Tuesday, 12 October 2010

My Twitter Coverage of the Mayoralty Candidates debate - Oct 12, 2010, from Loyalist College

  1. any questions - thanks for following tonight
  2. Such excitement - blow after blow - or not - but the Longhurst follies provided entertainment. Thanks for following. Feel free to tweet
  3. Ellis slams Panciuk to close debate!
  4. Longhurst: "I paid my $200" - Thurlow gets shafted - has since amalgamation - he's off to his own personal special place
  5. Panciuk: there is a guy w/ a 'ditch mitch for mayor' shirt - 'my own personal protester' - "join me and build a better Belleville"
  6. Closing
  7. Herrington: we have a good police force - Neighbourhood watch is for communities to organize
  8. Longhurst: never really thought of it
  9. Ellis: looking at using tech to aid in Neighbourhood watch using Teksavvy
  10. Panciuk: would support that
  11. Question - in light of violence of last year, any thoughts of increasing Neighbourhood Watch
  12. Longhurst: all for it
  13. Harrington: paved shoulders and trails
  14. Ellis: working to extend pathway for cycles, walking to Loyalist from Bridge W
  15. Question: in 4 years will there be a green way to commute to Loyalist
  16. Longhurst: checked with Ellis if it's Belleville or Quinte West - Ellis said QW - but they continue to answer - Hamilton Rd is in QW!
  17. Q: will there ever be lights at Hamilton and Wallbridge-Loyalist Rd
  18. Longhurst - all for it
  19. Ellis and Panciuk support, as does Harrington
  20. Question: transit passes as part of Loyalist tuition
  21. Longhurst- I'm a union man and won't take away union jobs
  22. Harrington - supports 907 continued work
  23. Ellis tried to rebut - wasn't allowed
  24. Panciuk: supports city owned facilities but concerned about increasing costs. Just attacked Ellis! Ellis "came clean" on some monetary info
  25. Ellis: no plans for any privatization
  26. Question - will Local 907 continue to operate arenas?
  27. LLLLLLLonghurst! - "never voted for a sign in my life", etc - and he's out of there!
  28. sign business owners
  29. Harrington - city makes money off sign permits - communities need to speak up regarding signs in community - sign business just sideline for
  30. when they are just starting - mentioned Smitty's plethora of signs - people are more concerned about # of political signs
  31. Panciuk: need to distinguish between quality of signs - some are better than others - concerned about impact on businesses - especially
  32. sign business owners, will take time
  33. Ellis - signs are ugly and all over the place - how can we get rid of them in a fair way - council has had tough decisions, consider
  34. Question: concerned about signs along streets -
  35. Ellis: city funds Pinnacle Playhouse, rebuilding bandshell @ Zwicks Island, council funds Quinte Arts Council, Festival of Trees, ballet
  36. Panciuk: we have an art scene that rivals some much larger centres, can foster arts with events in the summer
  37. Harrington ; arts about more than just painters, etc - should have support from city - good from tourism
  38. Longhurst supports arts - an art gallery would cost money, but apparently we don't have any
  39. sorry, am I becoming sarcastic?
  40. Longstache, er Longhurst: will believe it when he sees it.
  41. Local entity there if Baymount can't fulfill contract
  42. Ellis - city doesn't control Ag Society, who have the contract with Baymount - new ownership of Baymount - looks to be moving forward
  43. But he is working the 'stache!
  44. Is Longhurst more like Oscar the Grouch, or Elmo?
  45. Panciuk and Ellis just co-operated - Grover would be proud!
  46. Racetrack question: -Panciuk: Baymount having extreme financial difficulty (ya think?!)
  47. Ellis is addressing the question of transit. need to teach children about transit, get them and their parents used to it - ridership up
  48. Longhurstland is open for business! I want what HE's having!
  49. IT'S LONGHURST TIME! Twice a day - audience is telling him it didn't work - where is 'downtown foxboro'? as opposed to just foxboro
  50. rain causes treatment plant to bypass - need to separate systems, so storm drains dont link to sewers - part of roads reconstruction plan
