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Kanata Kourier-Standard 36 Pages
44th Year, Issue 30 August 5, 2010
Parking wars: Woman pushes for more bicycle parking. P4
Family fun: Kanata North picnic attracts hundreds. P10
Medal finish: Kanata student graduates top of Carleton class. P34
Out of the running Wilkinson unopposed as Muirhead drops out of Kanata North election BLAIR EDWARDS KOURIER-STANDARD
JESSICA CUNHA PHOTO
A Kanata Cub ducks under a bad pitch on Sunday, Aug. 1, during the Scott Tokessy Memorial Gold Glove Tournament. The event, held July 30 to Aug. 1 at baseball diamonds across Kanata, raised $25,000 for the cardiology department of CHEO.
Kanata North is once again a onewoman race. Matt Muirhead announced on Friday, July 30, he won’t run for councillor of Kanata North in the City of Ottawa’s 2010 municipal election. The 36-year-old Morgan’s Grant man said he was withdrawing for family reasons. “I knew I’d end up missing my youngest son’s birthday,” said Muirhead. “With three kids . . . I really haven’t seen them for three weeks.” Muirhead said he had declared his candidacy earlier this month because he was upset over two issues. The first was a special services levy proposed by Wilkinson and later passed by council to charge Kanata North residents $15 to $18 annually over the next decade to pay to bury hydro lines on a stretch of Kanata Avenue between Goulbourn Forced and Richardson Side roads. He said the second issue that brought his candidacy to boil was Wilkinson’s
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call to stop development of the South March Highlands with only a few months left before the developer was scheduled to begin clearing trees for construction. Muirhead said he later realized he didn’t want to fight “an overly negative” and “combative campaign” with Wilkinson at this point in time. “I may have criticized her on various files but I did not want to impugn her reputation or besmirch my own by coming across as too aggressive and self serving,” said Muirhead. Muirhead said he remained committed to maintaining his community involvement but that he didn’t have the time to devote as a politician right now. “If I’m going to serve the community I have to give 100 per cent – I can’t do 70, 80 or 90 per cent,” he said. “I’m committed to my family and community first and the political side of things can wait for now.” Incumbent Marianne Wilkinson is now unopposed in the Kanata North election. MUIRHEAD, SEE 3