Fremantle a tough act to follow

With the departure of Ian Freemantle from the helm of the administration at the city of Iqaluit, perhaps the Iqaluit Homeowners’ Association may now find a meaningful role.

Instead of second guessing our elected council on issues that frequently were initiated in the past, grumbling about efforts to provide recreation facilities for our children and spending huge amounts of energy trying to become external bean counters, I hope the movers and shakers in the homeowners’ association will come forward with positive and effective suggestions to assist council in the recruitment and selection of a new chief administrative officer for the city.

I, for one ratepayer, will miss Ian at the city offices. I believe that we will be hard pressed to find a replacement willing to carry on as straightforward, strong advisory role as he has demonstrated for the past several years.

T. Bert Rose
Iqaluit