Could Ottawa's loss be the Town of Newmarket's gain?
There seems to be a consensus building among local conservatives and other community minded individuals that the aftermath of Monday's election results could be an opportunity to return responsible government to Newmarket's town hall.
After years of corruption and "Laurel & Hardy" type bumbling by the gruesome twosome of Van Bynen and Taylor, many would like to recruit Lois Brown to become a candidate for mayor of Newmarket.
Lois Brown would immediately bring a credible conservative alternative to Newmarket's municipal government. Her experience working with the provincial and federal governments could be exactly what we need to get our economy going again.
Would Ms. Brown be interested in this role? It is too soon after her stinging defeat to say. But considering how effectively Vaughan Mayor Maurizio Bevilaqua transitioned from MP to the mayor's chains, it would not be unprecedented for her to pursue this.
Remember that the Town of Newmarket Mayor is the 4th highest paid mayor in all of Canada/ If she wins in 2018, Ms. Brown would see a bump in pay.
Wrong again. Van Bynen is not 4th highest. Read more at http://shrinkslessorsquare.ca/blog/283-tony-van-bynen-and-the-rate-for-the-job
ReplyDeleteThe correction in the Star writes that Tony Van Bynen was paid $159K in 2014. Your own writings state that he gets an extra $10K for representing the Town of Newmarket on the Hydro board. That makes his total compensation $169K. How is that materially different from the $172K originally posted in the Toronto Star? And more importantly, how does that make me wrong? Mayor Van Bynen's pay cheque is greater than our MP and MPPs compensation by a substantial margin.
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