The Editor,
Any person who is running for mayor or council in Coquitlam in the Oct. 20 municipal election should be required to sign a pledge that he or she will resign their seat if they decide to run for office provincially or federally while on council.
While most voters will likely assume that a mayor or councillor has to resign his or her seat if they intend to run for office at a higher level of government, that is not the case.
So, they can win the mayor’s seat or a councillor’s position, run for higher office and, if they lose, come back and assume their municipal position.
What an absolute joke.
As a voter, I want candidates to be committed 100% to the office for which they are running.
In the absence of any new legislation from Victoria or Ottawa, I would urge every voter in the upcoming municipal election to demand a guarantee from each candidate that, at the very least, they will resign their municipal position if they decide to run for another office.
Wayne Taylor, Coquitlam
