A: The most urgent issue is community management. Community management is recognising that systems are not working, so the WEDCO system of management is not working because it's inflaming people's aggravation instead of defusing it.

The second one is leadership ? people don't respect the political leadership in the area.

And the third one is relationships ? it's a very fragmented community because of the way it's been managed historically. And someone has to go out there and connect these different communities ? from the rent communities to the ownership communities that have been created in housing and from the traditional established families that were there that preceded WEDCO to the new families that are being created under the WEDCO regime. So a community approach is needed there that is unique from any other community because it's such a recent phenomenon of settlement in constituency 36.

A: As an Opposition candidate I can focus exclusively on the constituency whereas a Government candidate has to keep a balancing act between what the Government's priorities are and their legacy. So firstly I would provide exclusive concentration on those issues ? community management, leadership and relationships and creating an organic community plan not a Government/WEDCO plan. And the community has the resources to fix itself but WEDCO tends to get in the way of that. WEDCO is dictated to by government policy and government has not developed a policy for organic growth in that constituency.

It's not a money problem, it's not a resource problem. It's a community problem.

A: My approach is driven by constituency relationships and so we'll be creating a database of all the constituents and their issues and manage it as a branch that's focused on telling the community about itself. So, we'll be creating there a model for community driven decision making, and then translating that into effective local policies and initiatives.

A: I've been involved with, I guess, what I call the young black male challenges ever since I came back from school in 1993. One of the initial problems they had was they had been using Dockyard as an entertainment location for dancehall. And then they faced a crackdown from the Police that made it difficult to hold dancehall/reggae concerts anymore. So, I was one of the first lawyers to help. When the law came that they could seize their sound systems I was one of the people to help build bridges between the Police that were enforcing the laws and the promoters of reggae who were trying to preserve their music.

A: My view is that Independence is off the table for the indefinite future of Bermuda and primarily because it's questionable which Bermudians do have the ability to govern themselves. When you look at the serious issues facing Bermuda ? particularly when it comes to law enforcement, the judiciary, national defence and financial regulations ? it's questionable whether they can be resolved by being Independent anymore.

I don't support Independence under a PLP government based on the track record that they have had over the last six years.

A: I would support it.

A: I think affordable construction. I think Bermuda has to explore new ways for construction that allow the cost to be decreased. So we can explore new ways; that means looking at new methods and new designs. Also I would like to increase the development of construction for rentals purposes as opposed to just for ownership.

A: Housing that doesn't cost more than 25 percent of your income to live in ? whatever the income rates are of the applicants.

However, I do think housing has to be treated as a right not as a privilege. That's a general philosophy.

A: For. We do have to find ways to regulate our population. It's the same procedures being used in other countries to regulate Immigration so it's fair for Bermuda to use similar procedures. A lot of this is being driven by the UK's requirement to standardise Immigration procedures given the increase in security threats from Immigration and given that there's a lot more pressure to bring in expatriate workers.

A: I would probably abstain.

A: My strength is ? I'm analytical, I tend to see things from different perspectives both for and against and I'm able to analyse things in a way that makes sense to people. My weakness is that I'm a perfectionist. And I'm not very good at compromise, although I'm learning.

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