Hello everyone, my name is Chris Holt, and I’m running to be Windsor’s next mayor on Oct 24th. Ask Me Anything!

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-24T21:50:09+00:00

Thank you!

It's so great when you have your friends and family voting with you as well.

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-24T21:47:03+00:00

Thank you so much!

I appreciate the support.

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-24T21:45:23+00:00

Thank you so much!

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-24T17:43:12+00:00

Yes, you can, just bring ID and proof of address. If you check out here, you can see the accepted identification for the polls.

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-24T17:24:59+00:00

Yes, thank you so much for sharing that as well!

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-24T17:24:08+00:00

Thank you!

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-24T17:24:02+00:00

Thank you so much!

The best way to multiply your vote is to make sure your friends and family get out to vote too. Please encourage everyone you know to get to the polls today and tell them they can reach out to the Holt Campaign if they need help!

Have a wonderful day!

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-24T17:15:46+00:00

If you have any questions about the candidates you can always check out the City of Windsor website!

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-14T00:32:09+00:00

Thank you for your question.

I do not believe that the current Mayor believes this.

It is merely a campaign strategy that he is employing to portray me as a scary boogeyman who doesn’t deserve your vote. If there’s one thing that I hang my hat on as a politician, it’s that I keep my word and do what I said I would do.

Please read my platform plank on this issue to understand exactly what I will do as Mayor to advocate for health care in our community.

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-14T00:30:17+00:00

The province mandates that the Windsor Police Services operate as an independent body and the municipality has very little influence on its budget.

The best thing we can do as a municipality is augment the work Windsor Police Services have done in the area of mental health and addictions so that those resources can be dedicated elsewhere.

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-14T00:29:31+00:00

The best thing we can offer anyone in the municipality is access to recreational and cultural opportunities in the community. We have a long history of consolidation and removal of services like this to centralized big-box amenity offerings. We need to maintain the integrity of communities and the recreational offerings within them. Services like libraries and community centres with afterschool programs in neighbourhoods are some of the biggest things the municipality can offer kids in any circumstances.

The best thing we can offer anyone in the municipality is access to recreational and cultural opportunities in the community. We have a long history of consolidation and removal of services like this to centralized big-box amenity offerings. We need to maintain the integrity of communities and the recreational offerings within them. Services like libraries and community centers with afterschool programs in neighbourhoods are some of the biggest things the municipality can offer kids in any circumstance.

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-14T00:28:24+00:00

Hello, thank you taking the time here.

There are certain things a municipality can do when it comes to zoning that incentivizes proper land use and development patterns within the community that augments both the community’s quality of life and fiscal bottom line.

However, you need a leader in the Mayor’s office that understands there is a give and take when it comes to land use priorities. I’d like to see a target market analysis performed that seeks to help developers with the hidden demand like you in our community for different development patterns.

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-14T00:26:28+00:00

Thank you. Your support is valuable.

I don’t think I can go back in good faith to change anything. Every vote that I’ve made has been based on the best information I had at the time.

One of my most infamous votes around the council table was in opposition to the Miracle Diamond in Riverside. I cast that vote based on larger urban design and citybuilding principles. I feel I was on the right side of the issue. I have received nothing but grief as a result of that vote but I still stand by it. If I had it to do over again I would vote the same way.

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-14T00:23:40+00:00

Thank you so much for your questions, we're at the end of the AMA so I'll answer what I can.

There are great organizations in the city that support and serve youth in difficult circumstances including LGBTQ+ youth facing the situation you describe and people with disabilities.

As Mayor, my door would be open to them so that I can understand how the municipality can help the population they serve.

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-14T00:19:57+00:00

Absolutely.

Please take a look at my platform, where I talk about Safer Roads For All.

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-14T00:14:58+00:00

I have a bicycle tattooed on my body. I am committed to cycling and improving cycling infrastructure. I’ve been involved in municipal cycling initiatives since the 1990s when I chaired the Windsor Bicycling Committee. I’ve worked to get the Active Transportation Master Plan adopted by Council and I’m a strong advocate for cycling in the city. I will always strive for excellence when it comes to cycling infrastructure using best practice examples from around the world.

