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标题: 行使我们的公民权，去选举市议员和市长！ [打印本页]
作者: Frosty01    时间: 2014-10-27 05:48     标题: 行使我们的公民权，去选举市议员和市长！

两年一次的市长和市议员选举将在11月15日（以后将是四年一届）进行。市长和市议员的素质和议事水平直接影响到市民的生活和利益，因为他们掌管着我们的地税。
选举是公民发表声音最好的机会，我们要珍惜这个民主权利。大家知道，很多人还在为争取这个权利而奋斗。


也许很多人很想参加选举，但是苦于不了解候选人的情况，不知道选谁。还有些人觉得选谁都一样，他们最后都变成“职业政客”。
解决第一个问题，最好的办法是去了解候选人背景, 去问他们我们关心的问题，看他们如何会答，是否代表我们的利益
（以下是我们Sannich市的候选议员、市长面对市民问题的答／辩日程安排）。选一个离你家近的会议，参加一次。去之前，把你最关心的问题（比如维多利亚历来耗资最大的污水处理项目，你怎么做决定的？）写下来，去参加会议的时候投到问题箱。也许你的问题被抽到，主持人会把你的问题问他们。

解决第二个问题的最好办法是，如果他们在位久了变成了“职业政客”，只迎合上级政府的旨意，无视市民的声音，下一次选举，就不选他们，让他们“下位”。这就是民主的好处。

但是行使民主权是要花时间和筋力的。

我们千万不能：在没有民主权利的时候，抱怨没有民主；在有了民主权利的时候，说没时间去行使民主权利。

These are the remaining meetings /debates:
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 29
Time: 11 a.m.- 3 p.m.
Location: University ofVictoria Student Union Bldg.
Address: Michele PujolRoom
Details: Sponsored by theUVic Student Society
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Date: Wednesday, Oct. 29
Time: 7 p.m. Doors opento public at 6:15 p.m.
Location: Royal OakMiddle School, multi-use room
Address: 751 Travino Lane(formerly 4564 West Saanich Rd,)
Details: Sponsored by theMt. View-Colquitz Community Association, Residents Association of StrawberryVale, Marigold and Glanford and the Royal Oak Community Association
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Details: All candidatesforum hosted by the Highlands District Community Association
Date: Thursday, Oct. 30
Time 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: University ofVictoria student union building
Address: 3800 FinnertyRd.
Details: New urbanism andlivable cities: Mayoral candidates in three municipalities debate transit,housing and student jobs. Sponsored by the UVic Students’ Society
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Date: Thurs. October 30
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: LochsideElementary School,
Address: 1145 Royal OakDr.
Details: Sponsored byBroadmead Area Residents Association, Blenkinsop Valley Community Association,Cordova Bay Association for Community Affairs
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Date: Tuesday, Nov. 4
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: The Church ofthe Nazarene,
Address: 4277 Quadra St.
Details: Sponsored by TheChurch of the Nazarene
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Date: Wednesday, Nov. 5
Time: 7-9 p.m.
Municipality: Saanich
Location: Cadboro BayUnited Church,
Address: 2625 Arbutus Rd.
Details: is sponsored byCadboro Bay Residents Association
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Date: Thursday, Nov. 6
Time: 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Location: Garth HomerCentre auditorium
Address: 813 Darwin Ave.
Details: Sponsored byQuadra Cedar Hill Community Association
-See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/municipal-election-all-candidates-forums-1.1429313#sthash.jXOhMhq3.dpuf
作者: 232793819    时间: 2014-10-27 07:18     标题: 可惜我没资格啊！

作者: MrGrant    时间: 2014-10-27 10:29

作者: SSXS    时间: 2014-10-27 11:06

不知道选谁怎么办？
作者: FIONASUN    时间: 2014-10-27 15:03

选谁都一样，不选也一样。
作者: Frosty01    时间: 2014-10-27 17:10     标题: CBC News 今早有关新闻

今早7点30分，CBC 地方新闻报导了现任市长Frank Leonard坐任污水处理委员会，但缺席了102次会议。他的解释是，因为他儿子所在的公司投标”污水处理项目“（项目现已被停止），有利益冲突。所以他不能参加会议。他都派他的“代理”议员去。他的“代理”每次都支持这个项目。

他这个解释很难让人信服。又没有人用抢逼你坐任污水处理委员会委员，你可以说有利益冲突不任此职啊。或者你任了此职，自己参加去会议，会上可以清楚解释你的“利益冲突”的情况，再表决或表达你的意见啊。

这个市长真聪明呵，明知有利益冲突还去任这个职。让他的代理议员出面支持这个项目。

看来这个市长Frank Leonard 和他的这个“代理”议员（Vicki Sanders ）都该被选下去了。
作者: Frosty01    时间: 2014-10-27 17:12

