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No single issue in Cable’s run for trustee spot Allan Wishart allanw@pgfreepress. com Tony Cable doesn’t have a single focus in his run for school trustee. “I’m not running on one issue,” says Cable, vying for a seat on the School District 57 board in the Nov. 15 election. “I’m interested in rural education, in technology. “I want to take a balanced approach to being a trustee.” Cable worked as a teacher and principal in the district for 35 years before retiring about six years ago.
“I felt being retired, I would have the time to devote to being a trustee. I think my 35 years of education background have given me the attributes to make a good trustee.” He sees the next few years as a chance for the board to make headway on a number of issues. “With relative labour peace now, it’s a great opportunity to do other things at the board level.” He says there is so much new technology available, and the district has to take advantage of opportunities presented by this technology. However, he cautions, they shouldn’t
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allow the technology to overtake the need for classrooms. “Parents in Giscome or Dunster want their children to have as equal an opportunity as possible, but I don’t think it would be fair to use distance education to provide that. “They want to have
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the schools in their communities, which can be tough with the limited resources the board has available.” Cable would like to see the board make sure one key element is present in all its work with the budget and resources. “We have to support the work being done in the classrooms. I spent some time as a practicum supervisor at different schools, and it’s hard to believe sometimes how many diverse students you have. It can be quite daunting for a teacher to handle students with different needs. “I want to try and have a process where we can identify the students who need help earlier, and then provide the resources they need to be the best they can be.” He also sees a need for the district to continue partnering with CNC and UNBC. “We have to make sure one program doesn’t overweigh another. We need to continue to have the honours program, but we also need to make sure we are preparing students for jobs as pipefitters or welders. “We need to strike a delicate balance so one of those career paths isn’t seen as ‘better’ than the others.”
Alex Huber sees debt load as major council issue or new ones to start up, the city should not be inBill Phillips volved in the real-estate development business but editor@pgfreepress.com focus on services required.” He said if there was one thing he could change about Prince George it would be downtown. He ran for mayor three years ago. “I would love to see a thriving downtown with This time around he’s setting his sights on a seat many specialty stores, cafes, museums on city council. and apartments,” he said. Alex Huber says he sees the comHuber is financing his own cammunity drowning in debt and wants paign, so he won’t be indebted to to help the community get back on anyone should he be elected. track. “This is important to me so I can be “The ever-mounting debt load bea truly independent voice and make ing placed on its citizens,” he said, is decisions based on what is best for my the most important issue facing the community, even if those decisions are city. “All other services like snow reunpopular or difficult,” he said. moval and infrastructure are directly Huber would also like to work on affected by the debt and the city havcivic pride in Prince George. ing to service it.” “We have so much to offer as a city, In terms of economic development, CANDIDATE ALEX HUBER and we care for each other deeply and Huber says eliminating red tape is a priority, along with pursuing companies looking to will never say no to lending a helping hand,” he said. “Too many people, even residents, see Prince relocate to the North and convince them to locate George as a stopover or a means to an end and we in Prince George. do not give ourselves enough credit for the great “This has to be done with incentives and aiding the new companies using existing agency’s with the lifestyle we have here.” Huber is a caregiver and also serves as the presisupport of the city,” he said. “Free up lands owned dent of the British Columbia Northern Exhibition. by the city to allow existing companies to expand
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