With and Without Mayor Horwath

Those of you who are regular readers of The Hamiltonian will know that, from time to time, we publish interviews under our 10 Tough Questions With… series. The series has primarily focused on sitting mayors, and over the years we have featured former Mayors Eisenberger, Bratina, and Di Ianni. In the case of Mayor Di Ianni, he was no longer serving as mayor at the time of the interview; however, that interview was conducted during the early days of The Hamiltonian.

It has been some time since we last conducted a substantive interview with Mayor Andrea Horwath. Our records indicate that our most recent in-depth interview with the Mayor was in March 2025 (see it here). Since then, the Mayor has provided statements to The Hamiltonian on various issues from time to time, but our last focused interview with her took place more than a year ago.

Readers may also recall that The Hamiltonian recently published an assessment of Mayor Horwath's term in office (see it here) . As is our practice, we approached that piece from a position of neutrality and offered our observations as we saw them, based on the information available to us.

Given the passage of time since our last substantive interview with the Mayor, we recently reached out to her office and extended an invitation to participate in another instalment of our 10 Tough Questions With… series. We believed the timing was appropriate, not only because we had not conducted a focused interview with the Mayor since 2025, but also because the interview would provide an opportunity for her to address any issues, concerns, or points of clarification arising from our recent opinion piece, should she have wished to do so.

Today, we received the following response from the Mayor's office:

"Thank you for reaching out. Mayor Horwath will not be participating."

As always, The Hamiltonian remains committed to providing all elected officials and candidates with a fair and equal opportunity to share their views with our readers.