Dear editor:

I am writing in response to the article written by Garth Turner in the May 14 edition (“The Turner Report: The next ambition of Andrea Kaiser“). I have personally worked on election campaigns over the last few years with Andrea. My experience is that her intentions in running for any office are genuine and selfless.

Andrea is a business person with over 30 years of experience in leading and owning small businesses in our community. As well, Andrea has 15 years’ experience in regional and municipal politics.

She has won all four elections that she ran in locally. She has lived and worked in this community her entire life.

Mr. Turner suggested that while others run for a cause or a crusade, Andrea is running because she craves power and wants to raise her public profile. This could not be further from the truth.

What does Mr. Turner base this on? Not the good work she has done previously as a town councillor or more recently as a regional councillor.

It is evident that he did not go to Andrea’s website or take from his interview with her that she is running because she cares deeply about this community — past, present and future.

Mr. Turner is concerned that she will be a part-time mayor. That is actually the job but if she is elected, I am certain that she will give it her all, whether she is being paid for it or not.

I realize that Mr. Turner’s article is an opinion piece and I hope that people take it this way. One man’s opinion of a woman he had a 45-minute interview.

He made assumptions about Andrea’s intentions based on his own perception of her and not her own words and track record.

Cindy I’Anson
NOTL