A mayoral candidate is vowing to have security teams monitor parks and remove people doing drugs at the green spaces, if elected.
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A mayoral candidate is vowing to have security teams monitor parks and remove people doing drugs at the green spaces, if elected.
A mayoral candidate is vowing to have security teams monitor parks and remove people doing drugs at the green spaces, if elected.
Mike Vogiatzakis held a news conference at city hall Friday, where he shared some initial promises.
“People (who) are not supposed to be in those parks, who are bringing drugs to those parks, who are injecting needles in their bodies, they will be removed (from) those parks immediately and their needles will go with them,” said Vogiatzakis.
Mike Vogiatzakis held a news conference at Winnipeg City Hall Friday, where he vowed to release a new pledge each week for the rest of his campaign for mayor.
He vowed to release a new pledge each week for the rest of the campaign.
Despite an existing park debris cleanup program, Vogiatzakis claimed the green spaces still contain significant hazards.
“I could take you right now to parks where there’s tons of needles … and it’s unsafe for children. And what’s it going to take (to address this) in Winnipeg? Is it going to take a child being stabbed with a needle and dying?” he said.
Vogiatzakis also criticized the state of the city’s roads.
“Even in late August, we’re still hitting potholes. This is unacceptable,” he said.
If elected, he’d call for the city to explore longer lasting materials to fill the deep cracks and crevices.
He also wants to reverse parts of the primary network Winnipeg Transit added last year, which some riders complain lengthened their commutes.
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