D By SARAH A. pal near Prince Rupert. pany. including Terrace : Paving, g ZIMMERMAN . Scott says he never had = * “I can tell’ you it’s anab- Northcoast Road “Mainte- ! CONSERVATIVE candidate any shares in the company solute lie and it’s absolutely. nance, Carbon Crushing, : ca mf, g A10 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - Scott refutes personal attack made at all candidates forum Mike Scott ‘says: allegations he or. any of his businesses chave gone into’ bankruptcy are false and slanderous. The accusation came at. the Jan. 11° all candidates forum in Terrace ‘and was raised by local environmen- , _talist Renee Mikaloff. _ “When you ran a com- ‘ pany you went bankrupt and left a lot of unpaid contrac- - tors and you are-also the: co-owner of an asphalt plant with deficient ‘equipment that* is antiquated. and_ it's spewing known carcinogens . into the Terrace. airshed, so “Tm wondering ‘if you are nor: was’ ‘he ever.an owner. slanderous,” he says, adding “I can tell you it’s an absolute like and it’ s absolutely slanderous. a ny And he wouldn't speak to allegations that company left bills unpaid as a result. “I’m not going to make any comments on a business « that was nol an owner of or that, 1 was? ‘not involved in,” Scott said. And though » ‘the name suggests it was also owned by Lloyd’s sons, Scott says he never, had an interest. in ‘he believes personal attacks are unwarranted. “That's the reason I got out of politics.” Scott ‘further called the.” accusations “hurtful.” Scott stands by the suc- cess of the companies he has wither been part owner of or is a shareholder in includ- | ing Kentron Construction, a company. he co-owned with his father.. He’s also. hada . ‘Spring Creek Aggregates Ltd, Magnum Road Build- ers Inc. and Standard Pav-. _ ing. “All of the businesses that I have ever been an owner of or.a shdreholder in have al- ways paid. all their-vills and have always been success- ful,” he says. . The asphalt plant Mikal- off was speaking about is ' Standard Paving, a company co-owned by Scott and his wife, Michele. Street just. north of Hwy 16 in Terrace. That area is zoned for asphalt plants and CRIME STOPPERS 4 It is located off Griffiths . Watch. 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I have never gone | - bankrupt: ‘éither in business’ — or personally,” he retorted. “ “And -T_ really’ resent’ it * when people like you come. _up and suggest things that are really untrue and I think you should get your facts straight before you: make | - those kinds of accusations against people’ who are try-. “ing. to ‘get into, 0 the political - dife. a _Mikaloff ° “was. “speaking - about a company called LG | - Scott and Sons that went into » receivership i in the 1980s. It - >was owned by: Scott’s father, ‘Lloyd, andran“into trouble © . during the construction .of ‘the Ridley Island. coal termi- a ~ Liberal opposes ~ “negative tactics» a LIBERAL candidate Gor- don Stamp-Vincent defend- o -ed his decision to walk out - :of a debate in Houston and spoke out. against his own party’s negative campaign ads on television at an all candidates forum in Terrace Jan. 11." 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Stamp-Vincent said vot- ers in the Skeena-Bulkley Valley riding tell him they are tired of negative election campaigns.