  51. Ellis: remedial action plan almost completed, Meyers Pier rehab - need to work to eliminate waste being flushed into the bay when heavy
  52. Longhurst: need to work with senior governments and conservation areas
  53. Herrington: agrees with Panciuk - need to work with other municipalities, Quinte Conservation, "need to work together"
  54. Panciuk: enforce regs - doesn't believe city is further damaging bay - a lot of what is in the bay comes from other places
  55. question: what would candidates do regarding bay of quinte
  56. Ellis: "we were handed a mess", had to give back superbuild money (5 million)
  57. most spending courtesy of transfers from senior governments
  58. Ellis: goes over what the city has done: it is handy to have accomplishments to fall back on - for better or worse
  59. question finally arrived: "what the hell have you been doing the last four years"
  60. question, er, rant from the floor
  61. I like the small buses and dial-a-bus ideas
  62. Panciuk: need to find a way to expand bus services, smaller buses, dial-a-bus, drivers have been without contracts for extended period
  63. as part of taxes
  64. Ellis: adding blackberry/mobile technology to allow users to see routs, scheds - is publicly funded - Thurlow doesn't pay for services
  65. Harrington: can't please everyone
  66. Harrington: variety of issues to be addressed, such as access for mothers with strollers - system needs to be re-evaluated
  67. Longhurst: smaller buses, and then... back to Longhurstland - an interesting place!
  68. Question from the field: what are your plans to fix public transit?
  69. Longhurst: comparing city streets to the 7th or downtown foxboro - Belleville's fault - like the roads weren't bad out there before
  70. Panciuk: no one is happy w state of roads - and back to taxation/spending message. "what could we do if we won the lottery..." ho-hum...
  71. question: how much of a priority are roads and 'inefficient' traffic light system?
  72. Ellis: takes offence at statements about lack of care - commends staff person responsible for cleaning up. He's right - it's not 'dirty'
  73. Panciuk: rezone downtown core to prevent drug sites, bring new event(s). Wi-Fi downtown. "I'm the only candidate [with a plan for downtown]
  74. and neither does he #Longhurst
  75. Longhurst: no idea what he was talking about
  76. Longhurst on downtown: could start a bed and breakfast.
  77. Ellis: needed 2/3 to allow speakers to be on agenda - "I supported, but others blocked it"
  78. Online question regarding Randy Brown and issues on the 8th of Thurlow (Zion Road)
  79. Panciuk is on message - "didn't read ire plan because I didn't want to prejudice [his views]" then back to taxation and spending
  80. Panciuk: has issue with additional capital spending - can't proceed unless there is additional stimulus spending/cost sharing
  81. BPFFA Sean Allair - what is Panciuk's view of the fire plan?
  82. Panciuk: roll back council pay increases , rezone downtown corridor to prevent meth clinic or needle exchange, "balance spending & needs"
  83. Longhurst: "will reform council", wants to see a full drug rehab clinic, and develop camping and rec facilities in the north city
  84. Having a hard time blogging and tweeting
  85. Harrington's second third thing: improving emergency services, including building one emergency services hq building for fire and police
  86. Harrington: would work to change electoral system to provide fairer representation. Wants to bring back ward system. Clean up downtown.
  87. Ellis: improved emergency facilities
  88. Question: what three things would candidate change first if elected mayor.
  89. For Panciuk, go to his site: mitchpanciuk.ca
  90. Longhurst, the amazing disappearing candidate, has spoken: to much money for downtown, need more development in Thurlow, Neil Ellis bad.
  91. Harrington prefers to move on to the questions, and declined to comment
  92. Ellis gave a good intro - looking back at where we were versus progress made to date.
  93. Introducing candidates now - from left - Ellis, Harrington, Longhurst, Panciuk - will be speaking intros in that order
  94. Just going through the introductions now. Debate can be heard live on 91.3 fm and also online.

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