While there is much speculation about whether or not the 2013 Newsmaker of the Year will announce her candidature for Mayor of Newmarket, it is clear to see why the previously announced incumbent has yet to file his papers.
Mayor Van Bynen has had a very poor week in politics.
It is said that if you ever want to wake up a city to municipal politics, just muck around with snow removal or garbage pick up.
Van Bynen has managed to screw both up simultaneously.
And to top it off, he's gone MIA in the process. No official announcements or photo ops in front of trucks.
Nope.
Van Bynen dug up an old photo of him donating blood instead.
Clearly he has buried his head deep into a snow bank hoping that nobody will notice him and the mess he has made of the these key services.
Every where I go these days, some one is grumbling about either late garbage pick up, impassable roads or both.
Of course, with his track record vis-a-vis emergency closures at the Senior and Youth Centres as well as the Gorham Pool, can any of us be surprised.
It has been a long while since this Mayor has actually focused on his duties as the head of local government.
To add delusion to injury, Mayor Van Bynen instead writes an opinion column about the way the new bus lane on Davis will change our daily lives. Among others, I fail to see how a rapid bus trip from the Upper Canada Mall to the Hospital serves me, or any of my neighbours. Yet construction is costing us hundreds of millions and hundreds of jobs as local businesses close their doors due to impassable traffic.
If he files his papers for re-election, I hope he gives some thought to explaining why he thinks he still deserves the job.
To be fair - I have received a Tweet from Tony V when I kvetched about the recycle not being picked up - by the way - I am running for council in Ward Two - just launched website - www.crosseforcouncil.com Sincerely Doug Crosse
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