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WATERLOO PUBLlC LIBRAF ~ " at cl \ K) - \ S “1 t” a 56" WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27. 2010 0 WATERLOO, ONTARIO * $1 INCLUDING HST as No talk * -~ ~-~ o o , f Merger dzscusszons ‘ a]?r the table after Clty votes No @\ i I V . BY Guam-m Plano Putnam ' ' an Chronicle Sta” ‘ if . eople in the cities of Waterloo ’ and Kitchener proved just Q . how different they are when . they marked their ballots Monday. V in mirror image results, two- _ No To thirds of Waterloo voters said no to _ merger talks. while in Kitchener. . . FLU0R|DE twoâ€"thirds Said yes 5 Tight vote in . "W““wms'inglha‘ "3°"? ”We 5 A fluoride vote did say yes, collectively. said lncta it, if}! Siemens. co-chair of Let's Talk KW. % 3 .. “is Pages an advocacy group that encouraged “i: it “‘ . voters in both cities to say yes. . 4; . L 3 “But we're not a collective, are ‘ a,“ 3; V ‘x n- we? We're two separate cities, so we ~ " it '~ have to respect the process and the _ BUSINESS 3:15:31” been put to bed for a . Mow-"gag” asap”- s , f w terl i ~ _ 1 - ' counilruzfisan 1233“; “$302,112 Incumbent mayor Brenda Halloran is elated as results come in during her election party in uptown Waterlcio ge »‘ Worth Books. said she knew the Monday night. Halloran is the city‘s first mum-term mayor elected since 1994. mew-um . an“, idea would be a tougher sell north . 57 M“) H oran 3 second to . Kitchener. as the larger city. may ’ 1- Q“ 3 VJ. not have feared the loss of identity . if gfizllfifbfi? “we at an expanded 1!ma MAcDowun She believes voters connected" Overall. the mayor believe she v" Ward 2 Coun. Karen Sclan was M with her because of her platform has a strong mandate for the next V thrilled with the result but said put- of fiscal responsibility, affordable fouryears ' ting the merger question on the renda Halloran isWaterloo's transit and environmental lnitla- I think (voters) believe in ballot in the first place was a calcu- first two-tent) mayor since tives. Financial responsibility where l‘ve been in the last four lated risk. Brian Thmbull was re~elect- especially registered with voters years and where H] be taking it in ' “We thought it was important to ed in 1994. during the campaign and Hallo- the next four years," she said. give the people a chance to say no Halloran. who was first elected ran said she was committed to “We stayed fowsed, we stayed â€"andwe knew they would say no.” mayor in 2006, won Monday's financial stability. , positive and we stayed on the she said election with 45.7 per cent of the “We already know we’re look~ issues" Mayor Brenda Halloran wasn't vote. Ian d'Ailly came in second ing at 1.89 per cent (tax) increase She offered a few words of mm - surprised bythe results either. with 26.4 per cent of the vote. next year based on our capital praise for d'Ailly. “That's what we were hearing Dale Ross was in third with 20.4 projections." she said. “He was a good opponent and door to door from the citizens of per cent and Franklin Ram- Halloran's first action as mayor he ran a good campaign." Hallo- Waterloo .. she said soomair rounded the race with will be to create a citizens' budget ran said. And the matter-will not be dis 7.4 percent. committee to reviewcity finances “He should be proud of his .. , .. , ~ . “It's been a long, long time “We're going to open up the resultsaswell." ‘ ' “ " 53353113“) further at Waterloo my since we've had a two-(em! mayor books at city hall and engage citi- D'Ailly and Halloran were "A m") vote means no We are not and I feel privileged and hon- zens in the deliberation process heated rivals on the campaign going to panicipate .. ' outed to be given the tmst of this and ask for their help in finding O l ST N Can tlnu ed on 7 community," Halloran said. further efficiencies." (brimmed on I"?e 7 2g l 97 702an l 25 If you could desugn your dream Window, what would It be? ,: myMarvm by : llll l 5 M . . ‘4 A T. _. " ’ ‘ ' V rian ‘ ' Mark Leila f MIRVINN‘ Phoeoqupher ;wmoow won“ ; ,. aw. i w ‘M ‘w Come In today and be Inspired with oil the latest Marvin has to offer. ; we... use Shirley Drive. “chem: . 519-5704”; . mbmionwhdomcom i v