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Welcome to my website and thank you for your interest in Regional politics.
Note: This website will be developing throughout the campaign -- sorry for the initial editing faults -- as I explore IDEAS with other citizens. (As a late entrant, I am trying to put forward my best IDEAS in the best way possible. Constructive criticism welcome.(519-696-2288 or mill@continuum.org)
CHANGE By IDEAS
Our great Region exists in a complex technological World that is having serious problems with its three bottom lines: economic, environmental and societal. These problems all affect each other -- and at all Global levels. To survive and prosper into the future, we will all have to do more with less.
We are fortunate in our Region that we have these economic, environmental and societal problems to a lesser degree. But still, many of our fellow citizens and businesses are suffering, and our environment is being degraded. Can we do more to CHANGE the situation?
Let's create a Collaborative IDEAS Culture where Regional staff, citizens and even other organizations are given incentives to suggest NEW IDEAS that will enhance both the Regional Government -- and the Region generally.
For the Regional Government, the net result of these IDEA encouragement efforts would be a SMART GOVERNMENT APPROACH which USES NEW IDEAS TO REDUCE TAXES AND IMPROVE SERVICES.
The proven transportation and renewable energy IDEAS that I have found and integrated in-concept into the existing LRT System Design illustrate the potential of NEW IDEAS to dramatically increase the effectiveness of LRT transit services -- much less transit time, greater safety, larger capacity, less road disruption, better intensification, Cambridge inclusive, ... -- while significantly decreasing the overall cost per kilometer of track.
The outcome of our collaborative Regional services and tax system CHANGES thru NEW IDEAS would be not only a positive transformation in our quality of life but our Region could become a more robust World-class exemplar.
I have also collaborated and worked with staff from the Region and the other municipalities, and with tri-university professors, on economic, environmental and societal issues -- and their inherent problems. Here I used NEW IDEAS to better recognize those problems, design solutions and implement those solutions.
And including efforts from beyond our Region, I bring unique innovative experience in the application of NEW IDEAS. I am a person who for over 45 years behind the scenes has suggested NEW IDEAS to those in Power -- government, business, academia, media and citizens. Many used these NEW IDEAS to better help solve economic, environmental and societal problems.
Besides my NEW IDEAS experience, I am running for Regional Chair because an increasing number of important Regional political issues and projects have a strong scientific and technological dimension. To be sufficiently effective in this new political environment -- full of unrecognized and difficult problems -- more and more requires a broad background in science and technology. That I have.
Therefore, I would be able to serve you better than my fellow candidate in these most challenging of times that have been made more complex by technology.
To illustrate my enhanced approach to CHANGE By IDEAS, if you come to me with a challenging problem that staff can't help you solve, then I will myself &/or collaboratively with others: 1) LISTEN well, 2) RESEARCH it thoroughly including discussing it with staff, and 3) INNOVATE -- outside-the-box if necessary -- so as to work towards problem alleviation or solution.
And this is exactly the approach that I have used with the complex LRT project -- and many other Regional challenges. I listened to both the reasons for and against. Then I began my many hours of research over 3 years. And over this period I gradually innovated wherein I found and applied to our unique LRT situation proven
transportation technology and renewable energy IDEAS that would make the LRT system design much more cost-effective.
But I am worried because the curent LRT plan (or system design) will do little to decrease road congestion and intensification will be less than hoped for if: 1) Ken Seiling continues to say that he is satisfied with the Region's current LRT plan and will not consider NEW IDEAS to make it more cost-effective; OR 2) Ken decides to consider such NEW IDEAS, but the Regional staff don't create a sufficiently knowledgeable "New IDEAS Evaluation Team" including appropriate LRT consultants and citizens.
(A necessary selection criteria for the consultants should be a track record of designing successful LRT systems including significant use of IDEAS from "outside the traditional LRT box". Any citizen who has made significant contributions to constructively analyze and use NEW IDEAS to enhance the Region's LRT system design -- or LRT systems elsewhere -- would be a welcome Team member even if at a distance via internet.)
And if elected, I would better lead the Region into a challenging future by creating a Chair's Innovation Advisory Committee of the best innovative minds in the Region and beyond.
There is a final reason to elect me as Regional Chair. This is because I hold very high leadership ideals derived from the combined best qualities of perhaps the Region's two best all-time leaders, Regional Chair Ken Seiling and former University of Waterloo President David Johnston. Those leadership ideals are: approachability, steadfastness, championing of Region-enhancing projects, and advocating for greater innovation and collaboration.
Robert Milligan has a BSc in math-physics. a Graduate Diploma in Education and has completed many other courses including ones in industrial engineering, operations research and environmental health. He is also a is a member of Transport Action Ontario (formerly Transport 2000).
He was a high school teacher, business systems analyst and environmental health analyst. Much of his time in retirement is now given freely to action-research for public projects, especially those with significant environmental and health features.
For example, he has now invested over 3000 hours to the Region's Rapid Transit Initiative project (in internet research, fieldwork, and discussions with: citizens, politicians, staff. academics, consultants & manufacturers in both Canada & US , ... and in much critical and creative thinking on this very complex LRT project).
He has a wide range of community interests in which he makes innovative contributions.
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