Crime and homelessness were a few issues on voters鈥� minds as they cast their ballots today in 91大黄鸭.

鈥淥ne issue I would say is property taxes and鈥� cleaning up the downtown, homelessness and crime,鈥� said 91大黄鸭 resident Nick Gunn, at the polling station at Parkinson Recreation Centre.

Another resident said she wants council to 鈥渉ome鈥� people and not 鈥渉ouse鈥� them. She said collaboration is needed from non-profits and 鈥渘ot always big business,鈥� but declined to give her name to the Capital News.

鈥淚 was not happy with our choices (for mayor),鈥� she said.

As his duty to vote, resident Don Abney said he studied each of the council candidate鈥檚 platforms.

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鈥淚 wasn鈥檛 happy for with the past mayor so I didn鈥檛 vote for the mayor,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he thing that bothered me the most was the placement of the tourist bureau down by the lake.鈥�

He also said event planners were ignored by council.

Two residents who said they lived downtown were concerned with the homelessness situation.

And two 18-year-olds cast their ballots for the first time Saturday morning.

鈥淚t felt good, it鈥檚 something that we take for granted so it鈥檚 something we should always do,鈥� said Ben Whittaker. Whittaker and Tommy DeWitt said there wasn鈥檛 an issue, in particular, they were focused on for this election; it was more about exercising their right to vote.

鈥淲e both really like history鈥� so we realize how fortunate we are to actually have this ability to vote,鈥� Whittaker said.

For a full list of where to vote, visit our website.

Polls are open until 8 p.m. in the Central Okanagan.

carli.berry@kelownacapnews.com
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