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10 - Orono Weekly Times Wednesday, October 13, 2010 LOCAL CANDIDATES Continued from pg 9 will come out and get the car towed away," he said, "You will have my number." A compromise has to be found on municipal employees' salaries, according to Jackson. "Everyone in this room has probably had to take a pay cut in order to keep their job," he said. Jackson said he would vote to hear what concerns Clarington's lawyer had with the host community agreement negotiated with Clarington to host the proposed incinerator. On the scheduling of garbage, green bin and blue box pick-up, Jackson said, "It is very unusual to have garbage pick-up every two weeks. Red tape at Town Hall is Jackson's number one issue. "Cut red tape and let us get industry here," he stated. "With industry come jobs." CECIL MACKESEY Cecil Mackesey is running his second election campaign for a municipal seat. He ran against Diane Hamre for the Mayor's job in 1997. Since then he has had one term on the School Board and ???? This experience, according to Mackesey, qualifies him to seek a council seat. Newcastle needs full-time fire service, according to Mackesey, and he feels the new Newcastle Fire hall should be staffed with a mix of full and part time staff. Mackesey says he has been out speaking against the incinerator for the past two years, and he did respond to the Durham CLEAR survey. Mackesey feels there is no need to rush into an incinerator project, "We have time to look at other options," he stated. We need to sit down with municipal staff and identify what are the barriers that are keeping businesses from growing, according to Mackesey. "Break down those barriers and improve the situation for business people," he said. A task force needs to be set up with business groups and staff, to set up goals and ways to market this community, according to Mackesey. Folks in Nova Scotia are not getting the illness or stress factors related to wind turbines, according to Mackesey. He does however, have a problem with the setbacks and technologies proposed for local wind farms. Builders should not be allowed to build homes with driveways too small to park cars in, according to Mackesey. The by-law department should be very diligent in ticketing cars blocking sidewalks, he said. Clarington needs a much more open bargaining process with their employees union, according to Mackesey. "Show the working people of Clarington what it actually costs to run the place [town hall]. Mackesey said he would move the motion to re-open the vote and hear what the lawyers concerns were with the incinerator host community agreement. The green bin program needs to be expanded, according to Mackesey, and he is fine with garbage pick-up every other week. Mackesey said, "Jobs" was his number one issue. LOCAL CANDIDATES see page 11