Oct 11, 2026 · 46 min · 11 segments
From a 20-year corporate media career to jumping straight into the Mayor's seat on Pelee Island, Cathy Miller has led through complex challenges. She joins Jessica Sartori to talk about her 2022…
Cathy MillerGuest
Jessica SartoriHost
Um, well, you put out a mayor's statement today about, um, divisive social media that was also shared and supported by, um, Sherry Bondi, who, who you mentioned, uh, a little while ago, who is the, uh, town of Essex mayor, um, noting that social media isn't the place to engage with or, you know, criticize elected, um, officials in, in, in that way-
... um, and that some of the messages and posts aren't constructive and create a culture of suspicion and, um, and hostility.
And I've very much paraphrased, um, what, what the letter said, so, you know, correct any- anything that I may, you know, mi- may be, um, misconstruing.
But can you tell us more about what prompted your statement, and, and what do you want the public and other women candidates to take from it?
You know, I'm gonna, I'm gonna be really, uh, specific here because it's not, this isn't-
You know, even, even, like, women participate in this nonsense online too, right? It's not-
Social media's become the new town square, you know? And I get that, and I, I, I don't, uh, begrudge people for connecting on, on social media with matters that are important to them or, you know, for advocacy purposes or to share information, um, a- and to learn things.
And, you know, a lot of elected people use social media to inform, um, their constituents of what they're up to, what they're thinking, what they're voting, how they're voting, all those things.
Um, you know, my, the reason that I, that I made that statement in particular is that it, it, it's particular to Pelee Island, and there's a couple other pages in other municipalities I've seen too that, that they're...
Um, well, you put out a mayor's statement today about, um, divisive social media that was also shared and supported by, um, Sherry Bondi, who, who you mentioned, uh, a little while ago, who is the, uh, town of Essex mayor, um, noting that social media isn't the place to engage with or, you know, criticize elected, um, officials in, in, in that way-
... um, and that some of the messages and posts aren't constructive and create a culture of suspicion and, um, and hostility.
And I've very much paraphrased, um, what, what the letter said, so, you know, correct any- anything that I may, you know, mi- may be, um, misconstruing.
But can you tell us more about what prompted your statement, and, and what do you want the public and other women candidates to take from it?
You know, I'm gonna, I'm gonna be really, uh, specific here because it's not, this isn't-
You know, even, even, like, women participate in this nonsense online too, right? It's not-
Social media's become the new town square, you know? And I get that, and I, I, I don't, uh, begrudge people for connecting on, on social media with matters that are important to them or, you know, for advocacy purposes or to share information, um, a- and to learn things.
And, you know, a lot of elected people use social media to inform, um, their constituents of what they're up to, what they're thinking, what they're voting, how they're voting, all those things.
Um, you know, my, the reason that I, that I made that statement in particular is that it, it, it's particular to Pelee Island, and there's a couple other pages in other municipalities I've seen too that, that they're...
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