Jonathan Stathakos

Two city-wide priorities, and how to achieve them

• Transit and getting around: press the province for two-way all-day GO service at Hamilton stations and a connection to the LRT line.
• Have the province take over (“uplift”) the Red Hill Valley Parkway and the Link, expand and add guardrails; says the savings (close to a million dollars) could support freezing or lowering property taxes.

Two changes to improve City services

• Basic maintenance standards with public reporting (grass cut, roads patched on time).
• Constituent service standards: every call and email gets a real response from a human, starting in his own ward office.

Two changes to improve quality of life in Hamilton

• Relief from the GFL landfill odour: physical odour mitigation (trees, berms), a study of what lies under the landfill, and working to close or relocate it.
• Safer streets: a police substation at Isaac Brock, traffic calming, safer crossings and better lighting.

Two priorities for Ward 9

• Fix the GFL problem with short-, medium- and long-term steps: odour mitigation, a study of the landfill’s contents, and pushing for closure or relocation.
• Safer streets: police substation on Isaac Brock, police at known stop-sign intersections, traffic calming and flashing lights.

Three words for a four-year term (looking back from September 2030)

Accessible, principled, and a uniter (bridging Upper and Lower Stoney Creek).