市长 Halloran 将不参加明年的市长竞选

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［2013-12-19 星期四］滑铁卢市长 Brenda Halloran 星期三宣布她将不参加2014年的市长竞选。Branda 告诉CTV说她无意连任3届。Branda是2006年当选为滑铁卢市长的。
在被问道将来去处时 Branda 回答她将留在这里的社区继续工作。



“Being mayor has been the best job I’ve ever had,” she says.
“I’ve always encouraged people to stretch the limits, to push themselves, to acquire new skills, to seek new challenges – I’m just following my own advice.”
Halloran says she’s not certain what her future plans will entail, but she won’t be running for chair of Waterloo Region, nor entering provincial or federal politics.

“I won’t be going far. I will be staying here and working in this community,” she says, suggesting her next position could involve working with people in Waterloo who “really need assistance” or establishing the region’s identity on the global scene.

Halloran becomes the third member of Waterloo’s city council to announce plans to leave municipal politics in recent weeks.

Coun. Karen Scian and Coun. Scott Witmer will also be leaving council.

Both tell CTV News they have no intention of running for the mayor’s chair.

Coun. Melissa Durrell, first elected in 2010, says she’ll be back on the ballot in her ward next year and wants to continue to focus on uptown projects.
Elsewhere in Waterloo Region, Kitchener Mayor Carl Zehr, Cambridge Mayor Doug Craig and regional chair Ken Seiling say they won’t make decisions on their political futures until the new year.

Zehr says he was surprised by Halloran’s announcement, but enjoyed working with her since her election.



来源：http://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/wate ... next-fall-1.1599428