JIM TAYLOR SEEKS
CITY COUNCIL SEAT
CITY COUNCIL SEAT
The civic duty of every member of a community is to engage in its governance. That belief compels me to announce my candidacy for a seat on Nanaimo City Council.
I face a tough, uphill battle as many candidates have wider recognition and potential support in the community, particularly the incumbents and those with lots of 'other people's money'.
I have attended nearly every City Council and Committee of the Whole meeting in person for the past six years, speaking as an independent delegate at many. I attended over 80 hours of budget review meetings. I have used my blog to question many, many spending decisions of this Council including major opposition to the $16 million city annex in-camera contract awarding in 2011. Most recently I have asked tough questions about the Lantzville water deal and the renovations to 25 Victoria Road and other issues not proven to be cost-effective or wise investments for Nanaimo taxpayers.
My hours of observing city hall convinces me there is a tax and spend mentality amongst council and staff that simply thinks the taxpayers’ purse is bottomless.
I operate the website www.nanaimo-info-blog.com and am a co-founder and president of the Nanaimo Ratepayers Association.
All this time I have been apprenticing for the honor of being a Nanaimo City Councillor and have earned a good understanding of how city hall works, or doesn’t work depending on your point of view.
In the coming weeks I will be introducing myself on the campaign trail for what I believe is one of the most important elections, Nanaimo has held in many years.
Platform bullet points:
- ZERO TAX INCREASES FOR 5 YEARS ARE POSSIBLE
- SENSIBLE SPENDING - WHAT TAXPAYERS CAN AFFORD NOT WHAT CITY HALL CAN IMAGINE
- SENIOR STAFF WAGES, BENEFITS & GOLDEN HANDSHAKES ARE OUT OF CONTROL
- COUNCIL HAS TO START RUNNING CITY HALL NOT CITY STAFF
You can also visit and ask questions on my Facebook page.
Jim you've got my vote. When you need a volunteer let me know. I'll see what I can do about making time.
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Devon Kruggel
Best of luck and I commend you for running and trying to make a positive change. I will probably vote for you, depending on how you do at the open debates and Q&A sessions, assuming they are held again this election period. I hope you don't get sucked into the political machine and assimilated, like almost every other well intentioned newbie politician eventually does.
ReplyDeleteI hope there will be some meaningful forums and debates, in the past any I have attended didn't do much to help with your selection. When you have 25+ canadiates in a 2 hour meeting, not much of value comes from it. I would really like to see some 'hardball' style debates among Mayoral candidates, as whoever is at the helm, will clearly set the course for the rest of council. Again, I have never witnessed a meaningfull debate for Mayor in past elections.
ReplyDeleteJim Taylor knows more about how to run Nanaimo than all the rest of the councilors put together ! It's a VERY important election this year - I encourage EVERYONE to vote for JIM -for the good of the city !!
ReplyDeleteplease add your facebook url to your article so people can easily click and go there
ReplyDelete'Facebook page' is linked, it is the last line, just about the bottom graphic.
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