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IN THE MAPLE RIDGE COUNCILLOR’S RACE: Sarah Little

Ahead of Oct. 15, The News offers a profile and Q&A opportunity to each candidate
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Sarah Little

RUNNING AS AN INDEPENDENT

Photographer, age 41

Silver Valley resident who’s lived in Maple Ridge 13 years

Thirteen years ago, my husband and purchased a home in Maple Ridge. We are proud to raise our family in this community. I genuinely care about how our city is developed, and preserved.

While protection of the natural environment and acknowledging the potential of future natural disasters should be front of mind, I believe we need to be open minded to attracting new industry and commercial investment to Maple Ridge. We have reached a point where our existing infrastructure and amenities needs investment, and I am committed to working with other levels of government to secure funding.

Affordable living can be achieved if we work on building a variety of housing options, in areas where public transit and employment opportunities exist.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/sarahlittlecouncil

Twitter: @SLittleCouncil

Website: sarahlittle.ca

Instagram: @sarahlittlecouncil

Email: hello@sarahlittle.ca

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Have you held office in past? If so, please specify: No.

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Questions:

(These answers are presented as the candidates submitted them)

1. Does the City have a handle on the problems created by homelessness?

No.

2. Do you believe residents of the City feel safe?

Yes.

3. Do you support the City borrowing funds to build a new aquatic centre?

Yes.

4. Are you in favour of development along the Alouette River?

No.

5. Can City hall do more to attract new businesses to open in Maple Ridge?

Yes.

6. Should the City borrow funds to build a new arena facility?

Yes.

7. Should Maple Ridge take more direct action to combat the local opioid crisis?

Don’t know.

8. Is the City taking adequate measures to lower carbon emissions?

No.

9. Are tax levels too high in the City?

Yes, Residential tax rates are too high in the city. We should be doing whatever it takes it attract commercial and industrial to Maple Ridge in order to reduce the residential tax burden.

I would also like to see the process of having to apply annually, online for the homeowners grant simplified.

10. Should the City commit to making a decision on proposed new developments within 12 months or less?

Yes.

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EDITOR’S NOTE:

How the questions were presented to each candidate

Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows news readers have told us how much they value this important, straight-forward reference guide that helps orient them with the range of choices on the ballots – both at the council and school board levels.

Towards that end, we have attempted to make this package available (along with the following instructions) to each of the candidates in a timely fashion ahead of the Oct. 15 election.

Please read carefully before you start to fill this out.

To help voters in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows make their choices on election day, The News is asking local candidates 10 issue-based questions.

You must provide a ‘yes,’ a ‘no,’ or a ‘don’t know’ (Y, N, D) response to EACH of these questions.

Each question MUST be answered with yes (Y), no (N), or Don’t Know (D). This will be published in a grid in the Oct. 6 edition. Any questions not answered will be LEFT BLANK.

Candidates may also expand on ANY OR ALL of these questions (to a maximum of 200 words each). Please note any responses longer than that will be cut off at the 201-word mark.

Due to space limitations, we can only guarantee to run one of these answers in The News print edition ahead of the election. You must CLEARLY indicate which expanded answer you want to see published in print. If you do not specify, we will choose. Any and all expanded answers provided will be published online at www.mapleridgenews.com.

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