Local businessman and restaurateur Cameron Green has dropped out of the mayoral race in the City of Peterborough.
Green made the announcement in a public post in Facebook after filing his withdrawal today (July 27) — the deadline for nominations for and withdrawals from the municipal election.
“I am new to politics and it is becoming increasingly clear that I will be unable to fulfill the requirements, the community deserves and expects,” Green writes.
“I feel anything can be achieved if you are able to put enough work into it, unfortunately I am spread too thin to do so. I still feel very strongly about the issues that drew me to politics in the first place: affordable housing, addiction support, and mental health support.
The 36-year-old Green, who co-owns McThirsty’s Pint and Kettle Drums Restaurant and previously opened Reggie’s Hot Grill and El Camino’s, filed his nomination papers on May 23. He had never run for political office before.
With Green’s withdrawal, there are only two mayoral candidates in the City of Peterborough: current city councillor Diane Therrien and incumbent Daryl Bennett, who announced on Wednesday (July 25) he would be seeking re-election to a third term.
Here’s is Green’s complete statement on Facebook:
It is with much deliberation that I have officially withdrawn from the City of Peterborough Mayoral race. I want to…
Posted by Cameron Green on Friday, July 27, 2018
