David Etzioni is a candidate for mayor of Haifa/Walla! system, Walla! He was until recently the deputy director general of the Ministry of Construction and Housing. He says that the city has been failing for over 20 years on many issues.

"We are recharging the batteries and working in every A platform so that the public will come out to vote and, of course, vote for me," he says. "Polluting factories will no longer endanger the residents ofHaifa. Anyone who stands in our way will be kidnapped"