It's understandable when people want to leverage their career expertise into jobs but the decision by Coquitlam Coun. Dennis Marsden to take a paying directorship with KFN Enterprises puts him in a potential conflict of interest on an important city file.
Marsden has promised to recuse himself from situations where his obligations to the Kwikwetlem First Nation's economic development body and the city or Metro Vancouver are in conflict.
But that apparently reasonable solution is not good enough for people who voted for him because it means Marsden can't do some parts of the job he was elected to do — namely, vote on anything to do with Riverview lands or the city's vision for the area because the Kwikwetlem First Nation has a claim on the area.
Marsden is a conscientious counsellor who works hard for his city but he may want to re-think his acceptance of this new posting.
