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Friday, February 7, 2025
Letter: Don’t elected officials represent the electorate?
Opinion. FILE

Dear editor:

I promised my wife months ago that I would resist writing any more letters to the editor, after years of doing so.

However, after reading about the lord mayor’s first open house in St. Davids (“First of Zalepa’s open house sparks debate on roundabout,” Jan. 16), I am once again compelled to comment.

First of all, I would like to congratulate the lord mayor for having the intestinal fortitude to put himself out there — at the mercy of the residents.

From all indications, the meeting became a little heated during the discussion related to the infamous roundabout in St. Davids.

Several residents were very upset with this controversial issue and explanations from the lord mayor were not sufficient.

It was at this point that the mayor suggested that residents could take matters into their own hands if they were not satisfied. This was the lord mayor’s response:

“If you want to do something differently, you can put your name on a ballot and go knock on a bunch of doors and get yourself elected.”

Wow! Is the lord mayor suggesting that if we as residents, have a personal agenda, and want certain things accomplished, we can only do so by being on council?

I always assumed that our elected officials represent us — the electorate?

I doubt that the mayor truly meant it that way, but under the stressful atmosphere of the meeting, I will give him the benefit of the doubt.

Buddy Andres
NOTL

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