To the Editor,
Now that the dust has settled on the elections, let’s have some sobering thoughts.
In Saugeen Shores, the turnout was an abysmal 49.3%, but the only good news is that this was one of the highest turnouts in Bruce/Grey, with West Grey reporting 29.76% (Not all municipalities have published their stats).
Let’s think about this in Saugeen Shores. Across all levels – twenty excellent candidates put their names forward. They put their names on posters right across the municipality (with the cost coming out their own pockets). They attended multiple all-candidates meetings. They canvassed by knocking on our doors.
After all that, only one in two of us had enough respect to take less than two minutes to vote.
Gerard Walsh
