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Courtenay voters give Jangula four more years Scott Stanfield Record Staff
Larry Jangula will be serving his second term as mayor of Courtenay. According to preliminary results in Saturday’s election, he collected 3,483 votes. His opponent, Jon Ambler, garnered 2,502 votes. “I’m sort of in shock,” Jangula said, noting a new-look council with the exception of Manno Theos and Doug Hillian, who finished second and fifth in the vote for six council seats. “We have a mixture of young people and some seasoned people. We’re going to work together and bring the city forward.” Newcomer David Frisch topped the polls with 3,671 votes, followed by Theos at 3,033. Two other new members of council — Bob Wells and Rebecca Lennox — were third and fourth in voting at 2,985 and 2,835 respectively. Hillian retained his seat on council with 2,592 votes while Erik Eriksson — who had served a previous term on council — was sixth in the polls with 2,448 votes. The other candidates finished as follows: Starr Winchester (2,333), Bill Anglin (1,900), Marcus Felgenhauer (1,800), Dan Doerksen (1,722), George Knox (1,452), Terry Chaney (1,351) and Stu MacInnis (1,196).
Larry Jangula with his wife, Jen, their son, Craig and his girlfriend, Ashley, at a victory party at the Jangula home after Saturday’s election results were announced. PHOTO BY TERRY FARRELL “The people have put together the team that they want to govern Courtenay for the next four years,” said Ambler, who served the last two terms as a councillor. “That’s the people’s choice and I respect that.” Jangula hopes the Maple Pool issue will be settled shortly. The city is embroiled
in a legal battle with the owners of the campsite, which provides low-rent housing for more than 50 at-risk individuals. Technically, zoning prohibits the couple from housing people on the property. “That was the number-one issue in every area of Courtenay,” said Jangula, who had
his knuckles rapped by council when he spoke about the issue after an in-camera meeting. “I think the fact the Freedom of Information request is going forward is actually a positive thing. I think all elected people should sooner or later be held accountable for their decisions, whether they’re in open council or in camera. “If council decided, for example — and I can’t speak for council — to drop the court case, leave it legally non-conforming, let the Friends of Maple Pool do some things to bring it up to more of a standard, I don’t think anyone would be unhappy with that in the community. That’s what I would love to see happen.” Jangula says the city also needs to move on the proposed Braidwood Road supportive housing project — on which council has been pushing senior levels of government. “It’s definitely a concern and a very important thing,” Jangula said. “And I think the other thing is about accountability of tax money, about how we spend tax money — about respect for the taxpayers’ dollars.” Janice Caton and Cliff Boldt won the two Courtenay seats for school trustee, earning 2,265 and 1,784 votes respectively. Unofficial numbers show 6,150 votes cast in Courtenay, of 19,853 eligible voters - 30.9 per cent.
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Ives outduels Grant to win third mayoralty term in Comox Erin Haluschak Record Staff
With more than a 200-vote difference, Comox Mayor Paul Ives will enter his third term in the position, defeating former Councillor Tom Grant in Saturday’s municipal election. With 4,350 votes cast out of a possible 10,509 eligible voters, Ives received 2,276, while Grant received 1,995. “It’s all about trust. We’ve got some new councillors and we’ve
MacKinnon tops polls; Arnott and Marg Grant new councillors got some returning councillors. It’s all about the trust that the voters placed in us to carry on the things we said we were going to do during the election and also leading up to the election,” said Ives moments after the results were read aloud at the Comox Recreation Centre.
Ives said he was happy with the voter turnout, which he attributed to the individuals who ran, and acknowledged his competitor’s fair race for the mayoral seat. “(Grant ran) a really clean campaign, stood on the issues …. I respect all of the work he’s done as councillor for 12 years and I wish him all the best in his future endeavours. I know we’ll see him again as active as he is in the community.”
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Comox Mayor Paul Ives and his dad Rod celebrate his third term at the position Saturday night at the Comox Recreation Centre shortly after the results of the municipal election were announced.
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