Bruce Garrity, Charlottetown city councillor, and my dad!I don’t often write about local affairs, since many who read this weblog do so from a distance. However, I have a bit of local news I thought worth discussing. My father, Bruce Garrity is in his second term on the Charlottetown City Council. In his role as chair of the police committee, he helped lead a successful move to close down bootlegging operations in the city.
The bootlegging establishments, though clearly illegal, have long been a very public tradition in the city. Their closing prompted national press coverage and even inspired an artistic campaign of support by some.
Now, just weeks after the closing of the bootleggers, he has been shuffled out of his significant positions on the police committee, bylaw enforcement committee, and fire and emergency services committed. He is now responsible for intergovernmental affairs.
The CBC Prince Edward Island coverage of the shuffle is quite good.
Comments
Rob Mientjes - December 30, 2004 6:09 pm
Hrmmm... That's nasty. It's called politics, but it's nasty.
Alan - December 30, 2004 6:14 pm
Doesn't council get to vote on the committees? That is odd to have the mayor have that power. Usually they are primarily the chair of council.
Jeff Smith - December 30, 2004 6:15 pm
Wow, I can't believe that this finally happened. Definitely about time though, it's ridiculous to think that this issue has just been passed off for so long. I can remember as a teenager going to a number of these places. Slick's and Gordie's to name a couple. It's a big change in the Island environment. Kudos to your father, it's just a shame that he's been shuffled out of the position.
Will Pate - December 30, 2004 8:45 pm
Your dad is one of the best city councillors Charlottetown has, everyone knows it. Shuffling him out of responsibilies that he did such a good job of managing just paints the Mayor as a scaredy-cat that is afraid of people on his team that outshine the boss. He better hope Mr. Garrity doesn't make a run for Mayor Garrity.
Thanks Bruce for running the bootleggers out!
Rob Paterson - December 31, 2004 9:30 am
I am with Will here Steve
Shame on the Mayor