► On the Record

“Our City Council is ready to lead again, and we’re going to do that for the next four years,”

-- Councilmember Tim Leavitt at Thursday’s Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce mayoral debate at Esther Short Park in downtown Vancouver.

“I’m prepared to give four more years of my life … because I love this city,”

-- Mayor Royce Pollard, also at Thursday’s GVCC debate.