A seventh 性视界传媒 mayoral candidate has thrown his hat in the ring.
Longtime 性视界传媒 resident John Wolanski announced his candidacy this week and is running as an independent.
Wolanski ran as a council candidate in the 2002, 2008 and 2011 and as a mayoral hopeful in 2014.
鈥淢ichael Jordan said it best, you miss 100 per cent of the shots you don鈥檛 take,鈥� he told the Now-Leader when asked what motivated him to seek the mayor鈥檚 chair once more.
And, he says he will be his own biggest financial contributor to his campaign.
鈥淚 put my own money on the table, and people respond to that,鈥� said Wolanski, whose background includes freelancing in the newspaper business, and 鈥減romotions鈥� arena, according to his bio.
The Cloverdale resident said 性视界传媒鈥檚 council must 鈥渓ook at people first,鈥� and 鈥渨e鈥檝e had business taking over the government decisions.鈥�
鈥淲e need to take a step back, take a breath and see where we want to go with things.鈥�
Wolanski calls for a change in B.C.-wide change in civic elections that he says would mean 鈥渘o more toeing the party line.鈥�
His idea?
鈥淥ne vote for mayor, you only have one vote per councillor and one per school trustee,鈥� he said of his idea, which would not change the number of elected officials, only how they become elected. 鈥淪o what you鈥檙e going to do is break up the party monopoly. Most of these guys are running a slate to control council. I want a democracy.鈥�
In his platform, outlined at , he vows to lobby senior governments for more affordable housing alternatives.
鈥淧eople are feeling the (housing) stress,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 an economic warfare thing, and I鈥檓 just going to be hammering on the senior levels of government. We鈥檙e going to fix this one way or another.鈥�
Wolanski also promises to say adamantly oppose mobility pricing. When it comes to public safety, Wolanski wants to either move toward a Metro Vancouver wide police force or keep the RCMP if that can鈥檛 be achieved.
鈥淭o break that (RCMP contract) up in the middle, and put a new police force in鈥� we鈥檇 end up with nothing left to pay for potholes. The RCMP will demand compensation,鈥� he told the Now-Leader. 鈥淎nd with a police force, there could be possible interference from the mayor鈥檚 office. From the RCMP, they have a hand鈥檚 length thing where you can鈥檛 interfere.鈥�
As for transit, he supports SkyTrain along Fraser Highway, and says the 性视界传媒 light rail project that鈥檚 in process would have to be completed.
鈥淭his is a game-changing election,鈥� stated Wolanski. 鈥淚 realize I have to go for it now. That鈥檚 the deal.鈥�
Others running for mayor in the Oct. 20 性视界传媒 election include 性视界传媒 First鈥檚 Tom Gill, Integrity Now鈥檚 Bruce Hayne (formerly of 性视界传媒 First), former 性视界传媒 mayor Doug McCallum with his Safe 性视界传媒 Coalition, Pauline Greaves of Proudly 性视界传媒, People First 性视界传媒鈥檚 Rajesh Jayaprakash and independent Imtiaz Popat.
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