South-East

Lorraine Marson

I am representing the South East as a candidate as my home is in St. Andrews. My local family upbringing was on a farm in St. Saviours, which carried with it my family history from 1530.

I am married with two teenage children and I am 48 years old. I have lived in London and Paris, where I worked for British Airways.

I have followed Guernsey politics. I marched against the Mass Burn Incinerator and joined the Waste Action Group to encourage more recycling. I marched against the redevelopment of Belle Greve Bay.

Sustainability would be my focus for the islands future. Under the present tax strategy the `capped` population decision will come back to the States to be overturned.

I would be against major increases in population; it will weigh heavily on the infrastructure of the island, quality of life, culture and heritage. The Tax strategy needs to be modified to move to a balanced future.

We need to make best use of our resources, protect our farming and horticulture industry. We must look to becoming more self-sufficient with rising oil prices and food shortages.

We have outstanding infrastructure to build, two crumbling secondary schools. The tax strategy demands up-skilling of our labour force and we need to rebuild the schools and the College of Further Education.

With a probable recession looming in the western world, we are going to have to modify the current business plan. I would like to see a more balanced one that sees the corporate sector pay an increased share and not just the ordinary hard working public. Zero-10 should be exactly that - not Zero-2, which the current package has become. We need to widen the sources of revenue that the finance sector is going to pay under the current guidelines.