LONDON (November 10, 1997) - Fp member Robert Vaughan was handily re-elected as an education trustee in the London area, though this time for the new Public District School Board #11 created by the Harris government. His victory follows a tumultuous term where, as a trustee who was often the lone voice on a host of issues facing the board, he has earned a reputation for not being afraid to buck a trend.

One of those issues involved his backing an injunction to end the illegal teachers' walkout only a month earlier, while his criticisms of exorbitant administration costs have been a constant theme of his message. (See reproduced media coverage, elsewhere in this issue.)

On other political fronts, Vaughan has stepped down as president of the London Fanshawe Progressive Conservative Riding Association, and, citing a lack of time due to his commitment to his role as trustee and to his business (Direct Video) has also become somewhat inactive regarding his Reform Party directorship in the same riding.

It is possible that the focus of Vaughan's political activities may take a new turn in the very near future. Referring to his experience as education trustee and as an executive member of the above-mentioned riding associations, he has undertaken to write what some might regard as an expose of Canada's democratic institutions.

"We're living a lie," suggests Vaughan, "if we believe that we can change things simply by changing our elected representatives. Our elected politicians are not leaders; they only HIRE our leaders --- the unelected bureaucrats who run the show."

For the whole story, stay tuned to a future issue of Consent.

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