{"id":115965,"date":"2022-07-05T11:39:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T15:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=115965"},"modified":"2022-11-15T17:41:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T22:41:18","slug":"district-chair-john-klinck-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/district-chair-john-klinck-to-retire\/","title":{"rendered":"District of Muskoka Chair John Klinck to retire after 28 years in municipal politics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement issued today at the offices of the District of Muskoka, District Chair John Klinck announced that he has informed District Council, CAO Julie Stevens and the District Clerk\u2019s office that he will not be seeking re-election this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In an earlier email to District Council advising them of his decision, Chair Klinck stated that he considers the opportunity to have served with them as Muskoka\u2019s District Chair \u201cone of his life\u2019s greatest blessings.\u201d&nbsp; He added, \u201cI shall be forever grateful to you for the honour and privilege of serving with you and working with our exceptional District staff to the benefit of our Muskoka. It has been a remarkably enlightening and personally enriching experience!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFurther, to the thousands of Muskoka ratepayers I have met over the 28 years of my public service, thank you for the kindness, guidance, and encouragement you have consistently provided. It is my hope that in some small way my service has added value to your vision of the Muskoka legacy we all manage together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Background \u2013 District Chair Klinck\u2019s Service to Muskoka:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>1994 \u2013 1997: Gravenhurst Ward 3 Councillor<\/li><li>1997 \u2013 2000: Gravenhurst District Councillor<\/li><li>2000 \u2013 2010: Mayor of Gravenhurst<\/li><li>2010 \u2013 2022: Muskoka District Chair<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Related story: <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/will-there-be-a-contest-for-the-position-of-muskoka-district-chair\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Will there be a contest for the position of Muskoka District chair?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a statement issued today at the offices of the District of Muskoka, District Chair John Klinck announced that he has informed District Council, CAO Julie Stevens and the District [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":115967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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