POWER TO THE PEOPLE!
May 19, 2026
Below is the second newsletter for our objective to flip the flow of how we are governed. Instead of giving our power to the politicians … Let’s give that power to the people and let the people build their communities and govern themselves. We issue these newsletters every 2-weeks between now and Election Day on October 26.
Imagine the people governing themselves. We can.
It is doable. But we will have to revolutionize ourselves to change that flow. We can do that too.
This mission starts local — from the neighbours in our communities to our local Town Hall. And the more that other communities do the same, the more the power of the people will flow into provincial and state capitals and right into the seats of the federal government.
We are starting it in our own local community … The Front of Yonge Township in Eastern Ontario Canada. Hopefully, we are setting an example for other communities to do the same.
Power to the People!
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NEWSLETTER - MAY 19 2026
We have not elected our local Town Council for at least 12-years now. It is high time to change that.
Democracy. That is what it’s about.
On October 26, we want to elect a town council that actually represents what we — together as neighbours — actually want. From that point, we will all build our community together.
Our Council is comprised of five members — a Mayor and four Councillors. Each are part-time roles requiring attending two monthly Council Meetings and some committee work. The Mayor also attends County Meetings and is required to attend local civic events and the like.
What we seek to do is run a full slate for all five positions. Why? So that we can change the actual dynamics of governance itself. So we can elevate democracy — and by doing so, we can empower ourselves, as a community, to build our community together.
None of us have to be experts at governing. Merely having the desire to elevate the power of community will be enough — because we will be empowering our community to do our governing. Democracy is the key to governing. It’s the tool and our role is to bring it to Front of Yonge Township.
Here is a quote from Diana Van Eyk that describes our challenge:
“There’s a lot I don’t know about community building, but something I do understand is the importance of valuing relationships more than our opinions.
“We’re all navigating through the fog of war, AI, and rampant misinformation and disinformation, and through very challenging times. We often don’t know what kinds of pressures people are under. So doesn’t it make sense to establish caring relationships before arguing over who’s right?”
“We don’t know what the future holds, but whatever surprises we’re faced with, common decency and treating each other with kindness and respect will help to smooth some of the rough edges. “
We are not here to dictate rules, laws and regulations. Our goal is to actually give those choices to our neighbours.
What we are aiming for is to facilitate, organize and encourage our own neighbours to chart the course our community takes. We can do that. And we can do it with the confidence that they will get everything right.
Imagine us governing ourselves — instead of having five people making all the decisions for us — most of the time without even consulting us! Democracy would be our tool to accomplish this. To really make this work, we propose the building of a simple online Democracy App. This would be an app accessible to all of us on our phones or laptops.
This app would allow any one of us to present an idea. Everyone deserves to be heard. It would open those ideas up so that everyone can discuss them, question them, debate them and actually improve on them to make them even better ideas. And then to actually vote on them. (Watch our videos for a full explanation and examples.)
Every idea we come together on is then put to our Council — our Town Hall — to make into reality. Our own Council would be linked directly in the app. We would all be working towards building our community together.
The result is that Council would not be dictating the future direction our community takes — we would be charting our own course together.
Just imagine that. We would actually be governing ourselves. We would actually use democracy to make decisions together. There is a bonus too — we would all start to get to know each other. Our community would actually spring into life!
Politicians do not have ideas … the People do. Let’s hear them!!!
Power to the People!
NEXT STEPS
We already have several of us ready to throw our hats into the political ring. We still need a couple more to cover the full slate of all five Council seats.
If you feel this is something you can embrace, let us know. We would love to have you on the team.
We are organizing meetings every two-weeks between now and election day. Join us. Let’s start by nominating 5 candidates from among ourselves to form our next Town Council.
Who do you think would be good candidates? Let us know or have them contact us.
The next meeting will be held on MONDAY MAY 25 at 7 PM at the Pavillion at the Mallorytown Recreational Park (at the soccer and baseball fields). JOIN US. JOIN YOUR NEIGHBOURS.
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Visit our website. Watch the videos about democracy and what it means to govern ourselves. Understand the power we actually have. The links are posted on our website OURTOWNHALL.ORG
And feel free to leave your comments and suggestions. Your ideas make our ideas better ideas. Democracy is a team game. Democracy is a community game. Let’s get on the playing field of democracy.
Power to the People!
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