By Pepper Parr
April 6th, 2024
BURLINGTON, ON
There are photo ops and then there are PHOTO OPS.
They are part of the business for every politician once they are elected.
Do enough of them and public profile becomes so entrenched that anyone running against a council member has an uphill battle.
On March 27th Mayor Meed Ward planned a meeting with residents at LaSalle Towers in ward 1. The Mayor traditionally invites the ward Councillor to take part. So there is ward 1 Councillor Kelvin Galbraith sitting next to the Mayor as she takes questions from residents.
Ward 1 Councillor Kelvin Galbraith joins Mayor Meed Ward at a drop in event. Few in the room would have been aware that Galbraith was one of three council members that signed a Motion asking the Mayor to relinquish the Strong Mayor powers she now uses. Galbraith may not have the stomach for this this kind of politics. He does look decidedly uncomfortable doesn’t he?
What few of the residents would be aware of is that Galbraith was one of three members of Council that signed a Motion asking the Mayor to relinquish the Strong Mayor powers that were granted last July 1st.
Mayor Meed Ward worked closely with Galbraith when she created the Red Carpet – Red Tape committee – he had come to be a Poster Boy for that Committee and the Mayor made sure that Galbraith got all the credit she could shovel his way.