回＃5楼。

你的选票really matters！不要轻视你手中的选票。
作者: Frosty01    时间: 2014-10-27 17:57

回＃4楼，

我个人的想法供你参照：现任市长在任已18年，好几个议员也在任多年。人在同一职位，尤其是这种职位太久，会疲倦的。并且，我听到不少以前投票选这个市长和老议员的当地老居民都说，现任市长和议员们越来越官僚了，根本不把市民放在眼里。”It's time for change！“ （是时候变一变了）。

据我了解，新的市长、议员候选人大都是有知识有文化的人。所以我会选所有的新的候选人 （如果他们被选上了，最起码“新官上任三把火”）和一个现任议员（我听过他的答辩，有理有据。而不是官腔官调。很明显，他做决定前做了很多调查研究，才给出结论。我佩服这种人）。

我把新的市长、议员候选人和这个现任议员的名单例出如下，仅供你参考。你如果想多了解这些候选人的情况，我建议你参加一次他们和市民的会议（选一个离你家近的）。听听他们对市民问题的回答，你在选举的时候就更有信心选谁了。

新市长候选人：
Richard Atwell，Mayoral Candidate  NEW


Fred Haynes Councillor CandidateNEW



Marsha Henderson CouncillorCandidate NEW



Rebecca Mersereau CouncillorCandidate NEW



Shawn Newby Councillor CandidateNEW



Colin Plant Councillor CandidateNEW




Vic Derman Councillor  Incumbent (现任）



新市长候选人的网站：

http://richardatwell.com/2014/



On Nov 15, 2014…


Let’s electa new Mayor of Saanich.

I’m running for mayorbecause Saanich needs a mayor who listens,a mayor who is approachable anda mayor who will work collaboratively with others.
I will make decisionsthrough an open and transparent process and be accountable to you. I will keepyou informed, provide you access to information and offer thorough and soundjustification for decisions that we will make together.
I will work with you tofind solutions that not only will make our region a better place to live, but also offerthe best value for money.
I’ve built my reputationon critical thinking and Iwill bring my successful businessexperience, a thorough understanding of local issues, and proven leadership skills to the office ofMayor.

I willlisten and I will act.




Together, we will get Saanich Council working foryou.






下面这个市长候选人（David Shebib）纯粹是来捣乱的，他报名参选维多利亚所有13市的市长。
作者: Frosty01    时间: 2014-10-27 18:06     标题: 新候选人名单

对不起，在新市长和新议员候选人前面忘写了一个标题 重写如下：

新市长候选人：

Richard Atwell，  Mayoral CandidateNEW




新议员候选人：

Fred Haynes， Councillor Candidate   NEW
Marsha Henderson， CouncillorCandidate    NEW
Rebecca Mersereau， CouncillorCandidate    NEW
Shawn Newby， Councillor Candidate    NEW
Colin Plant， Councillor Candidate    NEW




Vic Derman， Councillor Incumbent 令人佩服的现任议员
作者: mm0220    时间: 2014-10-28 11:03

不太懂，这些人都是什么PARTY的？还是PARTY在这里没有用的？
作者: Frosty01    时间: 2014-10-28 21:01

我不知道他们是不是属于什么党派的。有的人可能是无党派人士。无党派人士照样可以参选。
作者: Frosty01    时间: 2014-10-28 21:34

Here is an article about the new mayor candidate  Richard Artwell at Focus online:

See complete version at:
http://www.focusonline.ca/?q=node/788

          Richard Atwell: serious challenger in Saanich
              
           By David Broadland, November 2014
Mayoral candidate would provide stronger leadership and open up Saanich and the CRD to greater public involvement.

When Environment Minister Mary Polak decided last spring that she would not support the CRD’s plan to force Esquimalt to host a central sewage treatment plant at McLoughlin Point, she created the conditions that pushed Richard Atwell into running for mayor of Saanich.

Polak’s decision means the CRD will need to develop a new plan; Atwell has been a leading critic of the CRD’s plan and Saanich Mayor Frank Leonard has been a leading supporter of that plan. Atwell seems the perfect opponent to fight it out with Leonard on this issue: bright, articulate, and—someone close to his campaign told me—“very, very funny.” Not that there’s anything funny about the sewage issue: The Plan to Nowhere had cost regional taxpayers $85 million before it was suspended in September.

Married, Atwell lives in Saanich in the Falaise area. He graduated from the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Engineering and later worked as a computer software engineer for Apple and Motorola.

