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Prince George election 2018: Allan Kranz on careful planning to avoid 'knee-jerk reactions'

Voters head to the polls Oct. 20
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Allan Kranz. (via Contributed)

On Oct. 20, Prince George residents will pick one mayor, eight councillors and five school trustees. The ballot will have two mayoral candidates, 13 councillor candidates and 11 school trustee candidates. There are also 15 candidates running in the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George.

PrinceGeorgeMatters has sent out a list of questions to those vying for a seat in public office.

Name: Allan Kranz

Running for: School trustee 

Age: 57

Number of years lived in Prince George: 30

Current neighbourhood: Charella Gardens

Occupation: UNBC faculty

Reason community would recognize your name: From a university class.

Questions:

What is the most important issue facing the school district, and how do you propose to deal with it?

Changing demographics and maintaining neighbourhood schools. Careful planning is necessary to avoid knee-jerk reactions.

What is your specific reason for running?

Giving back to the community.

Where can the school board spend less?

The board may have to close schools.

Where should the school board be investing more?

Keeping Aboriginal youth in the education system.

Next time you’re walking in the woods and you come face-to-face with a Sasquatch, what do you do?

Selfie with the Sasquatch, ask where his kids are in school.

If the next school board does something film-worthy, who would play you in the film?

The guy in the van with the computers.

Complete the sentence...

When I’m not at home or at work, you can find me:...fishing.

The most random, yet interesting fact about me is: I can cook

My favourite beverage is: Water

For Christmas/Hanukkah/the gift-giving season, I would like:...a new lawn tractor.

The best park in/near to Prince George is: Forest for the World. It has fish.

If Prince George didn’t exist, I’d be living in: The Okanagan

When I need some pump-up music, I listen to: Blues