We got that one wrong - John Taylor did not support Rory Nisan during the 2018 election

By Pepper Parr

August 25th, 2022

BURLINGTON, ON

During a lunch with a number of people on Wednesday I was sitting beside former ward 3 Councillor John Taylor.

The lunch was a gathering of people who meet regularly and talk politics. With the city in the midst of an election the current candidates took up much of the conversation.

Ward 3 incumbent Rory Nisan was the focus of quite a bit of the conversation.

I thought I heard John say that he was not supporting Rory this election and that he was supporting Jennifer Hounslow.  Taylor was sitting on my immediate left.

John Taylor endorsing Gareth Williams during the 2018 election campaign

Several of the people at that lunch supported Rory Nisan in 2018, including the Gazette; there were high hopes that he would serve the ward as well as John Taylor had in the four + terms that he served.

By the end of the first year of the current term of office it began to become clear that Nisan was going to disappoint.

He continued doing just that.

I have been advised that Taylor did not support Nisan and have been sent a short video clip showing Taylor standing with Gareth Williams– we apologize for the error.

The video clip of Taylor endorsing Williams is HERE‘ it is certainly a very fulsome endorsement

We have removed the article that includes the error.