JEFFERSON GEORGE WRIGHT for Deputy Mayor, Stratford Civic Council

jgw.stratford@proton.me

Between the voting period of October 16th and 26th, with 10 spots for 26 candidates, please scroll down the list and Pick Last First!

If you need me promptly, find the whisk broom & mop-curly hair in the civic triangle, picking up cigarette butts, ice cream napkins, gum, and glass particulate so all the sweet doggies don't cut their paws.

I stand for Council because it is the best, but not the only, way to integratedly solve Stratford's most systemic challenges. I am a problem determiner, and an immediate solution activator.

Why ever wait to start step one of the solution when a problem has been determined?

For me, step one was achieving and then maintaining a clean downtown core. The epicentre was the weeds around the gates to the Tir Na Nog pathway of Enchantment for Lost Youth, and then grew to encompass Waterloo to Ontario to Erie to St. Patrick/George, the defined "city core". People feel comfortable and enjoy themselves more when the public pathways & civic triangle are unlittered and without persistent pavement weeds.

Step two is the authority of public office, now underway in pursuit of efficiency and transparency in all public works. As example, why did the litter collect? Why was it not seen, or why was it seen and action not taken? Taken as a metaphor, what other government processes are dirty, unfocused, or unnecessarily opaque?

Stratfjord is a special spiritual place, a place where caring and conscientious individuals are not only the norm, but overwhelmingly everywhere. Nowhere else does a polite greeting not possibly turn into a meaningful and memorable conversation, if not a new best friend. Let's reform our local government to reflect that reality!

civic priorities:

• Public Access to North Civic Castle Stairs ** masonry apparently underway fall 2026 **
• Reduce Voting Age to 16, per 2019 Ontario Bill 96 ** motion suggested to current Council **
• Replacing the island bridge at Shakespearean Gardens ** inquiry sent to Parks **
• Add at least one garbage can on Wellington West between St. Patrick & Civic Triangle ** proposed to Waste Services **
• Improve Traffic Logic Flow (e.g. open Yellow overnight on Ontario to Downie, advance Left during peak congestion from northbound Veterans Dr. / Erie onto Ontario, 3-way stop intermittent congestion reduction at Romeo & Devon / Delamere, sometimes left to Huron from York)
• Prompt Demolition of GTR factory site & remediation of area, concurrent with an inspired Heritage Community Castle design
• Update Smoking By-Laws to reflect proximity-to-door reality (3m better than 9m) & promote litter reduction
• Implementation of a Renoviction Protection by-law in line with other municipalities
• Regulate e-scooter usage to prioritize safety with PPE & corridor by-laws
• An Evolution in Waste Stewardship in line with the Nordic model, including innovative on-demand neighborhood segregation processors, set up beside the mailboxes
• Empowerment of Local Population, house-owning, rooms-renting, or home-less, to define achievable, community-oriented Life Goals

• FREE PARKING^TM for a nominal fee, prorated monthly for residents & daily/weekly for guests
• Promoting private-financed Bieber-related activites for those on pilgrimage, especially Bieber Bumper Cars (BBC) & SKYLRK storefront
• Term Limits for all Councillors & Trustees (proposed 2 terms with a non-consecutive break)
• Invite alternative, 'abnormal' schools to populate the Normal School, Falstaff, and community buildings (Krishnamurti, Randolph, Montessori)
• Double the Salary for a Councilor, to roughly half that of Mayor
• Follow through on the Constitutional challenge to the Provincial imposition of 'strong mayor' legislation, unless the recent court decision over Toronto bike lanes renders the litigious opportunity nil
• Improve the city's slogan to better reflect its diversity & responsibility ** I am open to suggestions, but have also developed an excellent option **
• Build a movie studio and a back lot - if you build it, they will come and spend film-money here regularly off-season
• Rename Waldies Laneway to Tiger Alley, in honor of Huron Tract founder Dr. Dunlop, and because it looks like a jungle back there!
• Bring back the outdoor pianos & host a fall 2026 event ** proposed to Destination Stratford & Stratford Summer Music **

provincial priorities:

• A resumption of the Basic / Guaranteed Annuated Income Pilot

federal priorities:

• Military assistance to Cuba's supply chain, assuring consistent subsistence fuel delivery