Wyatt wants to show you the money
MAYORAL candidate Peter Wyatt doesn't believe in charities - but he does believe mayors are overpaid.
His plan if he is elected?
"I'm going to take $50,000 from my salary," Mr Wyatt said, "put it into $20 notes, and a week before Christmas, I'm going to walk through shopping centres - focusing mainly on women with children - and I'll hand them $20 of my wages."
While candidates past have made similar gestures to charity, Mr Wyatt plans to hand constituents cash in hand.
De-amalgamation is also on an ambitious policy list, creating a separate council for Childers, Gin Gin and Woodgate.
The former air force catering officer was a late registration in the mayoral race, declaring he would contest the position this week.
Under Mr Wyatt's reign, rates would rise no more than 2%, and councillor salaries would be frozen.
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He also declared he would reclaim the $96 State Emergency Levy to fund flood mitigation and drainage works in the Bundaberg region.
The environment is a key focus of Mr Wyatt's campaign. His slogan is "Green and Clean".
Council chambers and all council infrastructure such as street lights will transition to solar power under his rule, which he said would keep rates low in the long run by reducing power costs.
"We've got a prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, who is all for innovation - so we'll (apply for funding)," he said.
"We'll then move into the industrial area, which will lower their costs, and instead of handing contracts to interstate businesses, we can keep jobs in Bundaberg."
For anyone doubting the reliability of solar, "go and see St Lucia university - their solar has been going for 45 years," he said. "It's getting better and cheaper all the time."
He will demand 50% of all new dwellings be low cost housing to allow first home buyers an easier entry, and encouraging younger generations to stay in Bundy.
New dwellings will also be required to have solar panels.
"It won't happen overnight, but it's a long term investment."
The Alexandra Park Zoo and Thabeban Park Stables would also be revitalised under Mr Wyatt. The zoo would move to the old Showgrounds to become a "world class" open zoo, and the stables would be refurbished for racing on Friday nights.
And one more mark of his clean, green plan: "I'd love to put a gurney through Bundaberg."
