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by Mare Davis
The Review

A key spokesman for the Asso-
ciation for the Protection of Rural
Central Saanich is among four
new candidates running for elec-
tion to Central Saanich council
this fall.

Clarence Bolt, a lecturer at
Camosun College, said he’ll run
on a platform advocating more
community input into council’s
decision-making process.

He’s an outspoken campaigner
against golf course developments
on prime agricultural land and is
also a critic of the provincial
government’s plans to upgrade the
Pat Bay Highway.

Bolt said egress and access to
the highway must be made safer
but the proposed Island View
interchange should not go ahead.
_ A major interchange would have
a damaging impact on the com-
munity and on the local environ-
ment, he added.

An end to the dumping of raw
sewage into the waters around
Central Saanich must be legislated
by a future council, he also said.

Further, Bolt would like to see
council work closer with native
Indians to deal with contentious
land issues, he said.

Another announced candidate is
a critic of the municipality's new
official community plan. Bruce
Tobin entered the election race
saying there should only be mini-
mal population growth in the com-
munity over the next five years.

A family and marriage guidance
councillor and UVic lecturer,
Tobin said he wants to see an end
to: “mega real estate projects,’ and
called for a moratorium on any
future development of Tod Inlet
and the south slope of Mt. New-

ton.
Another of his key concems is

that the rural lifestyle of Central
Saanich be preserved and that the
natural environment also be pro-
tected.

Tobin wants most of the green-
belt and wooded land in the area to
be preserved and said he’s

opposed to golf course projects
except on poor quality farmland.

A more open form of municipal
government is also needed, and
municipal taxes should not be
raised further, he added.

Senamus Drive resident Joan
Towler will also be vying for one
of the six aldermanic seats up for
election in November

A mother of three teenagers and
a registered nurse, Towler said she
wants to see the rural character of
Central Saanich protected against
widespread development.

Saving the municipality’s large
tracts of green space also makes
good economic sense, she said.

With farmland being eaten up by

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developers all over North Amer-
ica, Central Saanich farmland is
becoming an increasingly valuable
food resource and must be saved,
she said.

Central Saanich needs to reform
its property taxation system to
protect some homeowners who are
shouldering too much of the tax
burden, she said.

A fourth candidate to surface in
the early days of the pre-election
run-up is Ian Cameron.

A lecturer at UVic, Cameron
said he wants to see the preserva-
tion of agricultural land in the
municipality.

An opponent of golf course
developments on all but the poor-

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est quality farm land, he is also in
favor of council lobbying high
levels of government to represent
the interests of area farmers.

And Cameron said the official
community plan’s projected popu-
lation growth figures are too steep
and should be revised.

He is also supportive of safety
improvements on the Pat Bay
Highway but is opposed to the
Island View interchange.

Central Saanich alderman
Wayne Hunter has announced his
intention not to seek reelection
this fall.

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ment principal of North Saanich
Middle School, Hunter said he can

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Ald. Gary Valiquette announced
he plans to stand for re-election,
while Mayor Ron Cullis, Ald.
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Ald. Arlene Box remaiftight-
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