Mel Kositsky
Mel Kositsky | |
|---|---|
| Councillor for Langley Township | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 |
| Citizenship | Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Independent |
| Website | http://www.melkositsky.ca/ |
Mel Kositsky (born 1951)[1] is a councillor for Langley Township in British Columbia, Canada.[2] During the political campaign for the 2008 Langley Township municipal election, Kositsky was one of five of the township's councillors to receive a $500 donation from the Langley Firefighters' Union.[3] In June 2011, he brought forward a motion to make permanent the closure of Zero Avenue and 200th Street in South Langley.[4] On September 11, he announced that he would run for mayor that year.[1] On the 30th, he was elected to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities' board of directors.[5] He was one of two politicians in the Lower Mainland to be elected to the board that week, the other being Burnaby's Sav Dhaliwal.[6] Two months later, there was a political debate between the mayoral candidates for both Langley City and Langley Township. As he was one of the candidates, Kositsky participated in this debate. Tara Teng, who was Miss Canada at the time, asked Kositsky what his passion was, and he responded by declaring his passion to be "helping others achieve their goals."[7] Yorkson Group's Hank Der asked why Kositsky had missed a vote about the development of Athenry, and Kositsky said that he had been visiting a longtime friend in the hospital who died three days later.[8] Kositsky spent $70,254 on his political campaign, but he lost the election to Jack Froese who had spent $79,533.[9] Kositsky received 6,522 votes, but Froese received 7,706.[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frank Bucholtz (September 12, 2011). "Kositsky makes it a three-way race for mayor". Langley Times. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ↑ Frank Bucholtz (August 31, 2011). "Kositsky considers a run for mayor". Langley Times. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Councillors who voted for full-time firehall got donations from firefighters". The Vancouver Sun. May 1, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ↑ Matthew Claxton (June 2, 2011). "Kositsky calls for road upgrades". Langley Advance. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Kositsky named to UBCM board". Langley Times. October 5, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ↑ Matthew Claxton (October 4, 2011). "Kositsky joins UBCM board". Langley Advance. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ↑ Matthew Claxton (November 17, 2011). "Mayors woo voters at Chamber: The mayoral hopefuls squared off for the last time before Saturday's vote". Langley Advance. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ↑ Matthew Claxton (November 15, 2011). "Mayoral hopefuls field questions about soil, water, taxes". Langley Advance. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ↑ Matthew Claxton (March 22, 2012). "Candidates got a multitude of donations, or none at all". Langley Advance. Retrieved May 23, 2013.
- ↑ Matthew Claxton (November 19, 2011). "Jack Froese new Township mayor". Langley Advance. Retrieved May 23, 2013. Unknown parameter
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