Star election coverage not fair

Re: Is this the ward that will change city council? by Anne Jarvis, Sept. 12.

I am a city council candidate for Ward 9 and am writing this letter since over the last three months, four large articles were written in the Windsor Star in support of our two competitors and our campaign was barely mentioned. We reached out to the reporters and provided our info but with no results. Our campaign is one of the strongest on the ground and a number of voters have reached out to us, mentioning the unfair treatment we are receiving from reporters.

Our platform is one of the most innovative and detailed of all and is being appreciated by everyone who has been able to find time to look at it. Please visit electAlexWard9. ca to read it.

I am running since council requires a person with technology, business and management consulting experience to help the city make the right policy decisions. Our platform addresses the issues of importance to Ward 9 including those of having more high-paying jobs, of reducing property taxes, of better transit services and of the lack of a community centre and library in Ward 9.

Our innovative, financially prudent solution is to colocate the community centre and library with the Talbot Trail Public School on Ducharme.

The city council should collaborate with the school board by providing land and by jointly building the community centre and library for dual purposes. The dual-use approach has been successfully tried in other locations, such as Ottawa-Carleton. Advantages: Embedded in the community, where people can walk or bike to easily, higher utilization of facilities, less expensive as both capital and operating expenses are shared between the city and the school board.

Alex Aggarwal, Ward 9 candidate, Windsor