HuntsvilleForester.com - Municipalities shouldn’t endorse candidates

October 1, 2008

Following the link on the Huntsville Forester website, I notice that, at time of writing (Sept. 24), several people on Mr. Clement’s YouTube support page are indicating their support as municipal officers, notably the mayors of Sundridge and Strong Twp. and a councillor for Muskoka.

While I think use of the YouTube venue is an excellent choice for promoting a candidate, I do question the appropriateness of municipal leaders using their titles as mayor or councillor in this case, rather

than speaking as private citizens. I hardly think that the municipalities would be endorsing any of the candidates, nor should they.

Bill Atkinson
Sundridge

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