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Uncategorized · 3rd November 2008
Wm. Bronco Moncrief
First elected as a councillor in 1967,Moncrief became mayor of Cumberland in 1969 and remained at that role for 24 consecutive years, until 1993. He was re-elected in 1996 and continued to serve as mayor until 2002 when he took a break from politics before regaining a seat as a councillor in 2006.
Moncrief has fought for many issues during his years in office, including the sewer system, the water system, the Secondary School and Intermidiate Care Centre,the Cultural Centre and Museum.
"In order to update our infrastructure, we must improve our financial position."
To do this, we need good, clean growth and development.This will increase our revenue without burdening existing taxpayers."
Bronco has experience and knowledge to continue serving the residents of Cumberland.
Moncrief has fought for many issues during his years in office, including the sewer system, the water system, the Secondary School and Intermidiate Care Centre,the Cultural Centre and Museum.
"In order to update our infrastructure, we must improve our financial position."
To do this, we need good, clean growth and development.This will increase our revenue without burdening existing taxpayers."
Bronco has experience and knowledge to continue serving the residents of Cumberland.
Reply to Councillor Wm. Moncrief
Comment by T.Anderson on 4th November 2008
I have read the article on MR Moncrief and it is my opinion that if he served the village for all of those years. How come the village is in such bad shape did he not have the vision to see what would happen in the future. And why did he not get a low cost loan to fix the damn years ago, in those days you could get a low cost loan and help from the government to fix the problem. Gordon Kinnan was a councillor at that time and he put the proposal to council and they voted it down. If they had done it then, we would not have this water problem now.
There were many mistakes made when mayor Moncrief and his councillors were in office. So now is the time to change all of them to someone who will work and plan for the village and put us back on track.
One more thing that has been going on is that the village has let itself been put into too many lawsuits and we as taxpayers pay the bill. That is part of the problem why the village does not have any money. I read their audit on the moneys spent around the village and there is way too much spent on parks alone. I have lived here for over 20 years. And I hope that the next 20 are more profitable for the village then what we have now.
I have read the article on MR Moncrief and it is my opinion that if he served the village for all of those years. How come the village is in such bad shape did he not have the vision to see what would happen in the future. And why did he not get a low cost loan to fix the damn years ago, in those days you could get a low cost loan and help from the government to fix the problem. Gordon Kinnan was a councillor at that time and he put the proposal to council and they voted it down. If they had done it then, we would not have this water problem now.
There were many mistakes made when mayor Moncrief and his councillors were in office. So now is the time to change all of them to someone who will work and plan for the village and put us back on track.
One more thing that has been going on is that the village has let itself been put into too many lawsuits and we as taxpayers pay the bill. That is part of the problem why the village does not have any money. I read their audit on the moneys spent around the village and there is way too much spent on parks alone. I have lived here for over 20 years. And I hope that the next 20 are more profitable for the village then what we have now.