GOOD Cape Town mayoral candidate Brett Herron said the election was an opportunity to choose the”future trajectory” for the city.
For GOOD Cape Town mayoral candidate Brett Herron, the 1 November polls is an opportunity to choose the “future trajectory” for the city and break the “binary social, economic, spatial and environmental injustices in which we are trapped”.
He said the coming elections presented a “rare opportunity for synchronicity”. As voters, we get to make choices about the future trajectory of our beautiful city at exactly the point in time when very difficult and profound decisions about that future need to made.”
Herron said:
It is an alignment of opportunity. We are running out of time to bridge divides, grasp the prosperity that’s within reach. Future-proof our city in ways that are just and sustainable.
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He said GOOD’s policy was based on four pillars: spatial justice, economic justice, social justice and environmental justice. Their policy proposals included restructuring water and electricity tariffs to make them more affordable.
They would also implement participatory budgeting, which would allow residents to choose a government’s spending priorities and issues such as how a local government to raised funds through tariffs and taxes through a collaborative process.
“Climate change is no longer a long-term risk. It is happening now and how we respond will shape our socio-economic future,” Herron said.
“GOOD will use this opportunity to radically reshape Cape Town’s energy mix by rejecting coal and moving to a location where all of our electricity is to generated from sustainable materials.
“Private sector investments will be welcome and regulatory priority will be to given to these projects.”