Andy McGrogan says he has ‘no intention’ of running for mayor

McGrogan, however, did list three elements he would look for in a future mayor: leadership, humility and the goal of collaboration.

“They have to be able to lead others, they have to want to lead others. With that comes a sense of humility,” he said.

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“You don’t have to be the smartest person in the room to be the mayor, you just to be able to bring the team together for a common goal, and the common goal is serving our citizens.”

When asked if he sees these characteristics in the current mayor, McGrogan said: “I don’t want to go there.”

“I wish for our mayor to have those qualities and would hope that, [if] she had shortcomings in those areas, she would shore them up. We just want a good mayor.”

McGrogan was speaking to CHAT News after Monday’s council meeting that he chaired as the current acting mayor, a position that councillors rotate through.

The acting mayor role has taken on outsized significance since councillors voted to sanction Clark and cut her salary in half.

McGrogran was among the seven councillors present who voted unanimously to take away Clark’s powers.

McGrogan again said he wants to continue working on shared goals with the mayor, an opinion that he and others on council have shared several times since taking Clark’s powers away.

“The mayor has some really excellent insight into a lot of issues, so why wouldn’t we listen to her?”

— with files from Dan Reynish

by Eli J. Ridder | @EliRidder

Andy McGrogan says he has ‘no intention’ of running for mayor

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