Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 8, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Sunday free october 1995 a5 hopefuls without a Chance race gives fringe candidates a forum by Bill Redekop and Bruce Owen staff reporters for Many of the people on your mayoral ballot this the Reward May be in running the not winning lesser known candidates often run not so much to win but to get a forum for their says University of Manitoba political scientist Bill they Are there because they want to see that a particular perspective or a particular Point of View is expressed during the course of the he Nick the perennial far left is a prime exam others May be running More for the attention that goes along with an election Neville Natalie Pollock comes to in when 17 people ran for Susan Thompson won with who got the most votes of the fingers at the garnered Only who last ran As a Council candidate in River got 573 votes in compared to for the Sandy Ternetti said he will probably Why do they run a1 spend about to get his marxist views heard during this the greater threat to democracy is to disallow people from run Ning so these views cannot be he the majority of Well Over 50 per dont vote in municipal Ternetti that is where the real threat to democracy that is where we Are in danger of becoming an Neville also says the Small number of mayoral candidates this time around seven instead of 17 be attributed to the fact there was no incumbent to run against in the 1992 i think when you dont have an incumbent mayor seeking re it does encourage visions of sugar plums in Peoples minds that the Job is there for the he Neville adds the More stringent Rule regarding the number of Sig natures required to run As a candidate this year was designed to Weed out those who Arent really in previous a candidate needed 25 signatures to get on the ballot this year its neither Ternetti nor the other three fringe mayoral candidates Are pensive in in life sup port in epileptic and in a and i have a lot of guts and a lot of life in says 50yearold Theresa a feisty disable rights the other two wannabes Are the Pollock and Little known Michael Ducharme is running on a plat form of making City Hall More financially responsible Pollock to keep the jets Here and Grieger to Reform welfare so recipients dont become despite their they share a common beef they cant get nearly the Media expo sure Terry Duguid and Peter Kaufmann who says there front run ners asks in most of the fingers say they have a legitimate Chance of being elected Why said a 30 Ken free press Ternetti leaves mayoral candidates debate he want allowed to year old former Revenue Canada in not running just for the fun of Susan Thompson last time was a when i become the first thing ill do is go to court to Block the Sale of the jets under the says a former waitress and talk show i bring a uniqueness in the fact that everyone has a Chance to offer their Ducharme the issues t no Issue 2l j 1 and t i Par to Bari Skof Lus Orihue future faxed a list issues and asked flip Supply their the have been edited for r Natalie Pollock was a for her the Robert Pollock gained Fame As a minor singing sensation in the 1960s and went on to Host a Lively Cable talk show with her Ron she recently sped former Star Larry Linville after he allegedly sexually assaulted her at the Winnipeg press club two years she is running for mayor to keep the Winnipeg jets in Winnipeg and improve downtown primarily b property taxes we must become competitive with other cities and lower taxes it can be done because they do and so can we by copying r j us Issue u l the jets will remain in Winnipeg with or without a and whether or not they have signed a Deal with Minnesota if am it will be a fatal blow to Winnipeg Umhey that where a constitutional approach to Block their leaving comes into the picture Section of the Constitution i v social issues Winnipeg has a reputation of High crime police say our hands Are As will encourage them to especially concentrate on with victims such As House breaking and and less on victimless on my intention is to make life a Little ier for those less Are not poor on it Urban exodus no wonder the Middle class is the City gouges the Middle class forever red cent they and makes life a miserable for the City does nothing about tows cars Indis Crimi wants to put in photo and lets the slip i will reverse All virtual ban on no photo will not be allowed to and police will Stop the trend of being soft on Crimi ii future vision to make life in Winnipeg Safe and As it j was 40 years when Winnipeg was third in importance in Nick Ternetti full time social activist who got his Start in politics As a student studying at the Winnipeg in the joined the Liberal party under the urging of Tom Lloyds but he soon quit to join the he delivers newspapers to support his Hes running for mayor to voice left Wing concerns and lower Winnipeg dependence on property 1 Issue the 1 Issue concerns the mayor must have a vision for a City that challenges the myths of a Jun Feor corporate City that has a centralized International franchise Market driven and a City tax starved by the property taxes its time to that the City cannot continue to finance itself into the 21st Century through property taxes cities must acquire the ability to create their own form of taxation and Revenue Shar for Manitoba is the Only province in where Money is raised from residents for school Board As a 47 per cent of property taxes go towards school i feel strongly that the fiscal relationship with the province should change to one where education is removed from property v i am opposed to an Complex at Forks i favor a referendum on the Issue of Public funding for and location of an Complex in