Nagy running for Green Party
By Bill Rea

A self-employed writer from Toronto has ambitions of painting Oak Ridges - Markham Green, at least at Queen's Park.

Attila Nagy, 35, is running for the Green party in the Oct. 10 provincal election in his first venture into politics.

"I don't like the direction the province has been going," he remarked, referring to the administration of Premier Dalton McGuinty and former premiers Bob Rae and Mike Harris. All three, he said, had spoken about nuclear energy, "but they are just spending a lot of money on nuclear power themselves."

Nagy said he was also concerned about urban sprawl taking out farmland.

Nagy said the party's chances in the election are encouraging, as voters seem tobe considering Green as a possible option.

"I think the chances are definitely better than they were four years ago," he said.