I just wanted to let you know that Mayoral Candidate Jan d'Ailly made a difference in Northdale, too.
In fact, if I could place the blame for the disaster that Northdale has become on one person's shoulder's — it would be on Jan d'Ailly.
Jan d'Ailly was chair of the finance committee that failed to give the funds to implement the Student Accommodation Report that was meant to preserve Northdale as a mixed family and student neighbourhood. And as you probably know, Northdale went on to became an almost 100 per cent student-occupied ghetto with rampant crime.
Jan d'Ailly sat on Town and Gown while a policy of not charging students was in place from 2000 to 2007. Just to clarify — students were not being charged for breaking the law in Waterloo despite the fact that the residents of Northdale were promised proactive zero-tolerance bylaw enforcement in the Student Accommodation Report of 2004.
He tried to stop us from getting a land use study for Northdale to figure out how to fix the problems. We finally got one but only after Mayor Halloran and several councilors intervened.
And now Mr. D'Ailly's website says that he "championed a comprehensive land use study" for Northdale. That couldn't be further from the truth. He tried to prevent us from getting a Land Use Study.
Jan fought us every step of the way as we tried to get help for Northdale.
I believe Jan d'Ailly was the worst councilor that Northdale has had in the 14 years that I have lived in here.
Can you imagine what he could do with all of Waterloo to manage? I bet he could make a "big difference" in Waterloo too.
Christine Carmody
Waterloo
2 comments:
Yikes, I think I voted for the wrong guy
Fortunately you were seemingly in the minority here. I am hoping that Jeff will not make Jan's mistakes regarding Northdale.
Ships on the beach should serve as lighthouses to the sea.
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