{"id":925413,"date":"2026-10-08T15:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/925413\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T15:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:02:09","slug":"meet-your-surrey-candidates-doug-elford-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/925413\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet your Surrey candidates: Doug Elford, city council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>              Meet your Surrey candidates: Doug Elford, city council<\/p>\n<p class=\"pubStamp\">Published 7:00 am Thursday, October 8, 2026<\/p>\n<p>DOUG ELFORD, Safe Surrey Coalition<\/p>\n<p>Doug Elford is a 40-year Newton resident, father of four and two-term city councillor who started as a grassroots volunteer with the Newton Community Association.<\/p>\n<p>TOP 3 PRIORITIES:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2003\u2003Zero tolerance on illegal dumping: $10,000 fines, 10-year business bans<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2003\u2003SkyTrain down King George Boulevard to Newton<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2003\u2003Zero percent property tax increases for four years<\/p>\n<p>EXPAND ON ONE PRIORITY:<\/p>\n<p>Zero tolerance on illegal dumping<\/p>\n<p>After 40 years in Newton I see it every day: back lanes, farm roads and parks turned into dumping grounds by contractors, even though the City provides free disposal. A Safe Surrey Coalition council will bring zero tolerance: any company caught dumping loses its business licence and is banned from operating in Surrey for 10 years, individuals pay $10,000 every single time, and cameras will be placed in hotspots to catch them.<\/p>\n<p>WHY SHOULD PEOPLE VOTE FOR YOU?<\/p>\n<p>Under a Safe Surrey Coalition majority I delivered real results for Surrey, and with a majority council I will deliver again in a third term.<\/p>\n<p>Best ways for voters to find out more about you:<\/p>\n<p>Website: safesurreycoalition.ca<\/p>\n<p>Email: info@safesurreycoalition.ca<\/p>\n<p>Phone: 604-800-2471<\/p>\n<p>Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Safe-Surrey-Coalition-100064558518128\/<\/p>\n<p>Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/safesurreycoalition\/<\/p>\n<p>TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@safesurreycoalition;<\/p>\n<p>X: https:\/\/x.com\/safesurrey2018<\/p>\n<p>            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meet your Surrey candidates: Doug Elford, city council Published 7:00 am Thursday, October 8, 2026 DOUG ELFORD, Safe&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":925414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194299],"tags":[49,48,87674],"class_list":["post-925413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-surrey","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-surrey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=925413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/925414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}