Angela Pollak
for Councillor (Sabine)

This election, like none before it, is about the 10-15-20 year horizon for our community.

 

Are we going to select a council who asks people to keep doing more with less? Or are we going to choose
candidates with a vision and a track record of making the pie bigger so there's more to go around?

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I'm Angela Pollak. I'm running for councillor in Sabine ward because I think I can serve your needs better than the incumbant.

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Over the past 16 years, I've talked with lots of South Algonquin stakeholders — residents, business owners, volunteers, community leaders and other people trying to find their way. ​It doesn't matter what ward you live in - one thing comes up again and again. We have all become very, very good at doing more and more with less and less. ​That says something good about us. We are resourceful and resilient. We adapt. We help each other. We figure things out. ​

 

Resilience gets us through hard times. ​But it shouldn't be the plan. It's what's required when systems fail the community. People who spend too long figuring out how to do more with less in hard times, eventually stop imagining better times.

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I think it's time we imagined: ​What would South Algonquin look like if our council had a vision to turn what we already have into what our community needs? ​What if we started building toward the future we want? What if South Algonquin could lead the way?

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I also think it's time we worked on making it happen. A balanced and growing tax base, pathways home for our children, housing supply that meets demand and first mile/last mile transportation solutions are not too much for this community to ask. It should be the minimum standard. We've done without it for too long already, while the government gives money for these initiatives to communities all around us.

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It makes you wonder, why are these resources bypassing our community?

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