The head of the Great Lakes Water Authority, Sue McCormick, resigned Tuesday in the aftermath of the June storm that spurred widespread flooding and lingering questions over the authority s response to the massive rainfall. For the past year and a half or so, I have been contemplating my retirement. However when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, I postponed making this decision because of the challenges placed in front of this organization, McCormick wrote in a letter to authority employees obtained by the Free Press on Tuesday night. Now as we approach our reconstitution and return to the office environment this fall by those who have been working flexible work arrangements and given all we have accomplished in the first five years of this organization, I believe the time is right.