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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

What's To Become Of Donnie Snook's Seat At Common Council?

It's the question on a lot of people's minds: what is to become of councillor Donnie Snook's seat around the council horseshoe, now that he's facing 8 charges related to child exploitation?

Mayor Mel Norton isn't saying much beyond what was released in a statement last week, in which the media and members of the public were referred to provisions under the municipalities act.

The section to which Norton referred  describes how a council seat is considered vacant if---among other reasons--a councillor is absent from four or more consecutive regular meetings, they've been disqualified or declared incapable, or are convicted of a crime punishable by five years or longer.