1. What triggered you to make this step and run for municipal office?
Having the doors closed on too many meetings and seeing the island I care for and its people’s concerns, swept aside by the current council, convinced me to take this next step in contributing positively to our Island home.
2. What common ground do you share with the other candidates running in this election?
I hope we all share the common desire for healthy food, clean air and water and the commitment to listen to Islanders.
3. What are your top three priorities for Bowen?
Working together with all council members to build our Community Hall / Library.
Keeping organic waste on Bowen to create jobs and soil!
Finding better ways to engage the community in the decision-making council carries out on behalf of Islanders.
4. Tell me about the community work you have done that your are most proud of?
My environmental work has always been an important part of my life. I have tried to look at a model, which includes our natural environment, as an important factor in any decision. Safely transporting a pregnant islander in labour, to Horseshoe Bay on a stormy night, as Captain of the Cormorant water taxi. My current work as the resident caretaker for Crippen Park, which allows me the opportunity to showcase Seaside Cottage, one of our significant historic community assets.
5. How will you work to make council open to the concerns and ideas of all Bowen Islanders?
Weekend/ flexible hour council meetings.
Neighbourhood council gatherings.
Posted hours for mayor.
Easy access to council through technology, to offer all opinions and positions on issues to be considered. A municipal version of the Bowen phorum with the requirement people use their full legal names and civility!
6. What do you love most about living on Bowen Island?
I love the fact we are an island; We have no room to move our boundaries and must look at everything we do in that context. It provides an amazing opportunity for us to create a municipality that works towards sustainability and environmental responsibility while developing our cultural resources and preserving our quality of life.
