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Wednesday, October 18, 2017
YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER
Two new faces at City Hall BY ERIN FAWCETT efawcett@reddeerexpress.com
There are two new faces on Red Deer City council. October 20 - 22 Michael Dawe and Vesna Higham se• Westerner Park cured seats with Dawe receiving the highest number of votes at 12,229. He said he is overwhelmed and appreciative to have seen such strong support from the community. “I’m deeply humbled and I just feel a tremendous gratitude for the support I got from the community, but also to all my volunteers who helped me and how hard they really worked to make tonight possible,” he said. He said he realizes that Monday is just the first small step as the hard work is just beginning on council, grappling with the issues, listening to what people want for the community and working with Red Deerians as a whole to make the City a better place. “There are problems, but we need to look for solutions and do what’s best for the whole community.” Going forward, he said he’d like to find new innovative ways of tackling the problems such as crime, but also tackle them in such a way that includes what the community thinks. “I think sometimes we get carried away and we say, ‘Well, we need to do this and we don’t really care what the public thinks.’ We have to care what the public thinks because that’s why we’re here. We’re here as representatives,” he said. “The voters of Red Deer expressed such support for me, but also incredible gratitude NEWCOMERS - Councillors Michael Dawe and Vesna Higham are the new faces on Red Deer City council. Carlie Connolly/Red Deer Express to the group of people who really made it possible because I had a really wonderful and devotion to our community. I learned a lot from each of you, set of volunteers who just worked their hearts out and I think crime and the opioid addiction in our community. “The two are connected and need to be addressed with a multi- and know that you will continue contributing in many ways to the they helped do it.” Meanwhile, Higham said she feels honoured to be re-elected, pronged approach and we have to hit the ground running on that strength and success of our community,” she said. “I would also issue. The people have clearly spoken on that one. like to acknowledge the tremendous, longstanding contributions first having served one term on City council from 2001-2004. “I think we need to think about bringing in a municipal police of councillor Lynne Mulder who served his community with such “It feels absolutely terrific. I am totally humbled and so grateful to the residents of this City for the trust they have placed in me force. We need to immediately enhance the resources and ability devotion and heart.” Dawe and Higham join Mayor Tara Veer, Councillor Tanya for our police to respond to the crime in our community.” by this wonderful mandate.” Handley, Councillor Dianne Wyntjes, Councillor Lawrence Higham said she is ready to get to work. She added she is looking forward to getting to work in her “Thank you to all the candidates who ran in this election - for Lee, Councillor Buck Buchanan, Councillor Ken Johnston and new role. “There’s no question the top order of business is to address the courage to put yourselves out there, and for all your hard work Councillor Frank Wong.
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