Ron Eibel

10/29/2018

Not even a week has passed and things move on. 5 nights ago I stood out in the dark and rain around 1 am and took my few gigantor signs down.

It was a eerily calm and soothing hour or so- I took my time. Ground was wet so it was easy to pull out the stakes and walk them back to my car - which up until this moment is still a jumble the past few months.

A sprinkling of hangers, notes and the like jostling in the back seat with bits and pieces for work, towels for the pup to sit on and even dirt from the last few runs to New Roots for their refillable bags of triple mix.

I let my garden go - some of it is still growing - even through the snow.

So much stuff left alone, pushed aside, driven through and rushed and already being forgotten. Piled up high into corners waiting for me to get back to work on it, fix it, sort through it, purge.

I took a break from social - for a few days stepped away - silence as a tonic. And only this weekend have I started to like and be angry and sad at all the things that go on here far and wide. From the bastard in Pittsburgh to the plight of the Mom on the 404 a few nights ago, to a man loved by many locally who is fighting to stay alive anger and sadness.

I did go to the last farmers market of the year and as before helped pack one of the booths up, bought bread from another and got my noodles from a third. The mushroom lady was not there - had wanted to clear her out and bring in porcini's and more to work for people that can actual cook with them. Next year.

Spent not quite 2 hours helping set up the trench at the old Town Hall. Won't be able to help finish it tomorrow but will be there to take it down on the 18th. I worry if it will be the last time - hopefully it finds a home in a local museum. If not I may actually take a piece of it before it is scrapped.

Don't want to sound to campaigny but if I was ward 5 councillor not only would I have helped set it up but I would also weigh in on seeing what can be done to save it.

I also had to take time away to let things settle. The night I lost I was torn in many directions all at once. The support I had from people was/is the fire I needed to combat the cold dismay of losing, the self-doubt and questioning.

I know their were things I could have done better, the difference between reacting and responding - either being better than not saying anything at all.

But from where I started, that place I was at with my family, to where I ended, running around during the days and posting and responding until past 2 in the morning literally every night for weeks.

I did all I could. What vacation time I had I used for this after not having a vacation since 2015. As much as my ego can keep me going and slogging on by the end of this campaign even my ego was on board with all the other parts - you need some rest.

Rest I will a bit over the next while but

I'm not going anywhere :)

10/22/2018

Just voted. Was quick but too many I spoke to today were left in the dark. If we remain digital we need to communicate to the analogue people sooner and with greater clarity. If I get in you know this will be something I will look forward too with my monthly newsletter and just visiting people.

10/22/2018

Gordon wrote about me back in 2016 and it was thankful for him taking the time to meet with me then. This time I am truly humbled.

newmarket ward 5 race between Ron Eibel and bob kwapis

10/21/2018

Signed the pledge - have a read and see if you agree.

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10/21/2018

10/21/2018

During election time candidates throw around a lot of words to impress, to prove themselves as the right new talent or incumbent for the job.

How am I different?

When I say "I am driven to serve" this is not a catch phrase. I am near fanatical in my resolve to get things done. If their are people that are not doing their job now at the town, if they are comfortable and insulated - they will not like me. I ask questions and expect answers.

I am currently a working manager. I get in there and get my hands dirty - I'm in the thick of it. Everything I oversea are things I can and do everyday.
I have a desk with 2 computers on it so while one is working on something I move over to the other - down time is wasted time.

I am passionate. When people speak to me in person you can see it, feel it. On issues that sadden and anger me (currently? ignoring the analogue - the 60+ residents in the switch to a digital vote - and animal rights in pet stores) I am animated and at times have to contain myself. I sometimes swear.

Their is no facade to me. The man you speak to on my front lawn is the same man who types this right now - short of trying to catch any typos this is what I think without any filter through a committee.

My website, my door hangers, the posters to get out and vote even the giant oversized signs that stand proudly at a few corners and lawns of this ward - all designed by me.

A week after I told someone something at the Farmer's market I went back the next week to tell them I was wrong. I will make mistakes but I will fess up to them and not turn away. I abhor lying. Keeping up the facade of denial is a waste of time and is something I will never be good it.

To that end I'll be honest some more here. Right up until the final day of being able to put in my papers to run I was not going to. There was a situation with someone close to me which was the determining factor in what I was going to do not just for a campaign but my life as a whole.

This is not an excuse or a want for pity - it's simply life. Batters everyone from time to time and wrecks havoc with best laid plans every day but in this case, with the help of a a core group of awesome people - things were OK.