social problems and poverty the notion that poverty can be solved under capitalism is it is not in the Best interest of capitalism to solve i believe that empowering can mobilize their energies to Deal with social prob lems be i child jobs or economic development economic development is the need to understand the role of Small business in the economic health of a i emphasize that we must recognize that All political forces need to join hands to develop nonprofit economic development corporations that can ensure Winnipeg economic infrastructure and capital works the Basic infrastructure of Winnipeg is we must develop a plan to rebuild Urban exodus i fundamentally oppose the idea of taxing nonresidents of Winnipeg who work in it is unconstitutional to Force people to live in a certain area in order to prevent Urban vision for the future my vision for the future encompasses the notion of a Green not a corporate i believe that a City is like a growing it can grow Ike a in an unhealthy City made Concrete and or it can become a City composed of an interaction of economics and the health a liable a people Heads up people in equal Partick a local disable rights she is also an author and frequent visitor to City Admon Ishing councillors for their decisions and Lack of she also educates school children about lifestyles of the she is running for mayor to make City Hall More fiscally 1 Issue i would like to get a youth advisory committee of City Council going so the youth will have responsibility and i want to involve All the people from All the diverse parts of the Community to be involved in making the City a better property taxes people with no children should contribute a smaller percentage of the school school taxes should be separate from property school taxes should be provincially tax credit incentive should be Given to property owners who take Good care of their Block party to build Community incentives and barter communities who develop barter system will get tax issues promote an event similar to the Arena fiasco to develop a foundation that will Cut As it has been demonstrated that Money is available in win the poor people of Winnipeg will become developed and educated in holding their anti fiasco economic development chamber of vision to brainstorm and promote creative ideas that will Market Winnipeg through disabled Peoples International to pro Mote Winnipeg in Asia and build upon the Multi cultural heritage and nature of infrastructure since Winnie the Pooh got its name from Winnipeg we will build the statue of Winnie the Pooh higher than Toronto in Tower As a tourist attract which will attract people from All Over the there will be a multimedia and participatory showcase wherein children will turn the twiddle the nose and give kisses to Winnie the Pooh souvenirs will be a multimillion Dollar Busi Ness and five per cent could go towards infrastructure and capital Urban exodus Urban exodus will be prevented by making Winnipeg the love capital of the world by having the children demonstrate their affection by touching Winnie the Poohs and searching for his All children and parents will be flocking to vision for the future Winnipeg As the Core of Canada and the greatest tourist attraction to All animal lovers and All people in the world would identify with Winnie the Block party with creative ideas from Community involvement will get oneyear property tax freeze chamber of vision will eventually replace City Council and have total Community participation is a former reassessment clerk with Rev Enue a term he was Laid Oil in March Pismai Issue he would also like to Cut welfare by 10 to 12psr cent so that recipients dont become dependent on social assistance 1 Issue the 1 Issue in this years election should be a balanced the 2 Issue is welfare property taxes property taxes will have to go up by four per cent for the next along with reductions in better debt management and an Overall budget Cut of three per cent will help us to reach our goal of a balanced budget in three Arena Issue the Arena Issue is quite under no Circum stances should anew Arena have been How Ever i believe we should have tried to Purchase the team at Lair Market subtracting our32 per cent we could then have Given Winnipeg Gers including a Chance to prove we were real fans we could have set a goal for ourselves to sell out the Arena 95 percent of the time Lor two years we would Havel sell the team at fair Market social issues welfare must be reformed As people Are choosing it As a with the exception of the elderly and single Leen mothers must get less As should anyone else using welfare Asa Way of life no additional benefits for ext Rachil mandatory workfare for those purposely abusing the a change needs to be made to the calculation used to determine How much Money a person on welfare can earn before being penalized Dollar Lor incentive to work must be economic development economic development will take care of itself As soon As we can keep our tax increases to a mini mum or infrastructure i would like to see a minimum Road Standard due to our financial i would like to see Road renewals decrease and Patching of roads increase thereby keeping our streets pothole free and also saving millions in our attempt to reach a balanced Urban exodus the Urban exodus will continue until people in Winnipeg see that there is a plan for the to continue on the same path is like signing win Nipges death future vision my vision is Lor the City of Winnipeg to first reach balanced Andt Hennegin Topa Downour debt once we will havea surplus budget of Over we will then have reduction in property taxes and a huge increase in the status quo is acceptable to Winnipeg then my vision of Winnipeg will be nothing but a Distant ;