Myra Murrihy on Moyne shire goals

Myra Murrihy speaks to The Standard about why she's running for the Moyne Shire Council.

Transcript

00:00So Myra, why are you running for this election and why should people vote for you?

00:06I'm running for this election because I am so passionate and committed to my community.

00:13Community is at the heart or should be at the heart of everything that we do

00:17and people should vote for me because I will be your biggest advocate. I want to

00:26hear from the community. I'm building my whole campaign around what the community are asking

00:32for. You guys are the experts, you know what your towns need and I want to be the person that can

00:41advocate on your behalf. Excellent and what are your priorities?

00:45My priorities, I've heard from a few people in the community already and a few of the recurring

00:52themes are access to services, particularly daycare and kindergarten services that

00:59there aren't enough and communication has been a really big one. People want assistance with

01:07or they want knowledge of what services are available, how they access them, help with

01:13community assistant funds, all of those sort of things that I think I would really be able to

01:19assist, point people in the right direction and I really want to re-engage our community.

01:24I really want to re-engage. I want people to be excited about council things. There are some

01:30really interesting things that come out of council and I want the community to play a

01:34really big part in getting re-engaged.