The former forestry professional wants to focus on improving the city’s basic infrastructure.
City council candidate Colleen Mahoney came to Prince George in 1998 to study forestry and, despite moving away several times for work, has always been drawn back to the city.
“We always came back to Prince George,” Mahoney said. “It’s big enough to have everything, but small enough to know people.” “It’s not appealing or sexy, but it is what needs to be looked after,” Mahoney said. “Nobody is going to win any votes when the sewer pipes don’t blow up, but I think it would be nice if they didn’t.”
When dealing with the social issues facing downtown, the city should take a more proactive approach to harm mitigation – providing places for the city’s vulnerable people to access housing, washrooms, showers and other services, she said. The city’s homeless population are our neighbours, and deserved to be treated with basic human dignity and response, Mahony added.
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