Whatever little fires there were I could stomp them out as I walked the ward and campaigned.

To that point, I find it odd that up until today when I do try and talk about the incumbent even with his gaggle of signs more people mention Joe's name. I am out and about a lot and to this moment I have seen Bob at one event, not on any streets walking other than the day we were out putting up signs.

I would have liked to engage him in debate on his ‘fixes’ for road safety and the clock tower ( when he was the only councillor that didn’t uphold the ‘3 no more’ ) on social media, but he is absent - others having to speak on his behalf. I like people endorsing me but not having the time to weigh in on anything? That's not cool.

Newmarket needs a candidate that is out there, reachable, on the ground, media or live and willing to talk .

There is about a day left to vote.
If you want someone who actually gets in their, and believes the job of councillor is to be the voice of all and not just a select few, then check my page, check my social text or call me at 416 835 9822 and once you get the measure of me

Vote Ron.

10/20/2018

Still out and about but today I spent a few hours in conversation about all sorts of issues but the big one above all else was that the building I was in the on-line voting is not all smiles and sunshine for those who are retired or otherwise not all digital.
The analogue, the people that have voted proudly using the paper ballot for decades (one lady I spoke to today has been actively voting for 50 years! and was not going to until I showed up and told her what to do) are not impressed.

Watch my wobbly short video for more:

For this election many people who are over 60 / do not have access to computers, are not "digital" and are otherwise unsure how to vote. I have been telling ...

10/18/2018

I am humbled - Thank you Mr. Prentice.

10/15/2018

Second day of voting has come and gone. Had 2 conversations of note.

One was short and to the point "what would you do about those yellow poles as they are of no help to anyone (as an aside as I drove back home on Lorne a father and son rode towards me and turned onto Millard - both had ridden up Lorne on the street itself and not the lumpy crumbled curb that is the bike lane - first cyclists I had seen in quite some time).

My response - you mean the Bollards. I, and everyone I have talked to want them removed - for me moving forward bike lanes and roundabouts should be baked into any new road developments but trying to shoehorn such into congested and narrow lane roads is of no benefit to anyone I have spoken to - what it has done is impede traffic and also take away any additional parking homes on these streets have.

Second conversation was more broad in scope but a big piece (besides agreeing that in town transit should be free for students and lower income people particularly for the students taking transit becomes habit forming so they would more readily take transit once they do have to pay as it is part of their routine) was about vacant speculator bough homes and properties. Neither of us like the idea of monster homes but in this case not only did the other person appreciate my "build to scale" (of the neighbouhood) but they went one further (below is paraphrased):

"Understanding that intensification is coming/needed it would make much more sense if developers/investors were to buy 1 large or 2 lots together and rather than build 1-2 monster homes but build 3-4 smaller homes scaled in size and price so that we would have a greater range of house price points which would allow more people the opportunity to actually build a foundation in our community and not have to live under the constant drain of way high rental costs."

This idea I think has merit, is fresh and unique. This is the type of thinking and ideas we need moving forward. If elected as the new ward 5 councillor I would champion people having more input in what happens in the ward with a far stronger and more engaging social media presence, calling the Farmer's Market my "Saturday office" and just taking the time to walk the ward and listen to what people have to say through all seasons - not just the one when I need space on their lawn for a sign so that people remember who I am.

10/13/2018

So voting begins. Here are mine, and all candidates who did take the time to respond, responses to a questionnaire from the Lake Simcoe Watch:

Mayor John Taylor (candidate for Mayor) 1. Should municipalities in the Lake Simcoe watershed work with the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority and the Government of Ontario to develop and implement a plan to reduce Lake Simcoe’s phosphorus loadings to 44 tonnes per year by 2026? Maybe. We m...

10/10/2018

Bollards - have they been a benefit to you?
Option 1: Yes, I think they provide an effective way of slowing traffic and making the road safer for everyone.
Option 2: No, I think they make my road more crowded, have taken away parking and the bike lanes created are barely used.

10/10/2018

This is honest, open and above all else - genuine 100% me. Have a read and if you like what I have to say - please vote for Ron Eibel as your next ward 5 councillor.

And regardless of which ward you live in think on which candidates are actually engaged on social media and taking a stand on things - Silence should not be rewarded.

https://www.newmarkettoday.ca/newmarketvotes/newmarket-ward-5-council-candidate-ron-eibel-1078345

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