On Wednesday Outgoing Surrey Mayor Linda Hepner visited Pulse Mornings to look back on her 33 years at city hall.
“I’ve gone through four elections, three as a councillor and one as mayor so It’s been a big part of my life,” said Hepner. “It’s been the better part of my working life, almost all my working life.”
When asked her thoughts on LRT, arguably Surrey’s hottest election issue among Mayoral candidates, Hepner said the air needs to be cleared.
“We’ve got the money and the commitment is for LRT. I don’t care what kind of blustering you hear from others, that money will not be transferred over to Skytrain. I’ve gotten that directly from the Prime Minister as well the Premier.”
Pulse Mornings Ian Power went on to ask Hepner her thoughts on three councillors, Bruce Hayne, Barbara Steele and Dave Woods, leaving the governing Surrey First party before forming Surrey Integrity Now.
“Whenever you’re in a political environment that has a history of many years together, often times egos become bigger than the continuation of the whole so I’m going to put it down to a couple of egos that broke what I think was a really good spirited team.”
To listen to the full interview, including whether Hepner supports switching to a local police force and what she wants her legacy to be, listen to the full interview here with Ian Power.