July 17, 2018
Mandy Martin for Mayor:
candidate papers filed
CRAMAHE TOWNSHIP — It’s time for a change in Cramahe Township.
Let’s make Cramahe Township council once again accountable to us — the citizens and residents who pay our hard-earned money in hopes of having a responsible elected government.
We have too much going for us to just hand over control of who gets to build where, repair a road there or award a contract here without hearing what we have to say.
Cramahe Township has over 225 years (!) of community history: remarkable people, remarkable accomplishments and milestones recorded — and continuing.
I want our strengths celebrated, built upon and honoured.
To be mayor of this magnificent municipality is a privilege, not a right; it is an honour to be earned, not assumed. That is why I am today standing for election as Mayor of Cramahe Township
No one person should act as the eye of the needle to determine who we are, what we contribute, what we bring to the table locally and well beyond.
I know, from championing Cramahe Township for the past 20-plus years, that our strength and integrity lies in how we work together, support, recognize and appreciate one another.
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July 17, 2018
Mandy Martin for Mayor:
candidate papers filed
Nominations for all five Cramahe Township council positions close 2 p.m. Friday, July 27. When nominations have closed, details of my election platform will be released.
In the meantime, you, too, consider standing for any council office because we, as Cramahe Township, are ALL worth it.
If you have issues/suggestions you’d like me to consider, call 905.355.2822 or e-mail me at mandymartin271@gmail.com .
Mandy Martin
EDUCATION:
B.A., History and Psychology, Queen’s University, Kingston, 1994.
Dean’s Honour Role and highest academic standing of all students
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Present: includes Cramahe Archives, Black Dress Catering by Donna Rusaw, Colborne Foodland, freelance writing.
2016-2017: Contributing Editor, Watershed Magazine.
2015: contract, Stakeholder Relations Officer, Port Hope Area Initiative, nuclear waste clean-up project.
2010-2014: Managing Editor, Our Homes Magazine Peterborough Northumberland, quarterly consumer magazine.
2005-2010: Editorial Director, Northumberland Publishers, Cobourg, Northumberland Today, GO! Magazine, speciality publications.
2005-1997: Newspaper Editor, Northumberland Publishers, Cobourg: dailies Cobourg Daily Star and Port Hope Evening Guide; weeklies The Colborne Chronicle, The Apple Gazette, Brighton.
1996: Government of Ontario, contract to establish a Queen’s Park office for an MPP.
1995-6: Conference and Catering Manager, Isaiah Tubbs Resort, Prince Edward County.
1984-95: Customer Accounts Supervisor, Retail Supervisor; Corporate Relations, Ontario Hydro, Eastern Ontario: financial and personnel administration, external and internal communications, crisis management.
1980-84: Magazine Editor/Journalist, Southam Communications, Canadian Travel News and Meetings & Incentive Travel, international travel and tourism industry magazines; features contributor – The Globe & Mail.
1969-80: Newspaper Editor/Managing Editor, Northumberland Publishers, two daily, three weekly newspapers, Canada Press Ontario Council member.
BOARDS/VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:
2010-2015: Colborne Legion Br. 187, executive member
2012-2014: Director, Northumberland Community Futures Development Corporation
2002-2005: Director/Vice President, Northumberland United Way
2001: The Keeler Centre, Colborne, fundraising committee
1986: International Plowing Match, Hastings County event, 1986
1986-89: Belleville Waterfront Festival & Folklorama
Other: Director, Northumberland Children’s Aid Society; Big Sisters (both Hastings and Northumberland Counties). Established photography school for international child aid agency (S.O.S.), Honduras, C.A.
MEMBERSHIPS:
Royal Canadian Legion
Ontario Federation of Naturalists
Decisions For The Great Lakes (elected);
Society of American Travel Writers (elected)
Author: Pete Fisher
Has been a photojournalist for over 30-years and have been honoured to win numerous awards for photography and writing over the years. Best selling author for the book Highway of Heroes - True Patriot Love
