MELFORT — Tara Muntain, the owner of TJ's Pizza in Melfort, has announced her candidacy for a seat at city council at November’s municipal election.
Muntain was a member of Melfort Business Revitalization Corporation (MBRC) since its conception about five years ago, but recently handed in her resignation to focus on her election campaign. She has been the owner of TJ’s Pizza since 2009.
Muntain said the reason she wanted to join council is to serve her community better.
“I definitely want to bring awareness of all areas of our city onto the council scene. It’s always a good thing to have representation from all sectors,” she said.
“I love Melfort as a community, I don’t think that’s any big secret.”
As councilor, Muntain said she can’t promise any big changes, but does intend to listen to constituents, look into their concerns and analyze what’s happening behind the scenes.
“For a nominee, or for someone running on city council to say, ‘I’m going to go in there and make huge changes, and I’m going to change this.’ That’s not how things happen,” Muntain said.
“You need to go in, you need to analyze what’s happening, figure out if it’s not going properly, talk to your city staff members and have them fix what’s going on.”
Muntain can be reached by her campaign email at [email protected] or her Facebook page “Tara Muntain.”
“I did start a Facebook page and a separate email just to be able to facilitate anything anybody wants to bring to me that they think should be addressed or looked at, because I know that’s really important to have that communication.”
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