I am taking a step back from my promised series on Newmarket politicos and their campaign promises to comment on a couple of articles written by Era reporter Teresa Latchford. The whole reason I started this blog was because I did not agree with how the local media was covering Town Hall. Certainly we had more exposure than usual from Toronto and National media in 2011, but the local media has, at times, not provided Newmarket ratepayers with the appropriate coverage of major issues.
Case in point is this article on Councillor Chris Emanuel:
http://www.yorkregion.com/news/article/1274572--councillor-lead-voice-on-glenway-redevelopment Certainly, Councillor Emanuel was a major newsmaker in 2011 but Ms. Latchford seems determined to re-invent his record. Councillor Emanuel has had no successes on Glenway development; he has divided Council with his tactics, (recent comments by Councillor Kerwin against fighting this at the OMB are contrary to Councillor Emanuel’s), and he has fought against public input at every turn, (refer to the August 29 Council meeting). In fact, Councillor Emanuel promised a notice of motion on Glenway during that August 29th meeting that he has failed to deliver on. If Ms. Latchford is looking for a hero for Glenway, look towards the work that Jeff Brown and the Friends of Glenway have been doing. Councillor Emanuel has been deadweight on this issue.
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