Marianne Matichuk reflects on 4 years as Greater Sudbury mayor
Critics have called it a wasted four years, to be remembered for bickering and in-fighting more than anything else.
And while, in an interview with CBC news, Marianne Matichuk said more could have been achieved during the term, she is still proud of her time as mayor.
In particular, Matichuk sees her legacy as finally being able to convince the provincial government to pony up funding for the long delayed Maley Drive Extension.
However the multi-million-dollar ring road isn't a done deal, and still needs an injection of federal cash before it's built.
But Matichuk said even if it never gets done, she will still be proud of the lobbying work she did.
"I'll be disappointed, but at the end of the day, I've done all I could."
In the summer, when she announced she wasn't seeking a second term, Matichuk cited "personal commitments."
But she now said that she believes she did all she could to move the city forward.
"I figured this is moved as far I could," she said. "We did a lot of good work, but I think we could have done more. And I come from the world where you do more."
Matichuk says she decided against a second term this spring, around the same time there was a lot of talk about her running provincially.
With a provincial by-election on the horizon, those rumours have resurfaced., along with whispers she might run federally.
"There's a lot of people that want you to do a lot of things and rumours are very dangerous. You know, it's all speculation."
After four years as the political outsider who won her way into the inner circle, Marianne Matichuk says she plans to go back to being what she was before, a health and safety professional.
Hear more of her interview with CBC municipal affairs reporter Erik White, here:
