{"id":21220,"date":"2018-07-26T14:42:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T18:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=21220"},"modified":"2018-07-26T14:42:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T18:42:22","slug":"ballards-election-statement-is-disingenuous-says-reader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/ballards-election-statement-is-disingenuous-says-reader\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballard\u2019s election statement is \u201cdisingenuous,\u201d says reader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>(Re: Former MPP Chris Ballard confirms Mayoral bid, July 12)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was with incredulity I read in last week\u2019s Auroran that recently unemployed MPP Chris Ballard was announcing a mayoral run, casting our Town as some downtrodden community falling behind its GTA neighbours due to \u201cyears of political mismanagement.\u201d<br \/>\nDisingenuous to say the least.<br \/>\nMr. Ballard was a member of the first Council that he claims has lost its way.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s time to get Aurora back on course,\u201d he says without saying what course that is.<br \/>\nIn my opinion, having attended many Council and committee meetings over the past 18 months, the Town is \u201con course\u201d under Mayor Geoff Dawe\u2019s leadership.<br \/>\nAs Dawe put it in the same edition of The Auroran, \u201cAurora achieved the highest rate of job growth in York Region, attracted two major hotel investments, two corporate headquarters, a new post-secondary education program and was twice listed by business publications as one of the best places to live in Ontario.\u201d<br \/>\nAurora has been decidedly well served by Geoff Dawe as our Mayor. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Frank Snape<br \/>\nAurora<\/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\" 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