WEBSITE: http://www.mcmahoncan.ca

EMAIL: mary-margaret@mcmahoncan.ca
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PHONE: 647-456-3184

CAMPAIGN MANAGER: Timothy Emo

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1. What key issues define your campaign platform?

Top 5 ways I can create change:

Budget Responsibility: Greater responsibility with local contracts, development, tendering processes, budget plans, council salaries and expenses.

Local Businesses: Win-win solutions to support local businesses; less bureaucracy, more business-community integration and less political pressure.

Action on Transit: More funding, less empty rhetoric, less inter-government squabbling, less TTC insensitivity, poor decisions and inferior execution.

Community Connection to City Hall: More local expert involvement to ward 32 community developments. Strong connections between city hall decisions and community interests.

Sustainability: Sustainability is about protecting the community and saving money.

Who can identify savings and spend tax dollars as carefully as if they were her own, helping to balance the budget? Who can make changes that support local business in a fair, equitable way? Who can drive transit change? Who can boast a solid track record on neighbourhood involvement and environment? Me!

2. Why are you the best candidate for this position?
I am a leading Ward 32 citizen. Proven leadership. Dedication to action. Tireless community spirit.  For 19 years I have created change in Ward 32. As runner-up for 2009′s Beach Citizen of the Year, few have done more to make life better in Ward 32. My family and I have lived in both the Beach and East York areas. I am renowned in the community and at City Hall as a community leader who gets things done. It’s time I became our representative on council.

• Conceived and founded East Lynn Farmer’s Market with 3 others, initiated summer festival and movie nights (No other candidate was involved, as is claimed).
• Worked with Danforth East Community Association, the BIA’s and residents’ associations to improve neighbourhoods, protect our architectural heritage and environment.
• Chaired Parent-Teacher Council; brought in FoodShare, Scientists in School, LEAF and initiated other school-community programs.

3. What specifically do you plan to do for your ward, if elected?
Seek to curtail $500 million annual budget overspending and unfair single-source tendering, investigate recreation spending & unused facilities, promote local shopping; make schools community hubs for all ages at all hours, create win-win development review panel for Ward 32, become very involved in TTC priorities, funding, decisions; hold regular town hall meetings to seek real input and act on it; continue extensive involvement with sustainability; investigate parking policies, tenant voter list concerns, seniors transit concerns, mismanaged recycling, Ward 32 soil problems and residents storm water challenges. Stick to my belief in 2 terms max for councillors.

4. Please provide details on your personal bio.

• Lived in both the Beach & Woodbine/Danforth 19 years.
• Leadership and budget control for 100+ teachers and students as Director at Yorkland.
• One of 4 founders of Farmers’ Market at Woodbine & Danforth
• Added summer festivals and movie nights.
• Multilingual scholar, Carleton and University of Toronto.
• Chair of the Parent-Teacher Association, bringing FoodShare, Scientists In School, and LEAF and numerous school-community programs to Ward 32
• Works with Toronto Council on environment issues; Live Green Program rep for 650,000 constituents.
• Father is former longtime Collingwood Mayor Ron Emo.

5. Who do you plan to support for mayor?
Declaring support for a mayoralty candidate is not part of my campaign platform. Who can create the needed change in Ward 32 and at City Hall? I CAN!