Shawna Stolte: The Myths and Reality of Life as a Councillor

<p><br></p><p>We pay attention to politics in inverse proportion to the extent it affects our lives. The political junkies among us religiously watch Power and Politics and have complex and well-informed opinions about what’s going on this week in Ottawa. But the same political junkies often struggle to remember the name of their city councillor. And yet at both city and regional councils, councillors make decisions that affect our lives every single day in a way the federal government seldom does.</p><p> </p><p>This dichotomy between the real and imagined job of local government po...