By Lisa Goudy
Infrastructure and recycling were two of the biggest issues brought up during Wednesday’s all-candidates forum at Peacock
Collegiate.
“As a council we need to actually sit
down and review the allocations of our own source revenue and where
those allocations
being made and are they truly focused on the priorities of the
citizens of Moose Jaw who pay the bills,” said mayoral candidate
Deb Higgins speaking to addressing infrastructure.
“Once we’ve done that and made sure
we’re properly allocating the money, we need to work with the provincial
and federal governments
in ways to look at revenue sharing … but I think we have to look
at our own house first.”
Mayoral candidate Fraser Tolmie said that he has been on a learning curve and believes in a more methodical approach.
“When we do have money to pave roads
we don’t have enough staff and we have leftover money and we can’t do
our drainage and
there seems to be a problem within city hall,” said Tolmie. “We’re
trying to overhaul a working engine right now and … you’ve
got to look at the way the operation runs and I am for looking at
that and being able to put the money that we have into the
infrastructure.”
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