Husband and Wife Running Against Each Other For Council in Rideau Lakes Township
After 3 long decades of a successful marriage, 47-year-old year old Paula and 54-year-old Jeff Banks are banking on the experience they’ve gleaned from their respective careers as they set their sights on winning seats as councilors on Rideau Lakes Township council.
According to Paula Banks, when you survive being married to the same person after 30 years and living in a household with growing teens like she and her husband has, there’s nothing you can’t negotiation on. Paula, who works as a materials manager in one of the factories in Kanata, says that their experience in mediating and listening to arguments would give them an edge in council—which she points out needs all the help it can get when it comes to resolving issues.
For the Banks, part of the reason that spurned them to run for council is their beef with the township.
One memory that still irks Jeff, who operates a dairy distribution business, to this day is when he accidentally cut his finger off some years ago. After phoning for help, the ambulance arrived at the wrong address, and asked them for a fee of $45 to correct the mistake.
The husband and wife team are running against each other in different wards, but they say that this isn’t causing problems with their marriage. Over the years, they’ve apparently learned to leave business out of their relationship.
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