Candidates for mayor: Scott Newman

Scott Newman decided to run for mayor because he feels "there hasn't been strong leadership, advancing any advocacy towards the big projects in the community like the hospital and in tourism ... I kind of feel like we've had a bit of a dysfunctional process."

"We could be advocating more strongly, at a state and federal level for these projects that we have going on, mainly the hospital," Newman told the Pilot in an interview.

"I just don't feel like we've been doing enough in that direction. Because I don't think the assembly and the mayor have been aligned on that ... we haven't all been put...