WOULD-BE MAYOR UNVEILS CRACK-FOR-TRASH SCHEME

KELOWNA -- One of five candidates running for mayor here has come up
with an unusual idea on how to deal with the city's drug-addicted
homeless people.

Andrew Uitvlugt says crack could be used as a reward or incentive to
motivate people to pick up garbage in the city.

He figures the addicts will start to feel good about themselves and
need less crack as a result, CKOV radio reported yesterday.

"So what I propose to do, is to possibly motivate people with drugs to
do constructive work, like get them out there picking up garbage, and
then we'll give them some crack," he says on the website http://www.okbc.tv
in a video campaign pitch for the Nov. 19 municipal election.

"Now what'll happen here, is after they're done picking up their
garbage, they're going to feel somewhat good, they're going to think
to themselves, 'You know, I did a good job today.' And they're going
to maybe need less crack."