Darrell Inkster is aiming for a seat on the R.M. of Dauphin Council as he runs in the municipal election.
Inkster has lived in the R.M. for 62 years.
He believes that people should vote for him because he's a savvy individual who knows construction inside and out.
"I know... how to build roads, how to fix roads, [and] all the groundwork involved in maintaining [them]. I'm a problem solver. I can fix anything... I'm a pretty experienced guy in lots of different things," he adds.
Inkster says that he's running for council because people around him encouraged him to do so.
"I have time to do it now that I'm semi-retired and I just thought that I would give it a try. I've [run] before in the past, years ago, and just thought I'd try again," he adds.
If elected, Darrell Inkster plans to focus on local issues like keeping roads well-maintained and dealing with ratepayers in a more respectful way.
"I've heard lots of people complain that the current councillors and administration as a whole [do] not listen to the people when they have issues and I definitely would work at changing that," he adds.
Inkster says that although he hasn't experienced any crime issues himself, people in the R.M. have been talking about it.
"I don't really think there's much we can do [at the R.M. level] as far as crime reduction [goes]. You can't force the RCMP to do something and that's where it has to come from. I mean, we could make recommendations to them, but whether they would act on anything or not, who knows? It's something to look at for sure," he adds.
Inkster went on to that his main priority would be to listen to what the population has to say.
"I've been through some things in my past with various councils and reeves here and one thing I remember from adverse reactions within the council is that a lot of them, once they get in there, they get a very... [ugly] attitude and think that they don't have to listen to people... With me that would never happen," he adds.
A complete list of candidates running for office in the City and R.M. of Dauphin can be found here.
