Among the many blessings we have to be grateful for in our beautiful Township is that Tiny elections are never boring! A new twist this election season has been a series of inventive (in every sense of the word) attacks not just on opposing candidates, but on the efforts of your friends and neighbours who unstintingly volunteer their time towards the activities of the Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Associations on behalf of our community.
We have been asked: “Aren’t you going to respond to this?” The answer is YES! But not in a factually-selective e-mail or two. The community volunteers who make up the Federation give their response all year round, every year – not just in the couple of weeks leading up to an election. In supporting worthwhile causes important to our community, like the Site 41 opposition and the low lake water levels initiative, in maintaining an informative website and sending regular communications to keep us all informed of issues and events, in the huge team effort of producing a spring and fall issue of “The Tiny Cottager” newspaper every year, not just in election year!
You should have recently received your fall 2014 issue of the “Cottager”. We are proud of it and hope that you find it both entertaining and informative. It takes a lot of work to put it out, and it would not be possible without the support of the local merchants and businesses that advertise in it. We thank them and thank you for shopping locally for the fine goods and services they offer.
Because this is an election year, the current issue of the “Cottager” includes quite a bit of election information, including, for your consideration, the Federation’s recommendations for Tiny Council. With sincere thanks to all candidates who have shown the civic commitment to run for office, we are proud and excited to support the five candidates we have recommended – George Lawrence, Andre Claire, Richard Hinton, Nigel Warren and Dick Wesselo – and proud of the time, effort, thought and spirited discussion which went into arriving at those recommendations.
One of the most important things we look for in recommending a candidate for your consideration is a positive, inclusive approach: problem-solvers and consensus-builders. Is the Federation a “special interest group”? Yes we are, and we are proud of that fact! Our special interest is Tiny Township – all of it, and everyone who lives in it! When we look for candidates to recommend, we look for ones that share that special interest. This October one of the things we are thankful for is that we have five great candidates who do just that!
Thank you for being interested enough to inform yourself of the issues and the candidates in this Tiny election. Thank you for voting. And thank you for doing all that you do to make this beautiful Tiny Township of ours the very special place that we all love!
To you and your families, a very Happy Thanksgiving from the Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Associations and The Tiny Cottager!
