David Kohler

Area of residence in Tiny Township: Thunder Beach

David Kohler confirms his intent to run for municipal office in Tiny Township in 2026 for the position of Mayor

Short Bio:

I am running for Mayor because Tiny holds a special place in my heart — it has been part of my life from the very beginning.

My grandparents came here in the 1940s. My parents met here in the 1950s and bought a home here in 1961, a few years before I was born. My wife and I bought our own place in 2013, and in 2023 we made Tiny our full-time home.

I know these roads, these beaches, these neighbourhoods. I know what this place is supposed to feel like.

And like many of you, I've become frustrated with a council that has lost sight of what Tiny is — and has made decisions that don't serve residents but instead serve their own political agendas. By-laws dropped without warning. Decisions made behind closed doors. Tax dollars spent on a building nobody asked for while roads, drainage, and shoreline get left behind.

Enough is enough.

I'm not a career politician. I've spent my career in business — as a CEO – building organizations, managing budgets, leading teams, and delivering results. I know what good governance looks like, and I know what it doesn't.

We don't need to recycle the same expensive, divisive names currently sitting on council — the same people who got us into this mess. We need a mayor who brings real-world management experience, who'll bring government back to basics, and who'll listen to the people he serves — not the other way around.

 I am running because this is my community. Because the people who live and cottage here deserve better. And because Tiny is worth fighting for.

Tiny is our town. Not theirs.

Tiny is at a crossroads.

We can keep going in the direction this council has taken us — rising costs, unnecessary debt, decisions made in back rooms, and by-laws used as weapons against the very residents they're supposed to protect. Or we can choose something different.

We cannot afford to elect more of the same voices saying the same things while nothing changes. We can’t afford to recycle the same expensive, divisive names currently sitting on council — the same people who got us into this mess.

I am offering something different.

A neighbour who has loved this place his whole life. A former CEO who knows how to run an organization, manage a budget, and deliver results. Someone who has spent the last while listening — at doors, at community events, on the beach — and who has heard, clearly and consistently, that Tiny residents deserve better.

Here's what that looks like in practice. The mayor's chair is one vote, not a command post — so here is what I will do with that vote and the platform that comes with it. In my first 100 days, I will bring forward council motions to: prioritize review of the bylaws and capital projects tied directly to the issues residents raised most — spending, planning, and transparency; initiate a financial audit of township-run programs; and halt further compounding of tax levies until council has a real handle on spending. And I will push for a comprehensive, resident-driven strategic plan — built on what residents actually tell us matters, not what's convenient for council.

Every decision I push for as Mayor will pass one simple test: does it serve the people who live, and invest in this community?

Because as Mayor I serve you. Not a political agenda. Not the backroom influences. Not the vanity project.

Tiny is our town. Not theirs. Let's take it back

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