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I plan to bring a notice of motion to the table, Monday night, asking for a referendum question to be added to the 2010 ballot.

My motion will be to request that the 2010 ballot include the question, "Should Collingwood implement a ward system for future municipal elections?"

Given the refusal of the mayor (and his supporters) to allow public input into the debate over a ward system or into the debate over the method of balloting (mail-in versus walk-in) when both were brought to the council table, earlier, I don't really expect it to be passed. After all, the majority of members of council, including the mayor, owe their success at the table to the efforts of special interest group lobbying. That sort of effort would be...