choose Aldermen and Common Councillors. Generally City and Town elections do not attract very much attention. However this one in St. George's is somewhat different.

There are great things going on in the Old Town, careful improvements, exciting plans and a real push toward the future. St. George's is up and going both to preserve its historic past and to prepare itself to play a real part in the future. Much of that push is thanks to the vision of retiring Mayor Henry Hayward whose contribution to the town and care for the town has been outstanding.

We know that there are people in St. George's who still do not believe that the new Town plan or the new St. George's Foundation will be a success. There have been failures in the past but this time St. George's really seems to be on the road to success.

The number of candidates running for Corporation of St. George's seats is a sign that people do care and that they want the improvements in the town to keep moving forward.

While one candidate has dropped out of the race for the Common Council seats, there are still seven candidates for five seats. There are four candidates for the three seats as Alderman. And there is a contest for Mayor.

Having this kind of election is entirely healthy and one candidate for Mayor, Alderman Lois Perinchief, has welcomed the democratic process.

Most people begin in corporation elections by first running for the Common Council. Unusually this time in St. George's Delaey Robinson is making his first try by running for Alderman. Terry Roberts is also running for Alderman having first served on the Common Council.

When you have a number of people running for five Common Council seats the contest can be very uncertain and may well depend on just how many friends you have in the Town. With a relatively small number of voters, in this case just over 300, such a contest becomes anyone's guess.

But St. George's is a small town and most people have a clear idea of those persons who have ability and the best interests of the town at heart. It will be important for voters to bear that in mind at this election. Good things are happening and the Town needs to elect a Corporation which can get things done.

St. George's needs doers and not political personalities. Politics does not count for much in either Corporation but energy and ability and the will to progress do count greatly.

It is vital to take a hard look not at who has the most mouth or the best personality or who has been around and about the Town for a long time but at who can continue the progress made in recent years, get the new plans done and get them done well.

A Corporation of St. George's split on the goals for the Town or dominated by people with a lot of talk and no action is not what is needed. St. George's needs a Corporation united in its aim to complete the dream, to get the Town plan finished and to help the St. George's Foundation to make St. George's secure for the future.