Tate Papworth
Brimbank councillor Virginia Tachos has announced she won’t be contesting the local government elections this October.
Cr Tachos made the announcement on her Facebook page during the week.
“A short note to inform my followers and my ward that I have made a decision not to run in the next Council Elections in October 2020,” Cr Tachos said.
“I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone and pass on my best wishes for candidates who make the decision to run in 2020 local council elections, there is no greater honour then serving the public.”
Cr Tachos didn’t reveal the reasons as to why she decided to step away from local government.
However it comes at a time when the Local Government Inspectorate is assessing a complaint made against by Cr Tachos against Brimbank mayor Georgina Papafotiou, as reported by Star Weekly last week.
Sources close to the council have told Star Weekly that a number of incidents were reported to the inspectorate.
Fellow independent councillors Daniel Allan and John Hedditch have previously both publicly announced they too would not be contesting the election.
The council elections will be held on Saturday, October 24.
The elections are likely to go ahead despite COVID-19 restrictions as postal votes will be used.
