Cosimo Napoli is ready to “make positive changes” in Caledon

November 10, 2022 · 0 Comments

By Zachary Roman

Cosimo Napoli said he was “pretty much speechless” after finding out he’d been elected as Councillor in the newly-created Ward 6 in Caledon.

On October 24, Napoli was with family and close friends at the Annette Groves campaign office in Bolton watching the results of Caledon’s municipal election roll in.

Napoli received 1,131 votes and said it was really exciting when he found out he’d won.

He beat Angela Panacci, Lucrezia Chiappetta, and Mary Balinov for the role, who had 849, 368, and 193 votes respectively.

“After all that hard work, you want it to happen,” said Napoli. “I ran a good campaign and I had a lot of good connections with a lot of residents.”

Napoli had a small campaign team compared to some candidates in the election, and said it was pretty much just himself and experienced campaign manager Terry Groves on the case.

“I have him to thank for a lot of support he gave me, he guided me in doing a few things he thought were important when running a campaign,” said Napoli. “It was me going door to door mostly, Terry helped out a little bit at the beginning. Then I had my kids and a couple of volunteers that helped me on one weekend doing a brochure drop-off to the whole Ward.”

Napoli said he was working day and night on his campaign, and that one of the pieces of advice Groves gave him was that he couldn’t stop until the election was finished; that there’s no coasting.

Along the campaign trail, Napoli said he picked up on some key issues Ward 6 residents are facing, many of which he also was noticing himself.

Napoli said most residents wanted to see the revitalization of Downtown Bolton continued, as well as improvements to traffic safety and truck traffic. Napoli said residents are also interested in the growth that’s coming to Caledon, and now that he’s elected, he said he’ll be a reliable source of information for residents who want to know what’s coming to their community.

“I’ll be able to pass that information along, which is great. That’s all part of transparency… it’s important for us to be transparent,” said Napoli. “I’m excited about getting involved to make positive changes, and you know, I don’t want to let all the people that supported me down.”

Napoli said it’s going to be an honour and privilege to be able to serve the community when he’s sworn in as a Caledon Councillor on November 15.