09/29/2026
Thank you for speaking the truth on the current Mayor David Bailey. He is cut from the devil's cloth, and is the most vindictive person who I have come to know only meeting him a handful of times in my life( as is his mother my grandma). The amount of hate and lies he has spread through his terms " Key board pirates" is unreal. I have had to block his 6th fake profile. Names of "Betty McBrant"," Schnitzelwhisper", "Maggie Schweitzer", "Penny Roseburgh", "Tailgate truths" etc. which slanders my name on public pages " drug addict", "alcoholic", "Disgusting human being" those are to name nice things I was called and all comments screen shot and documented. (Only bonus is people are creeping my page now out of curiosity and I have gained 40 new followers and a couple customers out of it) LOL. They must be impressed how successful I am being with all of the above labels and more!!! All because I called out his lies and corrupt personal gains on our tax dollars. I am now one of his biggest victims along side Christine. True colors always show, and karma will always win!!!
I want to take this opportunity to directly speak to the circumstances that led to my earlier resignation because I recognize that some voters feel this issue could shape their decision at the polls. This won’t be the shortest read, but brevity would do a disservice to the importance of this question.
My resignation was never about time spent serving or standing up under scrutiny. It was about taking the steps to ensure that I could run a clean campaign for change without further reprisal against my family, home, and farm. Having witnessed the County break its own by-laws to cause politically motivated damage and significant financial hardship for me, I knew I could not continue advocating for what I believed was right for our community from within the current leadership's constraints.
In the months leading up to what happened, I pushed to see Salt Springs Church Road move towards reopening despite a staff recommendation for permanent closure. I challenged the notion that those asking questions needed to be named, but those making complaints against others did not. I started asking why re-investment was stalled in Oakhill as the City was signaling early interests in a boundary adjustment only to be told I must be mistaken.
I recognized that downtown Paris businesses needed a stronger advocate who really understood how disruptive poorly managed construction was to their livelihood. Instead of being welcomed into the County’s conversation, I was accused of overstepping my position as a rural Councillor, then told I was misinformed and should return to the countryside.
Undiscouraged, I continued to bring forward my constituents’ concerns and show up for the broader community. Public threats of code complaints that never materialized escalated to being growled at during meetings and cropped out of photos, then blocked from advancing local files through the usual processes, making it increasingly clear that those holding greater authority at the County did not welcome my broader engagement and presence.
When the County authorized the unlawful actions at my home and farm, the municipality took the first step towards recalibrating our relationship, creating a cautionary tale that rebranded speaking up as causing trouble along the way.
To speak my truth and open the conversations I strongly felt were necessary to move our community forward together, retrospectively, the County made it clear that I needed the latitude that came through independence from the systems that openly and subversively discourage dissent within the Council.
Since last December, I have been doing just that through my earlier social media page that’s since been consolidated on my campaign’s blog. It’s an open book discussing many municipal issues, along with my experience before, during, and after Council.
I never stopped being engaged locally, attending a community event the day following my resignation to be re-elected for a fourth term on a local board. Many would say I’ve been more present and engaged without holding a formal position than several of those who do. It wasn’t always comfortable, but that didn’t mean I didn’t go. In time, these conversations in our community informed what’s become my vision for the County’s future.
As I’ve already stated publicly earlier in the campaign, I didn’t sue the County. I paid the remediation and restoration costs from the damage done to my farm personally. That will not change regardless of the election’s outcome because I don’t believe that taxpayers should foot more of the bill for the County’s mistake.
I will continue to push back against those claiming I couldn’t tough it out or get along with others because the County’s actions were wrong. I also push back against those trying to use this to disqualify my candidacy because they are condoning unethical and unlawful behaviour to hopefully see someone else hold power over others instead of me. Overhearing the outgoing mayor’s explanation of events at a recent community barbecue, I feel vindicated knowing that what happened was politically motivated because he was threatened by everything I represented.
I don’t begrudge the County staff who found themselves caught in the residual accountabilities of strong mayor powers delegated. Contrary to what critics suggest, I won’t be dismissing the civil service out of spite because that would only perpetuate the wrongdoing I seek to correct systematically.
I don’t fault my former colleagues around the Council table for putting distance, lest they find themselves and their future caught in the crosshairs by coming to my defense. Instead, I choose to recognize how established governance and administrative systems are still vulnerable to manipulation when those seeking to retain their influence feel challenged.
While I don’t regret leaving Council because I trust that everything happens for a reason even if it takes time to realize this, I do regret how the County and Council chose to move forward thereafter in terms of making amends and filling the vacancy because there were more constructive paths forward.
This is how I know that through forward-looking amendments to the Code of Conduct, Council procedures, and internal accountabilities, the next Council can address the structural challenges that undermine our local democracy. By addressing these vulnerabilities, Council will ensure that what happens quietly more often than many realize does not continue.
That alone is worth championing, but I believe there are far greater questions facing our municipality and those are why I chose to put my name forward in May. This is why I continue to keep my conversations focused on municipal issues so that voters can identify what I value, how I think, and where I show up for my community.
I’m running for Mayor to build on the work started as Councillor and to carry it forward in ways that restore trust in local government, always starting from the position that each decision the municipality makes affects real people in our community.
County voters have a clear choice next month. You can choose more of the same leadership, or you can choose change, starting by voting Garneau for Mayor.
