A Welland woman wants to be mayor because the city needs leadership that cares, listens and gets things done.
Natashia Bergen says the mayor needs to be effective while also sitting at the new region. "2nd, I want to make city hall more accountable. This is accomplished by being transparent in all we do, residents deserve to know where all their tax dollars are going."
She challenges the 30% of $60,000 yearly income meaning for affordable housing. "A lot of people aren't making that. We have single income households, we've got people living on social assistance, we can't find anything in that 30%."
She adds the term "affordable housing" is used too much, that many can't afford.
"Deeply affordable" housing is for any income level. "There have been plans to create more housing units, deeply affordable housing, and affordable housing, but it's still years away, and we're still coming to the table looking for more solutions."
She adds taxpayers need to know goals are accomplished. "I don't believe we should be left wondering, we, the voters, what's going on at city hall. Why there's all those in-camera sessions happening behind closed doors. We should not be having that."
She is competing for mayor against Pat Chiocchio, Brandon Simon, David McLeod, David Clow, Graham Speck, Gary Graziani, and April Jeffs.
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