![Mark Anderson, candidate for Duncan Council (photo: Lexi Bainas, Cowichan Valley Citizen)](https://i0.wp.com/www.duncantaxpayers.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Mark_Anderson_Cowichan_Valley_Citizen_photo-4September2018-DuncanTaxpayers-1662x1108.jpg?resize=300%2C200)
Mark Anderson – Candidate For Duncan Council
As a candidate for City of Duncan Council, one of the first questions, often the very first question, I am typically asked by Duncan voters is, “Do you live in Duncan?”
That is a very legitimate question and it is one I would ask any prospective candidate for Mayor of Duncan or for City of Duncan Council.
I live in Duncan, I pay taxes in Duncan and I own a business that operates in Duncan.
I think it is very important that Duncan residents, taxpayers and businesses be represented on Duncan Council by people who are actually residents of Duncan, who own a business in Duncan and/or who pay municipal taxes in Duncan.
All the current candidates for Duncan Council are Duncan residents, taxpayers or business owners with two exceptions: Tom Duncan and Stacy Middlemiss.
![City of Duncan Councillor Tom Duncan (photo: City of Duncan)](https://i0.wp.com/www.duncantaxpayers.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Tom_Duncan-DuncanTaxpayers-1662x1662.jpg?resize=300%2C300)
Tom Duncan is a long serving incumbent member of Duncan Council.
At the last municipal election in 2018, he was a resident of Duncan. According to official filings for this election, he is now a resident of Cobble Hill.
As far as I am aware, he is not a Duncan municipal taxpayer or a Duncan business owner.
![Gordon Heppell, candidate for Duncan City Council (photo: Gordon Heppell)](https://i0.wp.com/www.duncantaxpayers.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Stacy-Middlemiss-CowichanValleyCitizen-1662x1107.jpg?resize=300%2C200)
Stacy Middlemiss is an incumbent member of Duncan Council, having been elected to Council in the municipal election of October 2018.
She is a resident of North Cowichan and was a resident of North Cowichan when elected to Council in 2018.
As far as I am aware, she is not a Duncan municipal taxpayer or business owner.
![City of Duncan Mayor Michelle Staples (photo: City of Duncan)](https://i0.wp.com/www.duncantaxpayers.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Michelle_Staples-DuncanTaxpayers-1662x1662.jpg?resize=300%2C300)
Mayor Michelle Staples has been re-elected by acclamation since no other candidate ran against her in this election.
She is a resident of North Cowichan.
As far as I am aware, she is not a Duncan municipal taxpayer or business owner.
Since our incumbent Mayor is a resident of North Cowichan and, as far as I am aware, is not a Duncan municipal taxpayer or business owner, I think it is particularly important in this election that Duncan voters elect members of Council who are actually Duncan residents, municipal taxpayers or business owners.
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