Letter to the Editor: I voted. Did you?

Everyone is aware of the recent Municipal Election held in Brandon – well, almost everyone!

Brandon has 7,883 registered voters in our city with a population pushing 11,000, and I realize that includes underage souls. You may have already read the statistics … 1,501 voters voted in the Mayor’s race and Mr. Buck garnered 535 and Mr. Cameron 490 … a difference of only 45 votes! Did your man win? Why did or didn’t he? Did you get out and vote for him?

The Ward 1 race had 2,703 eligible voters and only 509 turned out to vote!! Barb Fish received 256 and Courtney Sneller 241 … 15 people … a difference of 15! This tells me that some people in Ward 1 wanted a change, but of course, failed to get it, not for the lack of trying but for the lack of no interest in the registered voters in the ward? I live in Ward 1 and if I should see something amiss, I would like to be able to take it to that council person and say, ‘Could you do something about this problem in Ward 1?’ That’s one reason IO like to vote, to have some say!

If you are a citizen that didn’t vote and you have a complaint this next year about the Mayor … you shouldn’t complain if you didn’t vote!

In a time when our rights are important, use your right to vote to get things done!

We vote again in year for mayor. (Do) you know what to do if you don’t like Mayor Buck? Have a good year, Mayor Buck.

I voted. Did you?

Mary Ann Nelson,

Brandon