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Nancy McCurrach has done a lot of knocking on doors since deciding to run for civic office. As of the third week of October, the CUPE-backed candidate had spoken to residents or placed promotional brochures at 3,800 homes and 20 businesses.

Why are you running? "I'm running as a result of the encouragement of local community members and my desire to leverage my experience to drive improvements in the approach to local government.

Slate politics in Coquitlam - an issue one council candidate referred to as "the elephant in the room" - was hotly debated during Thursday's Tri-City Chamber of Commerce all-candidate meeting.

Why are you running? "I am running for council because I believe council needs a strong voice, and someone with experience in construction to keep them focused on their primary responsibilities like maintenance, safe roads, drainage and holding consu

What are Port Moody's main financial challenges and how should those be addressed? "It's an ongoing process but one of the main challenges is to keep taxes down, and we've gone a long way toward that by coming up with a 50-year asset maintenance plan

The following are candidates' responses to the following questions: Incumbents only: With School District 43's recent difficulties, which resulted in $13.

Transportation is the biggest issue facing the Tri-Cities and, as chair of Port Coquitlam's transportation solutions and public works committee, Coun. Darrell Penner has come under some scrutiny.

What do you know about Port Moody's budget, and what changes would you propose? "We have some revenue from industry and business owners but the split tends to lean more toward residents. I'd like to see more businesses here take more of a share.

What are Port Moody's main financial challenges and how should those be addressed? "We need to look at a high-tech business park, which could provide 300 to 400 jobs in the city. We need to support local businesses.

The following are candidates' responses to the following questions: Incumbents only: With School District 43's recent difficulties, which resulted in $13.