What with 性视界传媒鈥檚 policing transition, the mayor鈥檚 impending trial on a charge of public mischief, acrimonious council infighting, outcry for transparency from city hall, you name it, if the coming civic election in this city could be likened to soup, it would not be a consomme but rather a full-on chowder, thickened with issues.

To date, there are two identified contenders for the mayor鈥檚 chair, with Mayor Doug McCallum seeking re-election and Coun. Brenda Locke aiming to retire him.

Locke says the main ingredient for this election chowder is the policing transition. This is what she told the Now-Leader in February: 鈥淭here鈥檚 no doubt to me that this election, the ballot question if you will, the ballot question for 性视界传媒 will be the police transition. The people that are going to be running are going to have to pretty much pick a lane.鈥�

Last week鈥檚 report from a provincial committee reviewing the Police Act, which recommends that B.C. move to a provincial police force as well as regional forces, added a big handful of croutons to 性视界传媒鈥檚 election chowder.

As reporter Lauren Collins notes in her front-page story this issue, this report has the mayoral candidate rivals doubling down on their take on what this all means for policing in 性视界传媒, as the city continues to transition from the 性视界传媒 RCMP to the 性视界传媒 Police Service. Of course, they disagree.

The report鈥檚 recommendations are just that 鈥� recommendations, not policy. But with their addition to the mix, and the complexity of an already complex and contentious issue such as the city鈥檚 policing transition, 性视界传媒 residents trying to make sense of it all might well experience some indigestion heading into the Oct. 15 civic election.

鈥� Now-Leader

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