The municipal election takes place on Monday Oct. 24
Kern on side with the experts on pressing issues: In a recent news release mayor candidate Tobin Kern said, “I’m in league with the experts” when it comes to tackling addictions and climate change.” More from his release follows here:
The city is governed by a Council, not by an individual, and we should be wary of anyone who attempts to take full credit for decisions made by that council, or who implies that becoming Mayor will give them a mandate to implement a specific agenda. I have volunteered literally thousands of hours with the Sault Area Hospital, the Sault Ste. Marie Economic Development Corporation, the Welcome Friend Association and Rainbow Camp, and the Children’s Aid Society. I’ve chaired the Sault Ste. Marie Police Services Board, and I’ve helped to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for Algoma University’s John Rhodes Scholarship, for Cancer Care in Sault Ste. Marie, and many other worthy causes.
Many people don’t feel safe in our neighbourhoods or in our downtown. Our roads are in bad shape and full of potholes and speeding of vehicles has become a real problem. In the first few months I want to seriously have staff and Council consider some of your ideas that came to me during this campaign, such as lowering the speed limit to 40 kilometers per hour in residential areas and re-opening Pointes Des Chenes so that our residents and visitors can have a place to camp and enjoy the beaches during the summer months.
I am a blue-collared ordinary working person, who works hard and pays taxes. I love this City, I regularly go biking all around town, on the hub trail and the waterfront. That’s when I see everything that I love about Sault Ste. Marie, but also when I see and get reminded of the things that need our immediate attention, such as crime, the homelessness and drug issues and the failing roadways and other infrastructure.
“The District of Sault Ste. Marie Social Services Administration Board has been extremely prudent in starting construction of one building which will house the various agencies/supports needed to address the causes of the problems,” says Peace. “One group finds the location, another group comes up with a staffing resource plan, another begins negotiations to get heat and water supplied, another, basic furniture, blankets and food and another, security. The community and its agencies need to step up now!”
“The overtime budget is currently very high and it is burning our members out,” advised Michael Fowlis, Firefighter with the Sault Ste. Marie Fire Services and Executive Board member of the Sault Ste. Marie Professional Firefighters Association. “Do the math, “says Peace. While two additional firefighters would not guarantee zero overtime, I have no doubt it would lead to a significant decrease in overtime costs and better health outcomes of our firefighters”
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