Morrow sees Prince Albert as a great city to live, work and invest in.

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Oct 3, 2016 | 8:38 AM

Prince Albert mayoral candidate Josh Morrow has a wealth of project management experience he will bring to City Hall. In his professional life he was tasked with making sure projects were done correctly, on time, and within budget.

“Why do we have to repeat projects three times?” he asks. “This is not record investment. This is record spending! As taxpayers we are getting ripped off.”

“We need someone who’s going to treat city hall as a business and be accountable as Mayor,” he says. “City projects are not getting accomplished properly, wasting tax payer’s dollars and causing hassles for everyone. This is not acceptable.”

Many extensive city construction projects have spiraled far past their original completion date. The ‘Big Dig’ at 15th St. and 2nd Ave. E which was supposed to take three months and stretched on for five months exceeding budget amounts by hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Even once it was completed, a water failure forced city crews to return to site and caused more havoc for drivers as lane restrictions were put back into effect.

Construction on Diefenbaker Bridge has lasted all summer, and even running 24-hour crews couldn’t keep the project on time.

Given the constant bridge construction, many have asked for a second bridge, but Morrow has larger plans than just a second bridge.

He says a new bridge will alleviate existing traffic on the bridge but won’t draw more trade or drivers to the city, which isn’t the type of investment he wants the city to spend tax dollars on.

Morrow to focus on things he can actually change and make a difference on

“We’ve never had a true businessman, entrepreneur, visionary-type person in the mayor’s chair, and what people need to understand, if they elect me as Mayor, this city will finally reach its potential.”

He says under his direction Prince Albert will see a surplus in the budget, which will lead to proper investment in the city. Investment under his watch will bring new jobs and growth to the city, which in turn will help Prince Albert prosper and increase the quality of living for residents.

“I want to focus on things I can actually change and make a difference to.”

Morrow promises to make sure infrastructure projects are done efficiently and properly the first time and won’t require three tries to get it right. “Those are big projects and leadership needs to be held accountable. I can guarantee that the things I’m going to do here are going to make a difference for you.”

You can see him out at community events all around Prince Albert.

With properly spent tax dollars, Morrow says he can work to tackle Prince Albert’s health and crime issues instead of spending on small reactionary solutions to issues which have stymied Prince Albert’s city council.

“We know we need to generate a sustainable economy here, we’ll be able to do twice as much as a community with proper recourses, and help everyone,” he says. Once an environment ready for investment has been created, job and population growth will follow. A stronger tax base means resources will expand to social programs such as the YWCA, care homes, the P.A. Food Bank, art institutions and public spaces which add to the quality of life for our citizens.

“I am on a mission to repair Prince Albert’s reputation. I want people to start seeing Prince Albert as a great city to choose to live, work and invest in,” he says. “This place has an incredible amount of potential and we just need to open it up.”

In the few months Morrow has been on the campaign trail, he’s already built more community connections than any other mayoral candidate ever has.  He’s written personal messages to local churches, talked to people on the street, taken tours of many organizations and facilities. Josh has  connected with, Prince Albert’s First Nations and Metis people, our youth, our seniors, our most vulnerable and our most affluent citizens in a new and fresh way.

You can see him out at community events all across Prince Albert, hearing about the issues and discussing long and short-term solutions, which matter to the residents he wants to represent.

“Our voter turnout in past elections has been very low,” he says “I am working hard to change that and earn your vote on October 26th.”

To learn more about Josh Morrow, visit his locally designed website at www.joshmorrow.ca, or give him and his team a call at their office downtown at 1101-Central Ave. at (306) 960-0205.