Armitage steps down as president of VOICE
Blair Armitage (left) has stepped down from the role of president of VOICE, replaced by Neil Powell (right).
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Updated: October 08, 2009 1:50 PM
Blair Armitage is stepping aside as the president of VOICE New Westminster, but not, he promises, out of local politics entirely.
Armitage, who founded Voice in January 2007, made the announcement on Thursday, saying he made the decision after accepting a consulting project position with a B.C. sports organization.
"This does not mean I'm retiring to the sidelines," Armitage, who will continue as a director-at-large, said in a press release. "I'll still be working with VOICE to advocate wherever and whenever there are issues that need to be addressed in this community."
Armitage ran for mayor with the VOICE slate of candidates in the November 2008 municipal election, losing to incumbent Wayne Wright.
Neil Powell will take over as president of VOICE, after being unanimously endorsed at a directors meeting.
Powell is a founding director of VOICE and ran as a candidate for city council in the 2008 municipal elections. He has also been president of the McBride Sapperton Residents' Association, volunteered with the New Westminster Police Service's Citizens Crime Watch and is a founding director of the New Westminster Community Policing Committee.
"Blair [Armitage] has provided VOICE with fantastic leadership over the last three years and he challenged the city to be more attentive to issues of traffic, crime and value for taxes," Powell said. "He set a high standard for us all."
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