Vote 2014

Proper resources key to a good education: trustee candidates

October 8, 2014   ·   0 Comments

Student success begins in the classroom, according to hopefuls wanting to advocate for local students, families, and schools.

Gallo’s 10 Point Plan includes housing, transit

(Gallo released his 10-Point Plan before family, friends and supporters at Joia Restaurant on Wednesday night. Auroran photo by Brock Weir) By Brock Weir Aurora’s ...

VOTE 2014: Candidate Terri Briggs wants to bring a sharp eye for numbers to the Council table

Aurora resident Terri Briggs has spent the past 25 years diligently involved in Scouting, spending the last 12 years running the program out of Regency Acres Public School. Although she initially got involved in the movement through her children, now that they are grown she soldiers on, believing fully in the importance of the lifeskills scouting impart to kids.

VOTE 2014: “Balanced growth” is key to Aurora’s future, says Council candidate Jeff Thom

As the clock ticks closer and closer to the October 27 Municipal Election, Council candidate Jeff Thom knows he probably has the “busiest few weeks” of his life ahead of him.

Mayoral candidates question whether you’re getting the best bang for your tax buck

Over the next several weeks, Aurora voters will be asked by many candidates whether they feel they are getting their best bang from each tax buck, but both candidates in the Mayoral race have different benchmarks on just what that is.

VOTE 2014: Aurora shouldn’t be run “like a business” but as a business, says candidate Frank Vrbanatz

It doesn’t take Frank Vrbanatz very long to get straight to the point on his reasons for putting his name forward as a Council candidate in this month’s municipal election.

VOTE 2014: For better or worse, Barb Barker has had a front-row seat to Downtown development

Barb Barker hasn’t entered the race to be a Councillor for the Town of Aurora on a whim. It neared the top of her bucket list over a decade ago, but before she was able to throw her hat into the ring...

VOTE 2014: Growth will be top of mind if Thompson is re-elected to Council

Michael Thompson came into municipal politics from the business world where decisions are, more often than not, made at a much quicker clip and, for him, that was something of an adjustment to make in his first term on Council.

VOTE 2014: Dawe and Gallo to square off in two-man Mayoral race

28 candidates vie for eight places on Aurora Council ahead of October 27 municipal election.

VOTE 2014: Council candidate Tom Mrakas looks for new ways to keep Aurora growing and moving

Tom Mrakas has long had a ringside seat to politics here in Aurora. For four years, his wife, Alison Collins-Mrakas, served as Councillor from...

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