Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 14, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Saturday free october 1995 a7 candidates debate polls mayoral rivals pledge More for libraries by Nick Martin City Hall reporter by Nick Martin City Hall reporter Teeter Kaufmannn sup in his bid for the mayors seat is pollster George Paul said but he disputed a claim by mayor Susan Thompson that Kauf Mann is now in second ahead of Terry Thompson told reporters yester Day morning that Pauls Quatro associates has a new poll showing her ahead of Kaufmann with Duguid she did not know the figures nor did she know who had commissioned the Kaufmann claimed yesterday that Thompson has a new Quatro poll showing her with 28 per Kaufmann at 26 per Duguid 22 per and 20 per cent unde four fringe candidates share the remaining Kaufmann said the information was leaked to him by someone in Thompsons theres no such Paul while he would not divulge clients or numbers Quatro is track Paul said his company last poll More than a week ago showed Thompson slightly ahead of Kaufmannn numbers Are surging Duguid spokesman Bryan Dun lop would not discuss his but said Kaufmannn numbers Are Duguid plans to fight crime mayoral candidate Terry Duguid says he plans to put As Many As 30 additional police officers on the Street to help fight weve identified 21 police positions now where they Are essentially acting As said rather than keep trained officers behind a Duguid said he wants to get them out into High crime areas of the Duguid also announced a three pronged crime fighting including a criminal Justice system which would be conducted in his first year in office and would find ways of More efficiently Man aging available Duguid said he would also empower neighbourhood groups to be involved with police in fighting crime and would offer homeowners a plan to finance alarm systems and other Security devices through their water none of the three leading contenders for the mayoralty will Rule out closing Library but mayor Susan Terry Duguid and Peter Kaufmann have All committed to increasing Library funding in the 1996 friends of the Winnipeg Public Library president Jan Palmyn said yesterday that 33 of the 61 Candi dates for mayor and Council responded to a questionnaire on Library funding and the mayoral responses Are Avail civic vote Able in Library branches through out the with Council Candi dates questionnaires available in branches serving their common sense should prevail in determining the number and locations of said who promised to soon unveil a strategic plan on Library re organi Duguid said he will close branches Only if he sees a plan for equal Cut land Kaufmann urges by Nick Martin City Hall reporter the City should forgo up to on undeveloped lots to convince residents not to move to outlying bedroom com mayoral candidate Peter Kaufmann declared Winnipeg could reduce the costs of a House by forgoing develop ment fees designed to cover servicing Kaufmann you can buy a lot outside the City for less than development costs inside the Kaufmann dump the impost i dont believe in there be no Revenue loss to the he since those prospective homeowners would otherwise buy in West Paul or other out lying we have to put ourself on because the people outside Are on Kaufmann said Winnipeg has thousands of hectares of undeveloped land on its where people seeking a country lifestyle could build on Halfacre to two acre the City would extend services and build Asphalt with Home owners responsible for the actual Cost of hooking into the hed also create a three year tax Holiday for new housing built in designated areas within the inner spokesman Peter Squire of the Winnipeg real estate Board said Kaufmannn idea would actually Hurt the City by depreciating the value of other existing housing be sold at its current value if prospective buyers had the option of building from scratch at lower Squire said after consult ing several real estate in would lower the cites assessment the exact opposite of what Kaufmann was trying to but the Manitoba Home builders association backed Kaufmann yesterday one of our biggest problems is the Cost of said executive officer Glenn used housing already can be sold at less than new houses because of rising costs in every phase of Buchko new housing has gone from 23 per cent of annual Home sales in Winnipeg a few years ago to nine per he used housing creates no construction and trades Buchko while a new House puts peo ple to if we put a House on that it will Start paying mayor Susan Thompson and mayoral challenger Terry Duguid could not be but Thompson made a plea yesterday that the City not pick fights with its outlying Thompson said she was furious that Duguid has called for the province to slap a annual Levy on the capital Region to help pay for City services and the the the the begin Here with Mark at polets floor store 1500 Regent 6611299 2020corydon 4887377 a healthy attitude i has a great Impact on the Healing As advertised in Canadian living 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marketing International business Industrial electronics and improved Kaufmann said the City can close six to eight of its 20 offering better resources and longer hours in the surviving a Sample of other responses mayoral candidate Nick Ternetti would offer a property tax credit to volunteers enabling branches to stay open Days and evenings seven Days a mayoral candidate Michael Grieger opposes Branch but cant see where Council will find Money for Theresa Ducharme and Natalie Pollock did not fort Rouge candidate Terry Hal Ligan says schools should be considered an alternative to Public which need to develop unspecified user Many sectors require scarce Dol Lars More than but volunteers could keep branches open longer said River Heights candidate David Amaro Silva Daniel Mclntyre supports Library card fees and fundraising drives to finance improved administrative costs could be trimmed by sharing Library facilities with school says James candidate Kirk John Prystanski Point Dou Glas has a similar Brian Kelcey in Charles would shift Money from staff to Materi and allow residents to move materials into a Community Centre or run a Branch through a nonprofit Community Gerald Basarab in Transcona believes the City should be Supply ing books to High school libraries to beef up their vital candidate Randy Gibbons would close branches if it meant others could open Roy Anders in Norbert would favor increased funding Only for specific particularly enhancement of electronically stored two great offers Birds bothering you the solutions in hymns flu 24 Marion Mac 2332500 Price lunch buy one lunch entree at the regular Price and receive the 2nd one of equal or lesser value at valid with Coupon not valid with any other promotional please present Coupon before ordering end Les 1842 Pembina 1031277 Henderson the heist is Ovri andr Eceles of 9 minimum or your dinner Mill a minimum excluding i beverages and valid pm7pm at tin locations not valid will any Olla taint or no Cash Ein Lett 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