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Medicine Hat Mayor Linnsie Clark stood on the steps of city hall to make an announcement.
She will consider legal action after the rest of the council removed many of her powers as mayor and cut her salary in half.
Clark says a judicial review could take several months.
“If a court decides that I was wrong or oppressive, I will apologize for my inquiries or the manner in which I made them.”
A third party investigation report was released on Tuesday. He was critical of Clark, finding she mishandled City Manager Ann Mitchell during a council meeting last summer when dealing with a major staff restructuring.
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The report found that Mitchell was not treated with courtesy, dignity or respect, and that the manager’s professional and ethical reputation had been damaged.
Clark says she wasn’t even told the report was being released.
“I had expected that I would be consulted on the edits or be informed before it was released, but that was an administrative decision they made.”
During Clark’s public appearance supporters showed up at city hall to support the mayor.
“I think this council has made a serious mistake by taking away its abilities to do what we voted it to do,” said Medicine Hat resident Kym Porter.
“It’s a game and they’re trying to get rid of Linnsie. And the citizens are not happy as you can tell by the turnout,” Lorne Schaerer added.
Global News reached out to the City of Medicine Hat and city manager Ann Mitchell for comment but were told that no one would be speaking on the mayor’s statements today.
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