Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 21, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press a12 monday june 21, 2004 race for Council candidates running hard to the wire 13 hopefuls Chase two seats in tomorrows vote for councillors by Jason Bell c candidates for mayor have garnered most of the spotlight lately but members of a Large supporting cast Are hoping they la have time to Shine tomorrow As Well. The list of candidates in the wards of River Heights fort Garry and St. Boni face includes 13 names but Only two will make it to City Council. Seven candidates ? Marcel Boville Emile chartier Murray Cliff Derek Hay Franco Magnifico Roland Marcoux and Tom Scott ? Are competing in St. Boniface to replace Dan Vandal on City Council. Vandal stepped Down last month to run for mayor. Meanwhile in River Heights fort Garry the names of six candidates ? Donald Benham Elaine Cowan Jocelyn Greenwood Brook Jones John Orlikov and Ken Wong ? will be on the ballot. The seat opened up when Garth Steek entered the mayors race. Wong who owns a travel and consulting business is hoping to rejoin City Council 30 years after leaving civic politics. He represented the old Rolshouse Ward from 1974-77. Two candidates with name recognition Are Benham a former journalist and communications adviser to former mayor Glen Murray and Orlikov a cur rent school Board trustee. But Cowan the president of the Anoka Iwin training Institute and a former woman entrepreneur of the year in Manitoba in 2000, said the race is by no Means decided. I am comfortable and confident we Are among a Strong group of con tenders she said before heading out to Knock on doors yesterday. We knew we would face the Challenge of name recognition so we worked to combat that. We Are peaking at the right time. Our momentum is moving along just As we Jones 26, a recent political science graduate from the University of Manitoba had an interesting first crack at civic politics two years ago. The former track athlete with the u of m bosons faced off against Jenny Ger Basi and captured a third of the vote ? a Large slice for a new candidate challenging an incumbent. I think definitely my grassroots Community involvement Speaks volumes for the dedication i want to bring to City Hall said Jones also known in the Community for the Large Christmas display he constructed annually at his at parents Home on Mcdougall Street. I think the election will be a lot closer than people Greenwood who was Busy Campaign ing in Linden Woods yesterday agreed. I think it will be very tight said Greenwood who works As a consultant and advocate. People Are looking for someone to believe in. Its an important election even thought its just for two years. In those two years the person has to prove they can stick by their word. And i in St. Boniface candidates were Busy knocking on doors Over the weekend including Boville a real estate agent who spent much of the time in Norwood yesterday. He maintained there Are no Clear front runners contrary to what he says a local French language weekly paper suggested last week. According to Boville the newspaper said the most serious candidates Are Roland Franco and Emile and they Are ahead of the pack. I fail to see How they can say that Boville said. For someone to suggest i am not serious ? when i am working my Tail off during this election ? is an insult. From the responses i am getting i feel i have an equal Murray Cliff working the streets in Island lakes yesterday said tomorrows Winner must do a better Job representing the entire Ward. I get mixed messages from people in the area. I am hearing that Vandal neglected some of the areas Cliff said. I agree there is a lot of work involved and its not an easy position. All i can do is be sincere in saying i am up for the challenge.?. Here a what the new mayor plans to do first what a the first thing you a do As mayor if elected Tomor Row Sam Katz the first thing i will do is sit Down with the team i have to work with All City Council lors and let them know there is a new philosophy at City Hall. We Are Here to serve our Bosses the Citi Zens of Winnipeg Sam Katz the taxpayer and work together to make a Good City Natalie pol lock the first thing i would do is have a meeting with Jack Swatski and Tell Natalie Pollock him he a gone As police chief. We would pay out his contract and begin a search for aboriginal candidates to be police chief. Its the most important thing this City needs to do and it would immediately abolish one third of crime Here. Only an aboriginal chief can understand How aboriginals Maryann Mihaychuk i would go and meet the staff at City Hall thank All my election team and then have a big Long Maryann Mihaychuk Gordon Kirkby i expect the first Day i would responding to a lot of congratulatory messages and id be speaking to the Media no doubt and arranging meetings with the members of the Community who have pressing con Gordon Kirkby Shirley Timm Rudolph id get right to work. There Are a lot of issues that need addressing and a lot of projects that need to be advanced Shirley Timm Rudolph Nelson p. Morrison Dan Vandal id have to cancel the first thing i a Holiday with my would do As mayor former partner is put together a and my children to competent team of new York which other politicians to would be Fine with form an executive me. Then id get straight to work getting to the Job of moving Winnipeg Nelson p. Dan Vandal Morrison Al Golden Garth Steek i would get to i think first thing work on two tasks i a going to do is ? get the soccer bring people from Complex on Central Park Down Waverley opened to City Hall to talk after two years of about safety in being closed an their Neighbour Cut the assess Hood. Its critical ment gets the biggest Hole in the City a Rev Enue pail is the Al Golden assessment Garth Steek ;