Cambridge council has high hopes headed into fall vote
Posted Mar 24, 2010 11:29:16 AM.
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We will be voting in the next municipal election exactly seven months from tomorrow and so far the story seems to be who is running in Cambridge and Waterloo, and who is not running in Kitchener. Karl Kiefer is the latest incumbent councillor in Cambridge to declare his candidacy for the fall election. He filed his papers last Thursday, about two weeks after Ben Tucci filed his. That means all six of the current councillors in Cambridge will seek re-election, including Linda Whetham who has thrown her hat into the ring to contest incumbent mayor Doug Craig in October. As Cambridge expands to an 8-ward system the most hotly contested appears to be Ward 8 where three fresh faces have registered.
In Waterloo, only Ian McLean and Mark Whaley are yet to declare their intentions for the fall. Five other incumbents, plus the mayor, will run again. Like Cambridge, the mayoral race in Waterloo features two familiar faces in incumbent Brenda Halloran and opponent Jan d’Ailly.
But the picture in Kitchener is much less clear as the city expands to ten wards and not a single incumbent is yet registered. Former Kitchener councillor Jake Smola has declared his intentions to run again in the Forest Heights area (Ward 7), a seat he held from 1994 to 2000. While regional chair Ken Seiling, Cambridge mayor Doug Craig and Waterloo mayor Brenda Halloran have all said they will seek re-election, Kitchener mayor Carl Zehr remains quiet with regards to his future.
The municipal election is scheduled for Monday, October 25th.
