Promises / 2018
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Start a mayor’s newsletter, hold town halls, and reduce in-camera meetings
One town hall in the 2022–26 term. No standalone newsletter archive was found.
Ask the mayorStart a mayor’s newsletter, hold town halls, and reduce in-camera meetings
The commitment is in the 2018 inaugural address and questionnaire.
By his own account he held one town hall in 2022–26 (April 25, 2024). He writes an occasional “Up Front with the Mayor” column in NewmarketToday.
A standalone mayor’s newsletter archive was not found on the Town site.
The frequency of closed meetings has not yet been measured from the minutes.
Numbers vs. statement
Town halls
He acknowledged the gap himself: he would have liked to do more.