[markbarbera]

I am very disappointed in Brad Clark on this one. I have always had difficulty with municipal councillors using a council seat as a holding position for higher office, but to seek election to a higher office barely 100 days after winning a council seat is disgraceful. Should he be successful in his challenge to Marsden, then the city will need to take on the expense of a byelection. Is Clark going to cover that expense?

It was no secret that this election was on the horizon. Clark should have sat out the November municipal election if he was intending to run in the federal election. And spare me the shallow platitude of promising to donate his Councillor's salary to charity during the campaign - if Clark is serious about running then he should resign his council seat now. A council seat should be treated better than as some consolation prize to fall back on if one's aspirations for higher office don't pan out.