New Kamloops city councillors eager to learn from incumbents
KAMLOOPS — After a busy election campaign and a nerve-racking Saturday evening, Kamloops’ four new city councillors have had some time to let the election results sink in.
The four newcomers will hit the ground running on Nov. 5, when they are sworn in at the inaugural council meeting.
“They need to understand the difference between running for office and being in office,” said Ken Christian, who was re-elected as mayor Saturday. “That can be a challenge at times. Certainly when you’re outside of the horseshoe things look like they’re going to be much easier than they actually are. These are people that I think are really students of civic government and I think they will be quite quickly up to speed.”
Dale Bass, Sadie Hunter, Mike O’Reilly and Bill Sarai were elected to city council Saturday evening, joining four incumbents.