{"id":17735,"date":"2014-05-08T09:50:10","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T09:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=2401"},"modified":"2014-05-08T09:50:10","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T09:50:10","slug":"vache-kahramanian-announces-run-for-willoughby-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ancnews.info\/?p=17735","title":{"rendered":"Vache Kahramanian announces run for Willoughby Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">WILLOUGHBY: Lifelong Willoughby resident, accountant and human rights lobbyist, Vache Kahramanian has announced that he will contest the vacant Willoughby City Council seat in the electorate\u2019s Sailors Bay ward. <!--more Continue reading \/ \u0531\u0574\u0562\u0578\u0572\u057b\u0568  \u2192--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kahramanian, 28, aims to bring \u201cfiscal professionalism\u201d and \u201cyouthful dynamism\u201d to Willoughby City Council if elected on Saturday, 14th May 2014. The election is a by-election for the sole available seat on Council, which opened up when Councillor Gail Giles-Gidney was elected Mayor to replace the late Pat Riley.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Sailors Bay ward encompasses Castlecrag, Northbridge and South Willoughby; all areas well known to Kahramanian, who said: \u201cWilloughby is the only City I\u2019ve known. I was a Willoughby son, a Willoughby student, a Willoughby professional, and now a Willoughby husband, a Willoughby ratepayer, a Willoughby shopper and a Willoughby diner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kahramanian is a certified practising accountant (CPA), who has worked for global firms including PricewaterhouseCoopers and CoverMore Travel Insurance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe have all read about the concerns Willoughby residents have about the state of the City\u2019s finances, especially since the development of The Concourse,\u201d he said. \u201cI, for one, will feel a lot more comfortable if at least one of my Councillors was an accountant. I intend to be your fiscal professional in Council.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kahramanian, who also holds a Graduate Diploma in International Law and International Relations from the University of New South Wales, currently heads the <a title=\"ANC Australia\" href=\"http:\/\/anc.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Armenian National Committee of Australia<\/a> (ANC Australia); an advocacy group that lobbies all levels of government for its community\u2019s local, national and international interests.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI know how politics works,\u201d Kahramanian continued. \u201cI know my way around the Parliament Houses in Canberra and on Macquarie Street. I have legislative runs on the board, having led the passage of multiple motions in the NSW and South Australian governments, among others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On local issues, Kahramanian said he intends to be a politician in the word\u2019s \u201cpurest definition\u201d, explaining: \u201cIf elected as a Councillor, I will always default to what the majority of my constituents demand, while always trying to represent and incorporate the minority view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He did outline his positions on key local issues, though.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On rate increases, Kahramanian says: \u201cAt my core, I am against increasing rates, or increases on any types of taxes for that matter. That is the easy way out. It should always be the very last resort, and even then, it should be taken to an election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On traffic congestion and overdevelopment, he says: \u201cOverdevelopment is unacceptable to me. Willoughby needs to remain pure and only grow to the extent that its roads and infrastructure allows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the Willoughby Leisure Centre, Kahramanian says: \u201cThe Willoughby Leisure Centre is where I learned to swim, and watched many games of basketball. It is tired and needs to be redeveloped in one swoop, as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the divisive issues surrounding Northbridge Plaza, he says: \u201cThe Northbridge Plaza expansion-slash-carpark situation is problematic. I understand the corporate realities of operating a mall, while I also realise that expansion could mean hell for traffic, and hell for other smaller shopping villages and businesses. The end resolution must be to the benefit of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And on the unique Haven Amphitheatre, he states: \u201cThe Haven Amphitheatre is an area close to my heart, having performed on that stage as a student at Willoughby Public School. I\u2019ll work with all stakeholders to find the best solution to ensure that the amphitheatre is reopened so that generations to come can enjoy this unique space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kahramanian also plans to ensure more of the local community are able to make use of The Concourse, which is a world class entertainment venue developed by Council and managed by a private firm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kahramanian said: \u201cThe Concourse is the greatest infrastructure project in our great City\u2019s recent history, but unfortunately many groups have been priced out of using this venue. I\u2019ll fight to ensure fairer use of The Concourse for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vache Kahramanian has taken leave from his duties as the Executive Director of ANC Australia while he runs his Willoughby City Council campaign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow Vache for Sailors Bay on <a title=\"Vache for Sailors Bay\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vacheforsailorsbay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WILLOUGHBY: Lifelong Willoughby resident, accountant and human rights lobbyist, Vache Kahramanian has announced that he will contest the vacant Willoughby City Council seat in the electorate\u2019s Sailors Bay ward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[131],"class_list":["post-17735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-news-","tag-anc-australia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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