{"id":65284,"date":"2019-11-17T05:57:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T18:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/?p=65284"},"modified":"2019-11-13T17:31:03","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T06:31:03","slug":"mcintosh-passes-the-baton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/ballarat\/news\/mcintosh-passes-the-baton\/","title":{"rendered":"McIntosh passes the baton"},"content":{"rendered":"

LETTER TO THE EDITOR<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Dear Editor,<\/p>\n

In the recent Mayoral elections for the City of Ballarat, I did not stand for re-election.<\/p>\n

I want to publicly congratulate Cr Ben Taylor as the new Mayor of our city.\u00a0 My best wishes extend to our new deputy-mayor, Cr Belinda Coates.<\/p>\n

I remain as a Councillor and intend to keep working hard for the people of Ballarat.<\/p>\n

As a Mayor of a major regional Council, the work we do resonates and impacts with our neighbouring councils and regions.\u00a0 I know many of your readers are from these councils, such as Moorabool, Golden Plains and Hepburn.<\/p>\n

As mayor, and as Chair of Regional Cities Australia, I was very conscious that my voice and work penetrated beyond the City of Ballarat boundaries.<\/p>\n

But my key message today is to thank those hundreds of people who have sent me well wishes over the past couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t do my role as a councillor for thanks, I do it because I see a need.\u00a0 And because I love this region of ours. I want to enable its prosperity in every way.<\/p>\n

But it is genuinely humbling to receive such acknowledgement – and in such volume.<\/p>\n

So, it is my turn to say thank you to the people.<\/p>\n

Thanks also to the quite achievers at Town Hall who don\u2019t get headlines, but get the job done.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Cr Samantha McIntosh<\/p>\n

Central Ward<\/p>\n

City of Ballarat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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