It is a given that the Mayor represents the community . To me this means the Mayor or Board Chair are in many ways an ambassador and this leads to many ribbon-cuttings and sod-turnings. I also believe you have to take the good with the bad and that when something goes wrong, you have to step up and ‘take one for the team.’ When a road project went over budget or when a bridge took far too long to complete, I always felt I had to take responsibility and represent the municipality. Perhaps not with too much enthusiasm, but I believed you can’t take credit when things go well but then point fingers when they don’t. In the case of the Admirals Road bridge that took months longer than originally announced to complete, I was steaming inside and let staff know that I was extremely upset that the contract allowed this but publicly I agreed to the interviews and provided factually updates. Nonetheless, I had no interest in a r...
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