Lowery: McIntire Reason Not Enough

On her Facebook wall last night, Hayden Councilwoman Nancy Taylor Lowery wrote: “After the Candidate Forum tonight the current Mayor expressed to the host how much he appreciated working with me and the great job I have done on the council. Then he turned to me and said that he kept hoping I would bring up my great work with North Idaho Housing Coalition, as it has been such a positive contribution to the city. While I respected his comment, I was baffled by it. I …asked him why, if he is so supportive of me now, that he didn’t tell me he was going to run for re-election as he had promised he would do prior to the filing period. His response is truly amazing: ‘It was a last minute thing. I don’t know what I would do if I actually retired. My family doesn’t want me to run, but I am still having fun.’ It is hard not to like this grandfather and grocer. However, ‘still having fun’ really isn’t a good reason to run for re-election.”

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Question: What do you make of Mayor McIntire’s reason for seeking re-election — that he’s still having fun?