Questions

Pass Herald 2010 Election Questionnaire

1. What specific issues or projects do you feel is most important for the Municipality to focus on in the next three years?

Increase economic base in the Crowsnest Pass by working with government agencies, private business and other interest groups produce an environment that is conducive to attracting and sustaining small and medium business.

2. How would you rate the current state of the Municipality, both economically and politically?

Politics are alive and well in the Crowsnest Pass. There have been some problematic situations in the past. The past is the past.  The large slate of candidates for this year’s election and the turn out to the candidate’s forum shows a keen interest by the community to get involved and move forward.

Economically we are at a standstill and work must be done to stimulate and maintain growth in all sectors well developing new areas. We are very good at studying and planning, but implementation has been a failure, that must change.

3. What specific strategies so you fell should be employed to increase the local tax base?

Entice industry and business to locate in the Crowsnest Pass via tax incentives, setting policies to streamline the approval processes and contracting a business development officer to package and market our community for the purpose of attracting new industries to our area.  Continue to develop the Crowsnest Pass as a tourism destination both for operators and tourists.  

4. Short of increasing the tax base, what would you do to promote the continuation of municipal services without dramatic tax increases? Are there any areas where you feel the Municipality should spend less or more than it currently does?

In business when budgets are tight we do more with less. Eliminate the duplication of services, developing policies to unsure taxpayers receive full value for dollars spent  practices and strict adherence to budgets are good starting places.