from Huntsville have a say in what the building density should be on waterfront property in the Township of Muskoka Lakes? Why should local developers who want to build affordable housing have to wade through miles of red tape at the District level, often taking years, when these same decisions can be made more quickly and efficiently in the community they serve? Surely these should be local decisions made by local councils on behalf of the people who live in those communities and will be the most affected. That is why District roads and planning functions, at least for the most part, should return to lower-tier jurisdictions.<\/p>\n

One suggestion that Ron House has made is that District government in Muskoka should revert to a Service Board from which local municipalities would purchase services they could not otherwise provide in a cost- effective manner, such as welfare and social services. I find it hard to believe that such a model would be seriously considered by the Province, but it is worth a discussion about how councils can save money by sharing services. A good example of this is the fire protection services that are shared between Huntsville and the Township of Lake of Bays.<\/p>\n

As voting day for municipal elections creeps forward, it is also interesting to hear candidates talk about local issues. Top of the list of course is maintaining a fully equipped, acute-care hospital in Huntsville. Every candidate supports that. It is important, however, to keep the pressure up on the Hospital Board and on the Province until the funding formula for small-town hospitals is changed and until it is crystal clear that we will have two acute-care hospitals in Muskoka with neither one being subordinate to the other. Council may not have direct jurisdiction, but they do have an influential pulpit from which they can speak loudly and clearly on behalf of their community.<\/p>\n

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I found it interesting when watching the candidates’ debate in Bracebridge recently to hear Mayoral candidate Lori-Lynn Giaschi-Pacini respond to a comment made by Mayor Graydon Smith by saying that the Bracebridge Hospital may not be in the same location it is now. This simply confirms my belief that there is, and has been, a plan afoot to build a new hospital in Bracebridge come Hell or high water. In Huntsville, we should only care about this if the result is a less modern and up-to-date facility to serve our community and East Parry Sound. If that occurs, we should care, as inexorably, as money tightens, acute- and primary-care services will migrate from Huntsville to the more modern facility in Bracebridge.<\/p>\n

Other issues that seem to be raising their heads in Huntsville include roads, affordable housing, environmental stewardship, downtown revitalization and the disposition of the Waterloo building. When asked at the Huntsville candidates’ meeting how the $3.9 million payment from the sale of the Waterloo building should be used, most candidates believed it should be held in reserves for future priorities. I found it interesting, if not somewhat disturbing however, that one candidate, not currently on council, compared the proceeds from the sale of the Waterloo building to \u201cwinning the lottery!\u201d Really? You build something for $9 million (much of it federal funding) and you sell it for $3.9 million and you won the lottery? Um\u2026maybe you should think about that!<\/p>\n

Municipal elections are now just three weeks away. To me there does not seem to be a great deal of interest being shown about them. There should be. There are a number of important issues facing Huntsville and Muskoka during the next four years. This is no time for apathy. Every vote is important. Every candidate who has put their name forward deserves your serious consideration.<\/p>\n

As the saying goes, if you don\u2019t vote, don\u2019t bitch.<\/p>\n

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