Mayoral candidate Dan Seguin's home on Cassels Street. Photo by Mike Trahan.
Under security escort because of a restraining order, Dan Seguin paid his $200 fee at city hall to join North Bay's mayoralty race.
Seguin owns a controversial home on Cassels street that was the focus of the Canadian Pickers TV show in April of 2013.
Seguin, has fought with the city over his controversial cluttered property on Cassels Street in the past.
In 2012 the city used a court order to send a contracting company in to remove large amounts of materials and bins that were stored at the location.
Seguin was reported to have filed the papers around two o'clock on Thursday afternoon.
The 45-year-old says he has no political affiliation and is running as a "straight shooter." He criticizes the current council about how the city is being run, and specifically Mayor Al McDonald.
“I’m challenging Al to a lie detector test, all I want is an honest mayor, I have my doubts on his credibility of what he says he knew about the issues at Memorial Gardens,” Seguin told BayToday.ca an hour after filing his papers.
"Al McDonald may look like a mayor but he hasn't produced like one in the past 4 years. I’m on the side of the tax payer. we voted them in (councillors) and half of them and the Mayor have let us down,” added Seguin who is also concerned about shrinking bus routes and the growing demand at the Food Bank.
Seguin, who owns a delivery service, is the third person to file.
Harvey Villneff has already filed papers, and Greg Gray filed Tuesday afternoon.
Dan Seguin standing in front of the building he would like to give a facelift to. PHOTO BY CHRIS DAWSON.
