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Originally Posted by polak
I don't understand how this is causing a stir?
I mean I didn't watch the vid or read the article but industry leaders getting together and deciding who they want to support hardly sounds shocking to me? If one candidate supported your specific street better then all of the other candidates and you and the rest of your neighbours got together and decided you were going to support that candidate, would that be wrong?
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I think a lot of stems from Mr. Wenzel's choice of words....
For example; "control" versus "support"
Truly those elected can't be "controlled"; councillors are free to vote however they desire. I think that is what he was getting at with his criticism of Pootmans. He campaigned on one thing, and then once elected turned out to be something different.
Also people seem to be think (or at least want us to believe) money contributed to Manning Centre is somehow going to candidates. I've yet to see any evidence of that.