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FLUORIDE: Debate set for Saturday at Coast Inn of the North
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Hall, Zurowski face off Library packed for first mayoralty debate Bill Phillips editor@pgfreepress.com It was standing room only … literally. With more than 200 people crammed into the Keith Gordon Room at the Prince George Public Library, another 125 upstairs in Skylab watching the proceedings being streamed live, and another 30 or so crammed around the library’s computer stations, the first mayoralty debate of the municipal election campaign was eagerly
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anticipated, and attended. Candidates Lyn Hall and Don Zurowski were up to the task, taking questions on everything from Lheidli T’enneh reconciliation to seniors housing. Here’s some of what they had to say. What will you do to help the recruitment and retention of skilled labour and fight the perception of Prince George outside the community? Don Zurowski: “Moderate taxation. We will not be serving up any tax shock under my watch. We need to be financially con-
servative. Prince George needs to get back to measuring its performance … As well, I look forward to putting up a billboard outside the community with the simple statement ‘Prince George is open for business.’” Lyn Hall: “There is a need to create a partnership, create people that are going to connect with council. The Chamber, IPG, we need to have a strong relationship with those two organization. I firmly believe that if we can get someone to Prince George to look at the amenities, we’ll capture them … We have come strides upon strides over
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the past couple of years and the amount of money that we have invested in our roads … we heard that was No. 1 on people’s minds, we heard that, we reacted. That, in itself is an amenity … I think we fall short of talking about what a great city this is.” What would you do to improve the Veterans Land Administration area? LH: The VLA is a partner at the table, that’s what you are ... Without that voice that you bring to the table we won’t move
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