The Editor,
Re. “$48K payout for Moore when he leaves office” (The Tri-City News, July 11) and “7 PoCo employees fired for alleged theft” (The Tri-City News, July 13).
Mayor Greg Moore of Port Coquitlam has chosen not to run for re-election — he’s quitting his job.
In the real world, if an employee chooses to quit his job, that employee is not entitled to severance or, as the mayor put it, “an adjustment period for retraining.”
I would fully support the payout if the mayor ran for re-election and lost but he didn’t do that, he quit.
It is his decision and council should address this flawed payout, especially now with the recent discovery of alleged material thefts under this mayor and council’s watch.
A.J. Williams, Port Coquitlam