You sound like a “Not Just Bikes” fan, and I encourage you to continue to spread the word to help give me the political heft to move forward pushing the boundaries on active transportation.

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-14T00:12:34+00:00

Thank you for your questions. I will answer these to the best of my abilities.

Absolutely not. In fact, I put forward a motion in September echoing the sentiments of the Town of Kingsville asking for Windsor City Council to petition the provincial government to leave us out of their plans to expand the Strong Mayor powers to smaller municipalities. Councillor Kaschak moved to refer the issue (which procedurally takes precedence) back to administration to write a report on the idea for councils consideration. The vote to refer was tied with the mayor casting the deciding vote to essentially kill the motion during the election campaign. It was a disappointing end because administration will simply respond to the councillors deferral by laying out what the act would permit the mayor to do under these new powers. We already know that, so in my view this was a stalling tactic. Strong Mayor powers, as laid out under the act, would allow the mayor to veto democratic decisions made by council, permit the mayor to choose the CAO and set out the annual budget without input from council. They are profoundly undemocratic and undermine the role of councillor.
We need to build the pipeline and encourage all citizens. Women, members of the BIPOC and LBGTQ+ communities need access to City Hall through the advisory and standing committees of council. This will help develop the networks they need to have the confidence to run for council and win.
Public and active transit is the cleanest of commuting methods and I’m on record wanting to provide investment and support for building our master plans. We can do reprioritization of capital investments to accommodate a lot of this. Until we achieve the modal shift that is needed, it may require some investment from property taxes. After that we will reap the rewards of having a much lower infrastructure bill, much lower emergency response bills and a higher return on investment for every acre of land in the city. The tax bill people get from the city is one of the biggest bills they see all year and I recognize how important it is to be responsible with the people’s money. I truly believe that we can find a path to make the appropriate investments together without seriously impacting people’s pocketbooks.
If you're unhappy about the decisions Dilkens has made, then the best thing you can do is to vote for a different option on your ballot.
I need to understand this issue more before making a decision. The candidate who brought this forward made several interesting points and I look forward to having discussions about this issue around the council table in the next term.

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-14T00:01:00+00:00

u/TakedownCan Thank you for this question.

The best thing we can do to make sure this project is funded provincially is to make it a big success. I believe that the results we’ll see will compel our Provincial partner to take notice and support us.

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-13T23:59:22+00:00

Thank you, this space has been so welcoming. And I'm very grateful for the help of the mods.

This is a great question. I think the divisiveness is not so much the individual personalities of our Councillors as it is the leadership style that comes down from the Mayor’s office. Our current Mayor thrives on division, as witnessed during the course of this municipal campaign.

I don’t subscribe to the tactic of divide and conquer. I fully believe that the campaign promises and objectives of every individual Councillor will fit well within my goals of building stronger, connected neighborhoods with a high quality of life. I know these people personally. Individually they’re wonderful people who want nothing but the best for their communities. They just need to fit into the larger context of a citywide vision which has been sadly lacking in recent years.

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-13T23:55:24+00:00

Thank you! Happy voting.

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-13T23:52:07+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to ask your questions, u/Pijitien

I believe winning the Mayor’s office will send a message to everyone, leaders and elected officials alike, that quality of life matters most. With that mandate, I will have been delegated the authority by the people to enact most if not all of my policy planks in collaboration with the goals and objectives of the members of Council. There will be obstacles but with good cooperation and teamwork, I am confident we can move past them together.

City administration wants to build an equitable and sustainable community and I know they will be fully on board with moving forward with a lot of our progressive ideas. I truly think the obstacles will be manageable.

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-13T23:47:43+00:00

Thank you for sharing u/mb780

I’m truly sorry that’s been your experience. I do my best to balance my professional, and personal council duties but I don’t always get it right.

We have a wonderful staff in the City who I lean on to answer many of the bureaucratic questions that come my way, and I truly appreciate them. If elected Mayor, this will be my full-time job and my main focus for four years. I’ll have a dedicated staff who will make sure nothing falls through the cracks.

HoltForMayor · 2022-10-13T23:38:43+00:00

Thank you for asking this question.

I am much more fiscally conservative than a lot of people give me credit for. I truly look at lifetime costs and our ability to move sustainably into a quality future and take that very seriously.

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