strong-mayor-powers – NEWSMAGRENFREW

Mayor Tom Sidney has taken a leave of absence for “personal” reasons, which leaves Renfrew with an interim Head of Council in the person of Reeve Peter Emon. As indicated in an earlier article, I wish the mayor the best as he navigates those personal concerns.

From the very beginning of their inception, I’ve commented on the use of Strong Mayor Powers as a theoretical construct, as well as looking at them with some greater detail as they are applied right here in town.

I’d like to know what happens to those powers when a mayor, any mayor, leaves Council under these conditions, to wit the taking of a personal leave of absence?

And honestly, where would I go to ask?

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To me, John has the appearance of being a very nice man, one with an impressive resume and one who happens to be an “expert” on Strong Mayor Powers.

John appeared via video link at the last meeting of Renfrew Clown Council, where he was tasked with walking everyone through the democratic abomination of small mayor powers as handed over to any municipality with a McDonalds and a set of street lights. So Renfrew gets included, because we have those traffic lights, and even a Wendy’s, so game on.

One minor, yet annoying thing about John, though, is that neither God nor his parents apparently gave him a last name, which I’m absolutely cool with in theory, it’s just that I thought that practice was limited to Brazilian soccer stars and Indonesian dictators.

But I don’t make the rules. Small town strong mayors do. If a guy doesn’t want a last name, then he doesn’t have to have one. Unless a strong mayor comes along and makes him.

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