I’m pretty sure that Renfrew Councillor John McDonald has always had game.  I don’t think you can be a big-city police officer without having a certain predisposition for getting to the bottom of things, and it appears that trait and that predisposition has transferred to his work on Renfrew Town Council.

All that said, at least from my perspective, the councillor has found his political and administrative accountability game, or has refined it, in the several months that I’ve been following Council.

Being a politician, and being an elected councillor, are not things that are easily done.  Like any job or endeavour, it takes a bit of time to sort out the environment, the players, the issues, and the answers involving those issues.  You don’t just open a jar of political acumen and pour it out on a plate.  Instead, it’s something that’s learned and earned, and if you’re earnest in your reasons for being a councillor, then that learning and earning are important parts of the process.

Councillor McDonald appears to be well on his way.