Oct 8, 2026 · 14 min · 8 segments
**In the Township of Perry, local government is about the practical issues that shape everyday life — maintaining infrastructure, delivering services, supporting residents, and planning for the future…
Christopher BrownHostI would even say there's another category, the just wanting to have not to think about municipal government.
... there's 10% that's saying, "Okay, we're okay with everything." And then there's 80% that say, "You know what? As long as my taxes are low, my garbage is picked up-
... my water turns on when it needs to be turned on, my snow is plowed- [laughs]
in the middle of the winter, council, do what you need to do because I have other things I have to worry about."
In Parry, do you find that people want to engage with you about the issues that are going on, or is there apathy a little bit?
Um, I, you know, it's, it's something I take back to my first time when I ran for council back in 2018, and, and I saw it in the, in the, in 2- 2017 and 2018, I went to the meetings.
Like, I wasn't a counselor, right? And I, I started sitting there, and I went to these meetings, and at the end of the meeting, the council and the mayor would look at me saying, "Hey, are you here for something?" [laughs]
And as I look out at the crowd over the last eight years, and I, I don't wanna sound like I'm berating anybody, but generally speaking, people don't come unless it's, uh, unless it's an issue concerning them, right?
You know? Or a neighbor on neighbor, right? Um, I do see some people come to the budget meeting.
Disappointingly enough, when we talk about money, a not enough presence is there from the community.
I would even say there's another category, the just wanting to have not to think about municipal government.
... there's 10% that's saying, "Okay, we're okay with everything." And then there's 80% that say, "You know what? As long as my taxes are low, my garbage is picked up-
... my water turns on when it needs to be turned on, my snow is plowed- [laughs]
in the middle of the winter, council, do what you need to do because I have other things I have to worry about."
In Parry, do you find that people want to engage with you about the issues that are going on, or is there apathy a little bit?
Um, I, you know, it's, it's something I take back to my first time when I ran for council back in 2018, and, and I saw it in the, in the, in 2- 2017 and 2018, I went to the meetings.
Like, I wasn't a counselor, right? And I, I started sitting there, and I went to these meetings, and at the end of the meeting, the council and the mayor would look at me saying, "Hey, are you here for something?" [laughs]
And as I look out at the crowd over the last eight years, and I, I don't wanna sound like I'm berating anybody, but generally speaking, people don't come unless it's, uh, unless it's an issue concerning them, right?
You know? Or a neighbor on neighbor, right? Um, I do see some people come to the budget meeting.
Disappointingly enough, when we talk about money, a not enough presence is there from the community.
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