Dear editor,
I am appalled by the audacity of elected municipal and regional officials currently sitting in the towns and regions of North Island - Powell River riding who made political statements supporting one candidate during our Canadian federal election time and, as well, very surprisingly and inappropriately on official BC Provincial government letterhead.
When one is elected to be a leader in a village, town, city, regional district, or province one's responsibility is to drop partisan leanings and to represent everyone in that area, not one specific political group.
I question the integrity and ability of each elected person who signed the letter. Can each fulfill the position to which they have been elected? They are Mayor Dahl, CR; Ben Lanyon, Ron Kerr, and Doug Chapman, CR city councillors; David Summers, Regional Director, Woss; Jim Palm, Councillor, Powell River; Brennan Day, MLA Courtenay-Comox; Anna Kindy, MLA North Island; and a former Courtenay mayor no longer in office,
I respectfully ask that elected people learn their responsibilities, respect the position to which they have been elected, and represent all citizens.
Amy Yakimyshyn, Comox, B.C.
