A8 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 17, 1999 Talstra’s doing just fine, says Helmut Giesbrecht IF JACK Talstra had 4 fan club, Skeena NDP MLA Helmut Giesbrecht might be one of its strongest members. Following some very complimentary things the Terrace mayor had to- say aboul Giesbrecht~ several wecks ago when launching his election campaign, the Skeena MLA has res pond- ed in a similar fashion.” “Jack -and [have worked well together on a number of issues,” said Giesbrecht inciting the support he gave for a city millennium grant applica- tion which resulted: in’ $200,000 for the city’ s lin- car park, “He’s essentially doing a good job. I don’t detect a lot of concern aut there on where the city’s -going,” Giesbrecht added. Talstra had. compli- mented Giesbrecht on his work an behalf of the cily and area, saying there there’s no need. at’ the present to unseat-him from his provincial seat. Although Talstra is a Liberal and the two might not agree on political phi- Josophy at times, Gies- HULL wo. what are they saying... brecht said the mayor has taken a non-partisan ap- proach to their relation- ship. And when that does happen, Giesbrecht said Talstra does so in speaking for his’ council which might want to take a parti- San approach. “Jack has no control - over where council wants “to take issues al times, Jack trics fo: avoid (hat, even though some of his council members might ‘take a partisan approach.” ~ > “E have no quarrel with him,” continued: Gies- brecht. “I might even vote for him.” The MLA: said Talstra was a key player when - Skeena Cellulose faced fi- nancial disaster several years ‘ago and” which. re- sulted: in. the provincial government rescuing the company, ~ “Tt clearly works better if there is some kind of co- operalion bétweén the two levels [of . government], said Giesbrecht. © ~ ~ The political relation- ship between the two dates back to the 1980s when Giesbrecht: was mayor of Terrace and Talstra a councillor, Talstra took the mayor's chair away from Gies- brecht ia 1985, a Fact the Skcena MLA now says was a beneficial. “I went fishing and had a good dime on the river,” said’ Giesbrecht. ‘I real- ized some one did me a Favour, It saved my life. “Then ina weaker moment, I got back into this,” -Giesbrecht did concede that Talstra may seek the Liberal’ nomination for the next provincial election and could end up opposing him, “Jack will make up his Gwa niind on this and we'll have. to - see.- what happens,” he said. ~ One of Talstra’s mayor- al opponents “is Linda Hawes, herself. connected to ‘the provincial Liberal party. : She was: one of the co- chairs: of Kitimat mayor Rick Wozney’s campaign ” when he ran as a Liberal against -Giesbrechi in the 1996 provincial election, kk kkk Talstra repeated his theme of trying to work City Councillor Helmut Giesbrecht caoperalively with Gies- brecht and the provincial government at a forum for (he mayoral candidates hasted by the Terrace and District Chamber of Com- merce last Wednesday. “Pm trying to be nicer to our MLA,” Talstra told the business group. “Three years of bashing has gotten us nowhere. 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