I think I can be of assistance to this town.

I come with a fair wealth of knowledge.

It will be a learning curve, I've got to understand how the process works.

But I do feel that I've got sufficient working knowledge to be able to marry the two together and do a good job for this council and this town.

What do you see as the big issues before Cowra that you would like Council to tackle?

I really think we need more funding from other government for roads, our roads are in poor condition.

You can't say that they're not. And of course there's the issue of the main street.

It is a dangerous street, in busy times with heavy trucks.

The way the intersections are and the way the lights are, you can have a situation where the whole street is full of trucks, and that's not conducive to the safety of shoppers and people using the main street.

We've got to get the heavy traffic out of the main street.

What experience do you bring to the table?

I worked for the council as the operator of the filtration plant for 37 years.

I know how roadworks work and how the water system works, and how the sewage works.

I know I've got things to learn and I'll learn things everyday.

Why should people vote for you?

Because of my views for getting a fair deal for all ratepayers.

I really think that everything that's done should in some way or another should be balanced out against the ratepayer.

If you're doing this thing that's very small, that appeases a small group of ratepayers without benefit to the others, I think this should be, you know, one of those jobs that you do when you got time to do it.

After all, the council is for every ratepayer, allegedly, and that's what we need to look at, to see if we're bringing a big event to town, that it doesn't cost every ratepayer.

Take a look at the Cowra Guardian's exclusive guide and profiles of all the candidates [in order of how they will appear on the ballot]:

Stephen Balzan

Larry Gee

Carl Erle

Tony Ryan

Kevin Wright

Robert Bridges