Who is running in Enderby?

Photo: Enderby Chamber of Commerce

In Enderby, seven candidates are running for six council positions, with all incumbents seeking re-election. 

Candidates are as follows:

• Tundra Baird(i)
• Brad Case(i)
• Roxanne Davyduke(i)
• Raquel Knust(i)
• Shawn Shishido(i)
• Brian Schreiner(i)
• Darren Robinson

As for the mayoral race, the two candidates running for mayor in Enderby bring with them decades of local political experience.

Incumbent Greg McCune represents close to 20 years of city council experience as either a councillor or mayor, while his challenger, Herman Halvorson, has served several terms as director of Electoral Area F in the Regional District of North Okanagan.

For Halvorson, who has spent pretty much his whole life in Enderby, his concern with the city's debt is what led him to run for mayor.  

"I have concerns with the debt that seems to be growing and I think that people should be aware of that; primarily, I call it 'credit card debt.'"

Halvorson says that at the end of last year, the City of Enderby was running a deficit that works out to $1,080 per person. 

"In my view, it seems to be getting out of hand. "

Halvorson says if he is elected he would reign in the "credit card debt."

However, Greg McCune sees it differently.

"We're running at $3.2 million in debt, based off $100 million in assets. That's about 3 per cent. I don't know of anywhere else that does that, so we are super proud of what we are doing and how we are watching the taxpayers' dollars."

McCune believes the city is spending the money wisely.

"It has been an ongoing process of trying to make our community more affordable, more presentable, more respectable and I think we are succeeding in that."

The municipal election is on Oct. 20, 2018.