'A true gentleman': Former councillor Brian King remembered as 'straight shooter'
No matter the hot button issue, Chatham-Kent councillors could always count on Brian King to be a calm, steady force around the horseshoe.A resident of Jeannette’s Creek, King died Saturday at Riverview Gardens with family at his side, just days before his 74th birthday.He was a lifelong farmer and municipal councillor for Tilbury East, as well as the ward of West Kent post-amalgamation, for 24 years before stepping away from politics in 2014.Former South Kent councillor Art Stirling serv