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City council gets a failing grade Free Press survey gets 476 responses BILL PHILLIPS editor@pgfreepress.com
Prince George residents have given the current city council a failing grade. In a online poll conducted by the Prince George Free Press, 41 per cent of respondents rated the overall performance of city council as poor, and 25.4 per cent listed the performance as below average. The poll, conducted from February 15-24, garnered 476 responses. Only 7.1 per cent of respondents listed council’s performance as excellent. Seventy-eight per cent of respondents said they did not believe council is moving the city in the right direction and 78.1 per cent did not believe council is providing leadership for the community.
MAYOR SHARI GREEN Fifty-six per cent of respondent rated Mayor Shari Green’s performance as poor and 19.2 per cent listed it as below average. A total of 10.5 per cent of respondents listed her performance as excellent, 7.4 per cent as above average, and 6.9 per cent as average. Seventy-eight per cent of respondents said positions on issues expressed by Mayor Shari Green are not similar or the same as theirs, most of the time. Seventy-seven per cent of respondents do not feel she is a good champion for Prince George. And, if an election were held today, only 19.1 per cent said they would vote for her. Similarly, only 20.2 per cent said they approve of Shari Green as mayor. Seventy-three per cent said they do not feel Green is keeping the promises she made during the election.
COUNCIL The majority of respondents, 38.8, per cent listed the performance of Coun. Frank Everitt as average, 13.7 per cent
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listed him as poor, 26.5 per cent as below average, 14.9 per cent as above average, and 6.1 per cent as excellent. Coun. Garth Frizzell also received a majority, 31.2 per cent, rating of average, with 15.7 per cent listing him as poor, 29.1 per cent as below average, 17.1 per cent as above average, and 6.8 per cent as excellent. The rating for Coun. Lyn Hall was similar with 33.3 per cent listing him as average, 16.5 per cent as poor, 22.5 per cent as below average, 19.4 per cent as above average, and 8.4 per cent as excellent. Coun. Albert Koehler was also ranked by most as average, 31.5 per cent, however, had more on the negative side with 24.6 per cent listing him as poor and 30.1 per cent as below average. A total of 9.3 per cent listed him as above average with 4.5 per cent as excellent. A total of 31.7 per cent of respondents listed Coun. Murry Krause’s performance as average with 13.9 per cent listing him as poor, 19.4 per cent as below average, 23.2 per cent as above average, and 11.8 per cent as average. Coun. Brian Skakun received a fairly strong approval rating with 27.6 per cent listing his performance as excellent and 28.1 per cent as above average. A total of 16.3 per cent listed his performance as average, 10.1 per cent below average, and 17.9 per cent as poor. Coun. Cameron Stolz received the worst rating among councillors with 45.5 per cent listing his performance as poor, 17.6 per cent as below average, 21.2 per cent as average, 105 per cent as above average, and 5.2 per cent as excellent. Coun. Dave Wilbur also received a poor rating with 31.1 per cent listing his performance as poor, 28.8 per cent as below average, 28.5 per cent as average, 8.1 per cent as above average, and 3.5 per cent excellent.
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