Scott Goodmanson is the new mayor of Langford. Who? In a shocking turn at the polls Saturday night, the unknown candidate beat Stew Young — the seven-term, 30-year mayor — with 53 per cent of the vote.
In a shocking turn at the polls Saturday night, the unknown candidate beat Stew Young — the seven-term, 30-year mayor — with 53 per cent of the vote.“I’m in a state of shock … holy sh—, I can’t believe this is happening,” said Goodmanson, who was sitting around a campfire at his parents’ Langford Lake home when the results came in. He earned 4,483 votes to Young’s 3,796.
“I am shocked and I’m over the moon … ecstatic,” she said. “The people of Langford have wanted a change and you could see that it 2018 [when there was only 18 per cent vote turnout]. It was clear they wanted people with the courage to step up and be part of that change. We are here and ready to hear Langford.”
Keith Yacucha, Kimberley Guiry, Mark Morley and Mary Wagner were all elected, promising a review of Langford’s Official Community Plan, which hasn’t been updated in 14 years. Szpak, who often crossed swords with Young over his decorum around the city hall table and his reluctance to discuss codes of conduct and environmental reviews, said she was surprised by the results.“Mayor Young was saying he was going to keep doing what he was doing, despite all the concerns and voices he was hearing in the community,” Szpak said. “This is what happens.”
Young is credited with turning Langford into a regional powerhouse for housing and business development, and a sporting and recreational mecca. But he has been criticized for his close ties with local developers and for being curt and dismissive with members of the public expressing concerns at public hearings about mega-projects such as highrises in Langford’s downtown.
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