Ward 1 Council Debate Tonight

I read in the News Advertiser this morning that only 12 people turned out for the Mayoral Debate between Ms. Clymer and Mr. Parish.

Have the people of Ajax become so disengaged with local politics they’ve washed their hands of any need to get involved?

Or is it because so many Ajacians are locked into meeting their own schedules of work; the commute home; feeding the kids, or; booting up their computers when they get home to continue work left over from their day at the office, among other things.

We’re heading toward 2011 folks. If technology could broadcast coverage of the Vancouver Winter Olympics around the world in HD, surely the organizers of the debate might have found a way to stream the Mayoral Debate into every home in Ajax with an internet connection.

If you want a first-hand opportunity to meet your candidates for Ward 1 Councillor, the debate begins this evening at 7 p.m. at Lincoln Alexander Public School on Church Street.