Mayor Karen Elliott has announced she will not be seeking reelection in October.
It’s been absolute privilege to serve you as Mayor and to have been part of the council since 2014, she said at the Squamish Chamber of Commerce Annual Mayor’s Luncheon.
“After 8 years of working with council to effect positive change in the community, many of the policies I felt were missing or needed to be updated have been completed or or are well underway and I would like to turn my time and energy to new career and challenges,” she wrote in a letter that was shared with the media.
“I ran for Mayor on a promise to bring thoughtful, collaborative, strategic and calm leadership to the job. I believe I have done that and those skills have served me well as we responded to the pandemic, ongoing growth pressures, two destructive acts at the gondola, fires, atmospheric rivers, heat domes, a record-breaking transit strike, and a role in which no two weeks are the same.”
You can read the full letter here.
Ted says
Karen is a very good Mayor. I for one am sorry she is stepping down . I can not help to think the negative add campaign directed at her and other Councilors had something to do with it. Being on council is a bit like volunteering your life to our community. Be interesting to see who that group brings forward . Will that be a pawn Mayor for the developer… Careful what dream for . The Devil’s you know are sometimes better than the Devil’s you don’t know.
glenn stainton says
I just got my municipal tax bill, her not running is good news perhaps Chris P and a few others need to follow so we can try to return council to providing efficient services to the community and stop the endless pursuit of densification.
Francine Lessard says
I am sorry to say I am not sorry.
Her departure is needed so to make room for people who want to start taking care of the things that are needed for all citizens and the tax payor.
We need someone who will answer to the requests and needs of the town.
Slow down the growth and maintain our failing infrastructure and improve our ammenities, before its too far gone.
I hope we get back to the basic and important matters We need painted cross walk, sidewalks and safety for our children.
We need to feel respected and for our voices to be heard.
The last 15years has paved the way to greed and for development.