Baringa local ‘friendly fire’ for local elections
THE battle for Division 1 is now a two-way fight after Baringa local Kristy Taylor-Rose nominated last week.
The nomination pits Ms Taylor-Rose head-to-head with popular hinterland businesswoman, Jenny Broderick.
Both candidates will be vying for the vacant councillor position after incumbent Rick Baberowski announced his retirement late last year.
Div 1 takes in the fast-growing Caloundra south area with parts of the hinterland including Beerwah, Landsborough, Glass House Mountains and Beerburrum.
Ms Taylor-Rose said she was campaigning on creating better infrastructure for the booming coast as well as environmental issues.
“The main things I want to do if elected is to protect the environment, improve our maintenance and services, that just comes back to my background in construction, better infrastructure and roads for all our areas,” she said. “I also want to get back to basics with working closely with the communities in my division, and listening to my neighbours about what’s actually needed, so I can put that infront of the council.”
Kristy is involved with volunteering throughout the community.
“I’m heavily involved in sports, a lot of volunteering that I’m doing at the moment, and just giving back to the community,” she said.
“I volunteer for the Sunshine Coast Council and am involved in all the events they hold, I volunteer for Meals on Wheels, and I’m the president of the P&C at the Baringa Secondary College.”
The new candidate happens to be friends with Ms Broderick and said if the division was split – a potential outcome for future election – they would do a great job at leading each Aura and the Hinterland communities.
However, Kristy stressed why people should vote for her as the division’s next councillor.
“I’m very genuine, I’m basically like your next door neighbour, I’m a down to earth sort of person,” she said.
“I’m normal, I don’t have the council or politics background, but I’m willing to listen to everybody and find out what I can do for them.
“I’m very approachable and humble, I’m not a person that dictates titles and things like that, everyone works together hence why my slogan is ‘change starts with you’.
“If you vote for me, we all change together because it’s not just one person running for council, it’s a whole community running for council.”
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