{"id":634,"date":"2022-09-06T21:28:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T01:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/?page_id=634"},"modified":"2022-09-06T21:28:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T01:28:58","slug":"2014-election-platform","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/2014-election-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Election Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The list below is a reminder of what my [Bob Masaro] platform was in 2014 which included many goals that I wanted to accomplish during 2014-2018 Term in office<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>City Concerns:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Stop wasting Taxpayers money, be fiscally responsible<\/li><li>Work \u201cwithin\u201d Budgets, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>freeze<\/strong><\/span> taxes, stop adding to the debt!<\/li><li>Reject <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">any<\/span> further phases of LRT project<\/li><li>Rework Orgaworld contract, return weekly curbside Garbage collection<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Stop \u201cMega\u201d projects \u2013 city should concentrate on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Core<\/span> services and infrastructure repair \u2013 be \u201cproactive\u201d not reactive to the issue.<\/li><li>City Planning and Projects \u2013 greatly improve safeguards on contracts, stop sole-sourcing<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>City Management \u2013 make city managements and legal team more accountable, greatly reduce use of consultants<\/li><li>Greatly Improve communication coming from City to citizens.<\/li><li>City should become more involved in improving conditions of social housing.<\/li><li>Create viable alternatives for waste management; ex. Incineration <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">should<\/span> be examined<\/li><li>Insist Ottawa River Action Plan proceed to improve water quality for all areas<\/li><li>Reduce length of council member terms [Term Limits]<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4>Local Concerns:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Insist our tax money comes back more equitably. (full accountability)<\/li><li>Dump Carlsbad Springs Dump\u00a0 **(See <strong>Petition<\/strong> \u2013 <a title=\"DUMP CARLSBAD SPRINGS DUMP\" href=\"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/petitions\/dump-carlsbad-springs-dump\/\">Dump Carlsbad Springs Dump<\/a> [2014])<\/li><li>Provide constant, reliable increased funding for Road Infrastructure \u00a0<\/li><li>Improve Road Safety and improve infrastructure for vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists. (ex. Side-panels {paved shoulders} on all future road construction)<\/li><li>Pursue enhancements in materials and road planning methods used for \u201coptimum durability\u201d<\/li><li>Traffic control in dangerous areas ex. Safer crossings at school zones.<\/li><li>Advocate for improved controls on rural water quality<\/li><li>Stop spreading of biosolids {human feces} near residential properties on farm land.<\/li><li>Maintain controls on Zoning and Development<\/li><li>Revisit numerous questionable City bylaws to properly reflect the needs of the rural people. Ex. Backyard hens should be allowed on rural properties.<\/li><li>Re \u2013 Open client service centers to react to all citizen concerns as quickly and efficiently as possible. (Volunteers encouraged \u2013 service hours for students)<\/li><li>Arrange local meetings more frequently and at convenient times<\/li><li>Enhance roles of Community Associations \u2013 modest honorarium allocated from office budget, much greater involvement in decisions<\/li><li>Greatly reduce user fees for local facilities<\/li><li>Re-build \/ create recreation facilities, example: Greely needs an indoor arena.<\/li><li>Volunteer Firefighters \u2013 increase pay, enhance safety<\/li><li>Improve policing and ambulance services.<\/li><li>Arrange help for Rural citizens in need ex. Flooding, septic issues, wells.<\/li><li>Provide links for Osgoode Ward to Public Transit ex. Proposing a small shuttle bus service to transportation nodes, bring O-Train to Leitrum Road park &amp; ride **(<a title=\"Public Transit Realism\" href=\"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/public-transit-realism\/\">bobmasaro.ca\/public-transit-realism\/<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Increase funding for youth programs and services for all Osgoode Ward communities (Use O-YA as model for other communities)<\/li><li>Develop more programs to assist seniors and support building of more quality seniors residences<\/li><li>Support and promote the development of local business ex. Will ensure we have Trade Shows for our Ward<\/li><li>Actively support the promotion of Agriculture and Conservation organizations in our community.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The list below is a reminder of what my [Bob Masaro] platform was in 2014 which included many goals that I wanted to accomplish during 2014-2018 Term in office City Concerns: Stop wasting Taxpayers money, be fiscally responsible Work \u201cwithin\u201d Budgets, freeze taxes, stop adding to the debt! Reject any &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-content-sidebar.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659,"href":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/634\/revisions\/659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobmasaro.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}