Crime and homelessness were a few issues on votersâ minds as they cast their ballots today in Âé¶čAV.
âOne issue I would say is property taxes and⊠cleaning up the downtown, homelessness and crime,â said Âé¶čAV resident Nick Gunn, at the polling station at Parkinson Recreation Centre.
Another resident said she wants council to âhomeâ people and not âhouseâ them. She said collaboration is needed from non-profits and ânot always big business,â but declined to give her name to the Capital News.
âI was not happy with our choices (for mayor),â she said.
As his duty to vote, resident Don Abney said he studied each of the council candidateâs platforms.
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âI wasnât happy for with the past mayor so I didnât vote for the mayor,â he said. âThe thing that bothered me the most was the placement of the tourist bureau down by the lake.â
He also said event planners were ignored by council.
Two residents who said they lived downtown were concerned with the homelessness situation.
And two 18-year-olds cast their ballots for the first time Saturday morning.
âIt felt good, itâs something that we take for granted so itâs something we should always do,â said Ben Whittaker. Whittaker and Tommy DeWitt said there wasnât an issue, in particular, they were focused on for this election; it was more about exercising their right to vote.
âWe both really like history⊠so we realize how fortunate we are to actually have this ability to vote,â Whittaker said.
For a full list of where to vote, visit our website.
Polls are open until 8 p.m. in the Central Okanagan.
carli.berry@kelownacapnews.com
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