David Ford said, "David Griffin is a first rate candidate - just walking around the square with him today, it is clear how many people know David and respect him. David knows Dromore and the villages nearby intimately and will be an excellent, in-touch, Councillor for the area.
"I am also very pleased to the see positive response to the Alliance message here in the town. While most people want this political deal to work, they are also more and more concerned that Paisley and McGuinness chuckling at one another doesn't amount to good government. People know that our public finances are in a mess, our planning system is in chaos, our primary school children are faced with uncertainty over their future and the Executive seems to want to duck all the difficult decisions.
"I am really heartened by the way that people are interested in hearing Alliance's concrete proposals to deliver financial responsibility, sustainable public services and economic growth in a globalised economy.
"The Executive also wants to duck the issue of tackling sectarianism. Not a single proposal in the Programme for Government deals with sectarianism and segregation. With Orange Halls, churches and GAA clubs being burned on a more than weekly basis at the moment, we all know that isn't good enough. We waste £1.5 billion pounds on the cost of segregation annually in Northern Ireland, money that could be used to provide vital public services and cut taxes.
"For all these reasons, people are seriously considering Alliance from well outside our traditional heartlands. I am confident that David will pull in a record vote for Alliance in Dromore in this by-election."
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