TORONTO Oakville Mayor Rob Burton has resigned from the Halton Police Board after telling Police Chief Steve Tanner that it would be OK for him to travel to Florida over the holidays. Burton, who was the chair of the board, made the announcement in a statement issued late Monday afternoon. In it, he said that he is now “deeply regretful for my response to the chief s proposed trip.” “I regret sincerely that I focussed at the time on the ways the chief s trip qualified as essential travel,” he said. “I should have recommended against it because it could generate public concern about me not setting a higher example than the rules and guidelines actually called for.”
Oakville Mayor Rob Burton has resigned from the Halton Police Board after telling Police Chief Steve Tanner that it would be OK for him to travel to Florida over the holidays.