CHAPAIS, Que. – One of Quebec’s youngest mayors announced Wednesday she will be stepping down next week, suffering the effects of burnout from handling last summer’s historic wildfir...
Knowing when you’re in over your head, completely stressed out, and will not be able to do the job required is probably one of the most adult things you can do.
For those that don't know she was mayor of a town of 1,500 people. Generally places of this size aren't paying someone enough for it to be a full time job.
This article has a good chart for BC with population and mayor's salaries.
Elle est tout de même devenu mairesse à 21 ans, je pense pas qu'on peut la blamer d'avoir fait un burnout après un giga problème de feux de forêt. Elle a fait sa part!
Look, I know a lot of people here probably think I'm trying to be a troll but I'm truly not. I really think this girl was too young to be a mayor and I think that we do too much of this cheering when somebody who is not prepared for a difficult job tries to take it on.
I do NOT think it's great that people who have gone through two years of forest fires and I don't know what kind of governance during that time have to now try and find somebody to pick up the pieces of their broken lives.
Being the leader of a town is not a game. If things had ran normally and the systems that were in place had operated within normal parameters maybe it would have been just fine for her to try out whatever thoughts she had about fixing things or changing things or cool ideas she wanted to do.
But the s*** hit the fan. And there was always the potential of the s*** hitting the fan. And that's what you elect people for, to help you handle stuff and be there when the s*** hits the fan. Not to cut and run in the middle of it all when you still live there. That's b*******.
Sorry I'm not proud of this mayor. I think the people chose poorly. I would advise all of you out there not to vote for mayors who are 21 years old. I really and truly from my very heart will verbalize that I believe it's a bad idea. It's unbelievable to me that mine is such an unpopular view.
Judging someone based not on their personal achievements and demonstrated ability but, rather, on the statements of a research paper is what prejudice looks like. Prejudice, if you didn't know, is the underlying mechanism behind racism and bigotry. So, do you really want to judge her based on what others say or what she has proven herself to be capable of doing?