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RE-ELECT PETER FRINTON

Experienced- This does not mean 'beyond expiry date'! It means I've climbed the steep learning curve, and am in full gear. I don't waste time on polemics; there is barely enough time to get on with things
Informed- Just that. I'm an information sponge, and coupled with experience, that makes for the ability to make good decisions.
A moderate view- As a pragmatist, not an ideologue, I see politics as the 'art of the doable'. I am not blind to diverse and sometimes more strident perspectives, but I always weigh up the cost/benefits of a given project to the community as a whole, and choose a course that best reflects community values.
All this leads to -A balanced approach- One grounded in principle, tempered by reality, and executed with confidence.  And finally,  I am Results Oriented. Viewpoints and intentionsof themselves mean little; what actually happens is what ultimately matters. That's why I am proud of my record of successive achievements- in the areas of planning, land use, service, general policy and finance.

BOWEN- MY HOME FOR 36 YEARS
I first came to Bowen when I was ten- to camp at Cowan’s Point. I loved it, and kept coming back, moving here at age 22 with my partner Carol. We live at Ravenhill, a heritage farm.
First elected to office as a Councillor and Island Trustee in 1999 as part of the inaugural Council. Re-elected in 2004 after a close bid for mayor in 2002. Re-elected in 2005.
Aside from Council work, I operate a small home based travel business.
We keep sheep and chickens, and grow vegetables in an old orchard. We enjoy long walks, T’ai chi, kayaking, and I like to ski and go sailing whenever I get a chance.


FEEDBACK FROM BOWEN ISLANDERS

• Listens to what people say, and gets it at a personal level.
  
• Responds to queries and requests, communicating directly and in the media.
  
• Has appropriate and helpful background knowledge.
  
• Voluntarily participates in a wide range of committees and community organizations.
  

A CLEAR VISION FOR BOWEN ISLAND

ACHIEVABLE GOALS
We need to continue protecting the air, water, and land that sustains us all. A strong environmental social contract. We need to make sure that those who have chosen to live on the island, are able to continue doing so. The goal must be to achieve adequate affordable housing, support the young, families, those with special needs, the aging- and to ensure that our social services meet our needs.
We need an economic strategy and fiscal discipline that builds on our strengths and natural attributes, not one that consigns us to being simply an island suburb. Appropriate tourism, institutional development, home-based and service businesses are key to a stable local economy, one that utilizes on-island service providers and facilities.

A WAY FORWARD
To protect the environment, we can’t just rely on regulation. But good, respected and enforceable bylaws are the foundation. In the upcoming term, I want to see completion of our core environmental bylaws, and modifications to our OCP to reflect the realities of this century. Steep slopes DP, greenways OCP add-on, tree retention, sensitive ecosystem DP, controls over commercial scale open burning, a soils bylaw.
To develop our island economy, encourage institutions, small business and individuals to create unique-to-Bowen products and services. Rewrite our home occupation section in the LUB. Treat properly conceived and scaled economic development initiatives as amenities in rezonings and development proposals.
To build our community, implementation of our Snug Cove planning- disposition of some community lands, construction of village elements, completion of ferry marshaling and traffic improvements. In addition, establishment of our housing corporation and a good start on non-market/affordable housing. And planning for a health clinic, review of our entire solid waste reduction strategy, start building our needed firehall and community centre.
These are ambitious goals at any time, and more so in a tight fiscal environment. Only through co-operation and partnerships can we succeed.

A RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT

★Helped to obtain Crown Land Grant Fairy Fen
★Women’s Crisis Support (Home Safe Program)
★Air Quality Management Plan (Anti-Idling)
★Sewer Upgrade Grant Assistance ($400,000)
★Instigated adoption of Green Building Standards
★Liaison to Civic Facilities,Greenways,BIPRC
★Worked with Abbeyfield on density/typologies
★Proponent for a Tree Retention Bylaw
★Researched cost-effective Firehall options
★ Advocated for a Re-Use-It Store
★Forwarded NAPTEP and Lieben (Islands Trust