Castlegar City Councillor Deb McIntosh is running for Mayor in October. She says she’s been on council for 16 years and feels the timing is right. “I’m feeling good about it. I’m getting really good response across the board from people. If it’s my time, it’s my time, if it’s not, it’s not. When you’re dealing with community issues, you have to put yourself forward, you have to take those chances and I’ve been encouraged by a number of people over a number of years and this just feels right.”
Councillor McIntosh says she’d bring a fresh approach to things. “Different kind of leadership style where it’s not from the top down but from the bottom up and building consensus with people that are involved. Also, utilizing all councillors around the table to the best of their abilities. People are elected to represent and we have to let people do that.”
Mayor Lawrence Chernoff is also seeking re-election.
Voters will head to the polls on October 20th.
