Bruce Garrity, Charlottetown city councillor, and my dad!

I don’t often write about local affairs, since many who read this weblog do so from a distance. However, I have a bit of local news I thought worth discussing. My father, Bruce Garrity is in his second term on the Charlottetown City Council. In his role as chair of the police committee, he helped lead a successful move to close down bootlegging operations in the city.

The bootlegging establishments, though clearly illegal, have long been a very public tradition in the city. Their closing prompted national press coverage and even inspired an artistic campaign of support by some.

Now, just weeks after the closing of the bootleggers, he has been shuffled out of his significant positions on the police committee, bylaw enforcement committee, and fire and emergency services committed. He is now responsible for intergovernmental affairs.

The CBC Prince Edward Island coverage of the shuffle is quite good.