The Editor,
A letter to Port Moody mayoralty candidates:
Recently, the city of Port Moody advertised in community newspapers for volunteer applicants for a number of city committees. For several of the committees, quotas are set for appointees from each of five neighbourhoods of Port Moody.
On the other hand, city councillors are elected at large.
There appears to be a double standard here.
There are 20 candidates running in the 2011 campaign for six seats on council. If we had four candidates running in five wards, then voters might take greater interest in participating in the civic election; candidates would have lower campaign costs; and citizens would know their ward's councillor was looking after the residents' interests and issues.
If you are elected mayor of the City of Port Moody on November 19th, would you consider, say, establishing a committee to look at the pros and cons of establishing wards for the 2014 civic election?
Derek Wilson, Port Moody
