EDITORIAL – What would you have done if you were the candidate?

Posted on May 3, 2017 in Editorials, Rothenburger // 1 Comment

Liberal candidate and mayor-on-leave Peter Milobar. (Image: Armchair Mayor file photo)

SOMETIMES we worry too much about what’s politically ethical and what’s not. Here are a couple of examples.

Imagine you’re the mayor of Kamloops. A former mayor, someone you knew for many years, passes away. The family asks you to speak on behalf of the City at his celebration of life.

But there’s a slight hitch: you are currently on leave from the mayor’s job because you’re running in the provincial election.

What would you do?

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Mel Rothenburger is the former editor of The Kamloops Daily News and a former mayor of Kamloops.

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1 Comment on EDITORIAL – What would you have done if you were the candidate?

Lawrence Beaton // May 3, 2017 at 8:20 PM // Reply

Who cares what he does. The death of a person transcends politics. To be politically correct is not the right approach in this case. It is indeed a sad person who has tunnel vision in this case.

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