The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • 77

NEPEAN: ALDERMAN (bed duties only, 3 elected) "1 Tax rise 'alarms' 1 I I i I rV i 1 I Industry his goal Al Brown says he's got the experience, interest and energy for another term on council. "Nepean has the potential for thousands of jobs and as chairman of the industrial committee, have been successful in bringing high technology and light industry to the city," says the 40-year-old manager of business development for Bell Canada. He says an even greater marketing thrust is needed to attract more industry to Merivale Acres industrial colony. Brown's goals for council include capital Lot fees too high In her fourth campaign for municipal office in Nepean, Victoria Mason says she wants to do the same things if she's elected this time around that she's wanted to do for years. "I'm really alarmed by the spending by council," says Mason, a legal secretary who polled 2.104 votes in the 1978 campaign for deputy-reeve.

"I want to help people understand where their taxes go and how things work on council" If elected. Mason said her first priority will be keeping taxpayers inform- i 0 Hugh McDonald, seeking a second term on council, says he's alarmed by increased property taxes during current inflationary times. The slowdown of development in Nepean requires major policy revisions to maintain the city's sound financial condition," says McDonald, who nabbed the last seat on council in 1978 with 8.106 votes. The 5 1 -year-old lawyer says his long-term objective is to find a tax base for municipal revenues to ease the burden on seniors and moderate-income ho- Hugh McDonald meowners and tenants. Besides holding the line on taxes, McDonald says be would like to reduce council and bureaucratic interference with Al Brown ture for essential projects only or on those with a short-term payback such as energy conservation.

Brown served on Ne-pean's Hydro Commission between 1974 and 1978. Victoria Mason ed, followed by reducing lot fees and land redevelopment charges. "There's got to be another way of financing without hitting those who want to expand," she says. 5 1 LUZJ Ex-Rider urges hustle Although he's running for local alderman, Frank Reid says he will also work for regional issues if elected this fall. Reid, who was less than 600 votes away from a council seat in 1978, is making his third run for office.

"Council has to hustle," says the 34-year-old tax consultant and former player for the Ottawa Rough Riders. "We don't need two salesmen to push Nepean; we need six committed aldermen to sell our community." Reid also promises to improve rapport between business and council, provide more activities for youth and improve long-range road planning. Kids' wing for hospital Al Jeans, who came last in 1978's council race, says he will "fight like heck" for the construction of a children's wing to the Queensway-Carleton Hospital. "Do you know it costs SI 7.50 in taxi fare to take your kids from Nepean to the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario?" he asks. Jeans also wants to hire "two super salesman" to promote Nepean across Canada and the US.

as a good home for industry. He also proposes special breaks for "the future of this city" Nepcan'f youth. Marey Gregory Terry Bell Technology for Nepean In his second race for council, Terry Bell, 25. believes the city hasn't achieved its proper recognition. "There's a lack of communication between council, other governments and the community," says the independent consultant and business manager.

Bell wants to make the city the high technology growth centre in Eastern Ontario for the 1980s. "It will mean a broader tax base, so more money for other services." Bell's other goals include additional resources for seniors, promotion of local arts groups and a ward system. She supports ward system Marey Gregory is the only first-time candidate for a spot on Nepean council. "Nepean must become more aggressive, and even for local concerns a full-time candidate is needed," she says. Gregory also supports an expanded commercial-industrial tax base, a ward system for the city and a "responsive, business-like attitude from council." The 32-year-old bomemaker is past chairman of Action Britannia and the Britannia Park recreation committee.

She has also been a member of Ottawa-Carleton's rapid transit and conservation lands and Rideau River corridor advisory committees. 1 V'- Lvj i 1 vis a it SI Frank Reid Al Jeans ELECTION DAY NOVEMBER 10, 1980 TRANSPORTATION FOR THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED IS AVAILABLE BY CALLING M. O. BUS LINE 226-4581 EVELYNE H. COOPER CTTV CLERK AND RETURN1MQ OfftCtH vliiwil Thttdtoriri tw nana tm tct iwpouMi) Tbt Gtaan'a mnif of ot.