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Sept 12 -Sept 19, 2010 |
“Stable leadership is required”
Maurizio Bevilacqua throws his hat in the race for Vaughan mayor
“I intend to bring my political experience to this city and offer leadership that is geared to change,” declared Maurizio Bevilacqua this past week as he officially announced his intention to run for the mayorship of Vaughan. Bevilacqua arrived at the Major Mackenzie headquarters of Vaughan’s city council at 9:30 a.m., and entered the administration department where he made his candidacy official. He then spoke with officials for about half hour, after which he met with waiting journalists.
In response to numerous questions, Bevilacqua specified that his administration’s guidelines will be based on three themes: economy, leadership, and change. Regarding change, the former federal MP said “the essential element for achieving any goal is to have stabile governance. Lack of stability leads to failure,” he emphasized. “Stable leadership is required.”
In this regard, Bevilacqua is counting on his ability to “unite, and to govern, counting on consensus, not division.”
During the press conference, Bevilacqua carefully avoided making any reference to the controversies that have characterized the local administration for the past few years, saying he wants to “build on the positives – of which there are many – which have been achieved over the past decades.”
In response to the question on the relationship he intends to have especially with the large construction contractors operating within the city, Bevilacqua said it is necessary to establish a relationship based on clarity and reciprocal respect: “I am certainly not in favour of a policy that criminalizes the private sector, placing it against citizens, and therefore citizens against administrators.
The development of any activity must be based on cooperation between the public and private, keeping in mind that everything must be in the interests of the citizens.”
During his speech, Bevilacqua, who recently turned 50, often used the word “change” but did so in a positive sense – change not as an indication of disparity but of evolution, a change not in denial of the past but in taking advantage of the good that has been done, while getting rid of any dead wood. Page 1/...Page 2
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