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WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg man is hoping a possible cure for the city’s pot holes will propel him to the mayor’s chair.

Michael Vogiatzakis, owner of Voyage Funeral Home, announced his candidacy for mayor Friday.

“I want Winnipeg to be a better place,” he said.

He also wants a permanent solution to fix potholes and believes he found it.

At a news conference Friday afternoon he demonstrated Pellet Patch. The product is from New Jersey and Vogiatzakis claims it can work in winter climates.

Saverio Marra, the director of sales for Pellet Patch, made the trip from New Jersey to demonstrate how the product works.

“It is the same asphalt used in Winnipeg with rubber pellets mixed in,” he said.

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The product is put in a pothole hot then rolled over. Marra said vehicles can drive over the patch in 10 minutes.

A public works official said Friday the city has not been approached by Marra’s company with a proposal to sell the product in Winnipeg.

Marra says the product is used in Newfoundland and the city of Hamilton.

Vogiatzakis has a court history for filing false statements with Manitoba Public Insurance.

“Everyone makes mistakes that is why pencils have erasers,” Vogiatzakis said.

He is the second official candidate for Winnipeg’s mayor.

Gord Steeves, former city councillor for St.Vital, is also running.

Winnipeggers go to the polls on October 22.