All C Ward All Aboard: Councillor Smith Elected
Well after several days of what it looked like to be Phil Silver being re-elected as Mayor, it’s turns out…Phil Silver has been elected as Mayor.
Which means that the 3 remaining councillors in C ward are automatically elected, including Myself.
My result on it’s own disregarding the Mayoral vote, in my opinion was good considering I didn’t occupy all of the booths with volunteers on the day or at pre-poll, had I have done that, I imagine my vote would have increased quite proportionally.
I need to thank all of the members of the community, approx 13%ish that did give me your number one vote, I’ve got a number of things planned that will further democracy and empower the community, in addition to this, I feel that there are a number of issues where a simple, honest, non-political viewpoint would be extremely beneficial and I’ll be offering just that.
I need to also thank ALL of the support I’ve had from every stakeholder and many current Councillors within the shire. The members of CAN, including Jane Garnier and Marilyn Perkins who have all been extremely supportive, a big thank you to John Felsch and his team of volunteers who actively supported me, a big thank you to to Sharon Cadwallader for her active support and importantly, a big thank you to Allan Rich who has been extremely supportive over the last 12 months.
Everyone who has supported me so far, I am extremely grateful and I look forward to working with you all in the coming years.
Moving Along.
In politics, the most important thing is to stay true to yourself, soooo many people who had potential or might have been nice people to start out with have came out arseholes who refuse to listen in the end. They forget who they are and what they stand for, they forget what they’re all about, where they came from, and what it’s like in the real world on a day to day basis.
I promise you that I will stay true to myself.
My life mantra is “Follow those who seek the truth and run from those who have claimed to have found it.”
My promise is to maintain this, my promise is to maintain an open viewpoint at all times, I’ll always be seeking new ideas, new information new feedback to make the best decisions possible, I’ll never assume that I have the best idea or I know what’s best, I’ll always be open to discuss, debate and consider anyone and everyones point of view.
I believe that every single person on this planet has something great to contribute and I hope to empower members of our community to bring that out of themselves and offer it.
My message is all about positivity and I’m excited about what I feel can be achieved when you throw a guy like me into the council dynamic. I’m looking forward to being part of a new council team. I’m looking forward to dealing with the challenges that lie ahead but most importantly, I’m really looking forward to working with everyone, all members of the community, all the stakeholders and all the councillors because I know that when we all work together as a team we can achieve miracles.
Ben.