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A CYCLIST who "died" after he was stabbed in a Bristol street has decided to stand as a candidate in the forthcoming mayoral election.
Rich Fisher was cycling home when he was dragged off his bike and stabbed a total of 24 times in Fraser Street, Windmill Hill.
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Rich Fisher has come forward as a candidate for Bristol mayor
He died for 15 minutes in the ambulance as he was being rushed to the Bristol Royal Infirmary but medics managed to revive him.
He said the attackers were caught and convicted at Bristol Crown Court. The attack happened nine years ago.
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Mr Fisher, 48, who now lives with his partner and two-year-old son in St Agnes, said since then, he had had various health problems including bowel cancer from which he had recovered.
He said he wanted to stand as a candidate because he felt compassionate about the city.
The idea of becoming a candidate had started as a joke among friends but he was encouraged to take the matter seriously.
Mr Fisher, who was born in Portsmouth and has lived in Bristol for 30 years, pledged to cut through the red tape and get things done.
He is currently a volunteer with BTCV (British Trust for Conservation Volunteers) and was one of the Occupy protesters who camped out on College Green last year.
He said: "Transport and the proposed arena are issues close to my heart but most important is to generate industry within the city especially manufacturing and entertainment.
"We are builders, makers, artists, engineers, musicians, architects, psychologists etc and we should be making quality products because we can and we can be very good at it.
"I have solid ideas to mobilise Bristol and encompass all the resources we have using a collective scheme that involves both existing businesses, new trainees and resource sharing.
"Bristol has enormous reserves of talent and I would like to see this talent given a chance to shine through input into the industries that I want to set up.
"I want to cut through restrictive processes that stifle ideas, and provide real tax breaks to encourage growth.
"Ultimately, I would like to see Bristol industry flourish and be proud to have the words 'Made in Great Bristol' printed on the products. We can set an example to the rest of the country."
Mr Fisher has no business interests or political agenda and thinks that some of his ideas may not sit well with the council but wants to maintain a constant dialogue with councillors and officials rather than adopting a top down approach.
Comments
by HarveyNix
Friday, October 12 2012, 3:26PM
“Why people that do not even live in Bristol even feel the need to comment on particular candidates is beyond me. Good luck to you Richard”
by DavidBristol
Friday, October 12 2012, 10:15AM
“Lolly - being nasty on an internet comments board is easy. Doing something positive is not.
Rich - best of luck to you!”
by lolly60
Thursday, October 11 2012, 10:21PM
“Like I said strange people going for the Mayors job”
by SlotBoy
Thursday, October 11 2012, 9:39PM
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Just because I have had no experience of handling large budgets is a irrelevant it is all a matter of proportion. Why do people always fall into the trap of thinking there are no viable new approaches? Stick with what you have and see no progress. Others follow the rhetoric I work out the solutions.
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Rich Fisher = independent”
by lilmizz74
Thursday, October 11 2012, 9:23PM
“Might put my 9 year old up for mayor too!!
Think he's in with a chance going by what I've read so far!”
by bris28
Thursday, October 11 2012, 4:32PM
“This man doesn't say anything about controlling the council's budget, poll tax, or anything else relevant to voters who have to me a choice next month. This man hasn't provided enough information which would make me vote for him. I wonder how serious he is about this?”
by BristolDJ
Thursday, October 11 2012, 2:37PM
“Please someone put forward a credible candidate for me to actually understand... The absolute nutters are coming out of the wood work today asking to be elected. Risking turning the whole thing into a farce!”
by harry12911
Thursday, October 11 2012, 2:20PM
“by PJB_1972 Thursday, October 11 2012, 9:15AM "I'm sure he has the right intentions but any serious candidate would need the experience to handle large budgets and manage projects."
Err .. the man leading the bookies favourites list is Marvin Rees. He has no experience of any of these things. He was a diversity coordinator for the NHS before applying for Mayor and has no experience of politics or business.
The only difference between Rich Fisher and Marvin Rees is the expensive backing of the labour party (oh - and the stab wounds)”
by DavidBristol
Thursday, October 11 2012, 1:11PM
“Who defines who is 'strange' and who isn't?
This chap obviously cares enough about Bristol to stick his head above the parapet - that takes courage and should be applauded. I doubt he'll get many votes (people tend to stick with the known quantity of political parties and well-known independents), but if even just one of the ideas he raises during his campaign sticks and gets implemented by whoever wins, then he has done more for Bristol than most of us.”
by TerenceDicker
Thursday, October 11 2012, 12:47PM
“Well if you apply Lolly60 that will be the full set!!
What a luvverly bunch of people there are on here, why don't you all apply, Bristol will have nothing on Nuremberg with you lot around!”