In light of incumbents not having to resign their seats on committees during an election period, Justice Warner posed a rhetorical question:
“What mischief is remedied by having volunteers seek a leave of absence?”
A report on the municipality's next steps with respect to special elections (by-elections) will be coming to the January 8, 2013 meeting of Council.
My hope is that the by-elections will be held sooner, rather than later, to ensure that citizens in these two districts are duly and properly represented.
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