In spite of his prominence in the sewage issue, it would be a mistake to see him as a single-issue candidate. In an interview his responses were peppered with references to other issues he’s been involved in, including the HST recall campaign. He described his recent community involvement this way: “I’ve dedicated the last several years of my life to local and regional initiatives as a member of different boards, and I’ve built my reputation on critical thinking, particularly during the past two years with my involvement as a director of the Sewage Treatment Action Group.”
Why is he running for mayor? “Partly out of frustration with dealing with the government myself. I’ve being going down to the CRD for two years and have seen how dysfunctional the whole thing is. There is not a real good mechanism for the public to engage in the process. When you go to Saanich, it’s the exact same thing.”
“You need to start with the public from the beginning,” he says. “The Shelbourne Valley Action Plan took five years and resulted in one yellow sign. The folks I’ve been talking with are now having to do FOIs to figure out how that happened. What they’re discovering is the decision on what direction to go was made before the public process began. The public process just came afterward to ratify it.”

How would he change that? For starters he’d make Saanich council “more welcoming” to its citizens. He would re-establish, for example, the tradition of having an open mike so people could speak directly to councillors. As it is, he says, they have to go through a lengthy process where there’s no guarantee they will ever get in front of the council.

Would he carry on Leonard’s legendary practice of handling all communications between Saanich and the public himself? Atwell says the legend isn’t quite true: “If he likes you, you get a response. If he doesn’t, you don’t.” Atwell described going to see the mayor. He asked Leonard, “Why aren’t you coming to the CRD sewage committee meetings?” Leonard responded, “I’m too busy.” Atwell says that, if he was elected mayor, he would continue personal access but “would probably put a communications office in place.”

The problem with Leonard’s personal approach, Atwell says, is that “you only get that one view.” Moreover, “It’s a tax on his time,” leaving little time, for example, for a mayor to attend CRD sewage committee meetings and help to prevent that $85 million the CRD spent getting nowhere.

That is the central issue on everyone’s mind this election: the immense sum the CRD has spent on trying to develop a treatment plan while miscalculating Esquimalt’s support for the plan. I asked Atwell whether he thought a central treatment plant at McLoughlin Point was a dead issue. “No, there are vested interests that are still pursuing it. We’ve seen letters and articles in the paper from the local construction industry. I think it’s fair to say they’d like to see that project done right away.”

One argument against considering options has been the threat of losing contributory funding from senior governments, but Atwell says, “I’ve seen enough evidence from the Province and the federal government to say they are committed to providing the funding. Certainly, they’d rather provide funding for a worthy project than one that’s less worthy.”

Atwell has criticized Leonard’s prolonged absence from the CRD sewage committee. In the last five years the mayor has attended only one meeting. Leonard recently claimed he didn’t attend those meetings because of “a conflict of interest.” His son works for the engineering firm Worley Parsons, which has done a small amount of work on the project. Atwell notes, though, that Leonard had, in fact, attended some meetings of the CRD Board at which money decisions on the sewage project were made. Atwell contends there’s no public record that Leonard ever disclosed the conflict before this election’s campaign.

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作者: SSXS    时间: 2014-10-28 22:29

请问大家对现任市长Dean 有没有任何看法？
作者: Frosty01    时间: 2014-10-31 16:17

回＃2 和＃13

还在“坐监”吧？快了。

所以嘛，坐满监享有这个选举权的人更该珍惜和使用这个权利了！
作者: hotmale    时间: 2014-10-31 19:08

是呀，是需要换一换了。
作者: Frosty01    时间: 2014-11-2 07:40     标题: 了解候选人

我上周三去了一次候选人和社区见面会，听了候选人回答居民提出的问题，“大多数”现任候选人的回答“言中无物” －政客虚辞。我喜欢以下几个候选人的回答，诚恳实在。如果想更多的了解他们，请看他们的网站：

Richard Atwell： 新市长候选人。http://richardatwell.com/2014/

Vic Derman: 现任市议员候选人 (唯一回答诚恳实在的现任候选人）http://www.vicderman.com/page4.html

Rebecca Mersereau:  新市议员候选人。www.rebeccamersereau.ca

Fred Haynes: 新市议员候选人. http://www.votehaynes.ca/

Colin Plant: 新市议员候选人. http://www.colinplant.com/

Marsha Henderson: 新市议员候选人. http://marshahenderson.ca/  （我特别喜欢她的网站的内容）

下一次候选人会的地点估计对大多数人都比较方便。有意更多了解候选人的可以去听一听：

Wednesday, November 5 – 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Cadboro Bay United Church – 2625 Arbutus Road
作者: Frosty01    时间: 2014-11-2 08:25     标题: 提前选举和11月15日选举地点和时间表



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作者: Frosty01    时间: 2014-11-2 08:29     标题: 选举时间和地点



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作者: marilyn    时间: 2014-11-2 20:26

支持愿意参政的人。我自己就算了，啥都搞不懂。



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