{"id":12218,"date":"2015-10-14T12:17:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T16:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=12218"},"modified":"2015-10-14T12:17:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T16:17:23","slug":"candidate-sent-young-voters-home-for-thanksgiving-with-food-for-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/candidate-sent-young-voters-home-for-thanksgiving-with-food-for-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidate sent young voters home for Thanksgiving with food for thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I would like to publicly thank Costas Menegakis, Conservative candidate for Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill, for taking time out of his busy campaigning to speak to youth at our youth forum held Friday, October 9.<br \/>\nHe answered so many questions posed by young people in our Aurora community.<br \/>\nAurora high schools Cardinal Carter, St. Max, and Williams were well represented, as well as young graduates and university students home for Thanksgiving from York University, University of Toronto, University of Western Ontario and more.<br \/>\nYouth issues are important to our whole community and it is great to see a candidate take such an active role in addressing them.<br \/>\nI urge all young people in Aurora to vote on Monday, October 19th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul de Roos<br \/>\nYouth co-chair<br \/>\nYouth Forum<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F12218&#038;t=Candidate%20sent%20young%20voters%20home%20for%20Thanksgiving%20with%20food%20for%20thought&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F12218&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Candidate%20sent%20young%20voters%20home%20for%20Thanksgiving%20with%20food%20for%20thought\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F12218&#038;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Candidate%20sent%20young%20voters%20home%20for%20Thanksgiving%20with%20food%20for%20thought&#038;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F12218\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would like to publicly thank Costas Menegakis, Conservative candidate for Aurora-Oak Ridges-Richmond Hill, for taking time out of his busy campaigning to speak to youth at our youth forum held Friday, October 9. He answered so many questions posed by young people in our Aurora community. 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