PETER Sycopoulis has vowed to stand up and fight for the Warrnambool community.
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The Warrnambool City Council candidate says October’s election is an opportunity for the community to choose candidates with a “contagious passion to succeed, those who can invigorate the city and offer a new dimension”.
“This is as a golden opportunity for committed, hard-working individuals to put back into their community. It would be great to see a reinvigorated council where good ideas are embraced,” he said.
“I hope that people will remember that I was never afraid to stand up and fight for our community – (I was) a councillor who demonstrated his commitment to tackling public issues and insisted on accountability and transparency
“Most people would know that I never took the easy path when issues were placed before me and that I lived up to my promise that I would never simply rubber-stamp council decisions.”
He said he fought hard to save the saleyards and campaigned strongly to implement free parking in the CBD.
“Fundamentally, I still hold strong to my core beliefs, which is my desire to bring back true democracy to local council,” he said.
“I hope the new council will share my belief that timed discussion for councillors has to go because that truly is a travesty of democracy – how can you represent your community when you are only allotted a couple of minutes to do so?”
Cr Sycopoulis said he wanted to expand and rejuvenate parks, gardens and recreational facilities to encourage active and healthy lifestyles.
He supports the construction of a new state-of-the-art aquatic complex and wants to encourage a business-like efficiency within council as well as continuing to advocate to lift the veil of secrecy from within council.
He wants to reinvigorate business throughout the city by addressing pedestrian safety and lobby state and federal government about the condition of roads.
Other key issues for Cr Sycopoulis include providing free parking in city centre car parks, investigating the relocation of the tourist information centre back to its original location on Raglan Parade and redeveloping the foreshore precinct, including reclaiming McGennan car park views.