THE CONSERVATIVE HIPSTERS
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Four Year Municipal Terms
The McGuinty Government passed legislation last Thursday as part of the budget bill extending municpal terms from 3 years to 4 years.
Some people are up in arms about this change. I am relatively indifferent. And I say this as a municipal politician. I am just ending my first three year term, and I had held off filing my papers for reelection until this measure was decided. A four year term is a commitment I was not certain I was ready to make.
The AMO surveyed municipal politicians to ask what we would like and lobbied the municipal affairs minister for the change.
We assumed such a change would be open to legislative debate and a seperate bill, or part of the municipal act changes. Sneaking it in with the budget bill was not overally appropriate.
Anyways, the decision is made and I will be running again. I will be filing my papers today.
Wish me luck
Q
Some people are up in arms about this change. I am relatively indifferent. And I say this as a municipal politician. I am just ending my first three year term, and I had held off filing my papers for reelection until this measure was decided. A four year term is a commitment I was not certain I was ready to make.
The AMO surveyed municipal politicians to ask what we would like and lobbied the municipal affairs minister for the change.
We assumed such a change would be open to legislative debate and a seperate bill, or part of the municipal act changes. Sneaking it in with the budget bill was not overally appropriate.
Anyways, the decision is made and I will be running again. I will be filing my papers today.
Wish me luck
Q
# posted by Q : 8:23 p.m.
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