Dear Editor
It has come to our attention Trent Houk has resigned from North Battleford city council. That's unfortunate for our city. Trent stood out on council. He was straightforward and told it like it was whether his fellow councillors agreed or not - like Brad Pattinson.
Our city has immense and intractable problems. We carry a huge debt load (one person who should know told me the city was broke), unbelievable, spiralling crime ( number one for four years in a row for cities of our size in Canada) and,of course, the incredible state of the downtown core - an embarrassment to all of us, including outsiders who visit our city. The business improvement district won't fix it.
I'm serving notice that I will run for city councillor. I'm much like Trent and Brad. We need people like us on council. If Brad runs, I should lose, If Brad doesn't run, I should win. So, I guess it depends on Brad.
Richard W. Hiebert
North Battleford
