Mayor Ed's Perspective: Recent Episodes
Ed Mayne
An introspective and comprehensive look into the social fabric woven throughout the community of Parksville, B.C. Located in central Vancouver Island.
In this episode I sit down and discuss my re-election campaign plans for the best job in the world, being the Mayor of Parksville.
I also discuss the campaign promises that I made when I was elected previously, and all the successes we have had accomplishing all of them.
Listen to all the episodes that we have released to hear what we have done, and what we are doing to help make Parksville a better place to live!
In this episode I sit down and discuss my opinions on policing here in Parksville, and whether we have a problem with policing in our city.
Parksville is one of the safest communities in all of British Columbia when it comes to severe crime. When it comes to property crime, or crimes of convenience, we are right in the middle of the pack.
Listen more to hear my perspective on crime reduction, police funding, and solutions to help make our community a safer place.
In this episode I sit down and discuss my opinions on a major problem here in Parksville, the lack of doctors. I have said it before, this is not a municipal problem, it is a provincial problem.
However, this problem has escalated from significant when I was elected in 2008 to crisis situation today.
Despite this being a provincial matter, our initiatives towards affordable housing, schools and daycares, and improving our community will help entice the limited number of doctors graduating to start practicing in Parksville.
In this episode I sit down and discuss my number one priority, the affordable housing problem here in Parksville. I also discuss how we are working to help first time homebuyers, and how we are increasing the speed at which we are processing rezoning applications in the city.
In this episode I sit down and discuss all topics related to the City of Parksville and how we manage our water throughout the city in addition to developing new attractions locally to feature it's natural beauty