Longtime Toronto councillor Paula Fletcher announces retirement
Fletcher said she’s still councillor until the fall and said she’ll continue answering calls for broken branches or sewer issues, like she has this week.
Former Toronto councillor Paula Fletcher has announced she will retire from politics, withdrawing her name from the upcoming race for Toronto-Danforth. Fletcher has served on city council for 23 years, and said she never entered her nomination papers early. However, she decided it was time to step down after a "come to Jesus moment" while paddleboarding on Lake Ontario.
While her health is fine, Fletcher said the time was right to enjoy the city she fought to improve for over two decades and acknowledged she didn't have enough time to tackle major projects like Don River and waterfront revitalization. She has not made any decisions about a successor, but noted that constituents can expect her to continue answering calls for help until the fall.
Nominations for the municipal elections close at 2 p.m. on Friday, and already late entries have been made by Mike Layton for University-Rosedale and Nate Erskine-Smith for Beaches-East York.
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