By Geoff Smith (@GeoffSmithLNN on Twitter)

Miyashiro running for another council term

Sep 15, 2017 | 2:03 PM

LETHBRIDGE – Rob Miyashiro wants to see some major projects through to completion as he seeks another term on Lethbridge city council.

“I’m really proud of the work our council has done in the past four years,” Miyashiro told reporters Friday, Sept. 15. “We did some really big things, and I think we helped our community move ahead. And of course everyone’s going to say, things like the ATB Centre, Henderson Pool, twinning Metis and Whoop-Up. Those are big things that I think people appreciate. Getting a fire hall to be built on the west side. Things like that.”

Miyashiro, the executive director of the Lethbridge Senior Citizens’ Organization, credited his background working in human services as a benefit to his council duties. He also defended changing his mind on mandatory curbside recycling once it made sense to him.

“It didn’t make sense in November 2014 when it was first proposed,” he said. “It didn’t make sense in January of 2016. But after the city did their residential recycling strategy it made more sense. So I think I can bring that to council and I think I do bring that and I hope the people of Lethbridge will see that.”

Miyashiro said Lethbridge is lucky that it hasn’t gone through the same kind of boom-and-bust cycles that other Alberta communities experience, and he also feels growth must be controlled. For example, he argued the city will have to make sure services aren’t spread too thin as new neighbourhoods open up in the southeast.

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He also took some pride in the announcement by Cavendish Farms of its new potato processing plant.

“That is so huge that people won’t have a grasp of that for probably five or ten years from now when our industrial park is fully built out and we have new and emerging industries because of our big agribusiness base here.”

Miyashiro’s background also includes work with  Kainaiwa Children’s Services on the Blood Reserve, the province, and several non-profit agencies.