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Swayze had one job when Mayor Larry Snively accused Coun. Sherry Bondy of repeatedly and publicly criticizing E.L.K. Energy Inc., the town’s electrical distribution company serving Essex, Leamington and Kingsville.
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His job was to investigate the complaint and determine what happened, what council’s code of conduct says, whether Bondy violated that code and, if she did, what council should do about it.
But Swayze went further, much further.
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At Monday’s Zoom council meeting, Swayze went further than his report, saying Bondy had mayoral ambitions but was “a maverick without support” on council: “A maverick mayor would be a four-year disaster.” Essex Coun. Sherry Bondy is pictured in the Town of Essex on Thursday, July 15, 2021. Photo by Dax Melmer /Windsor Star
Before the vote, Bondy, who has declared her intention to run for mayor next year, said those like her who ask difficult questions face bullying of their own, and she pointed a finger at Snively. “The mayor’s continued harassment of me is creating a toxic work environment.”
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