Jessica Brennan | style="text-align:right;" |Public Trustee, Wards 13 | style="background-color:#00FF00;" | | style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" | |- |- style="background-color:#FFE5B4;" | style="text-align:right;" colspan="2" | Total Endorsed Public Trustee Candidates | 7 || 5 || 2 |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | style="text-align:right;" colspan="3" | Total Endorsed Candidates | 17 || 9 || 8 |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="13" |Sources: "Labour council looks to change politicians", Hamilton Mountain News, October 14, 2010. |} Incumbents not seeking election The only incumbent councillor to not seek re-election was Ward 15 representative Margaret McCarthy, who decided not to stand for re-election after serving on regional and Hamilton councils since 1994. She has cited family commitment as her reasoning for leaving politics after 16 years. Wards 11 and 12 Public School Board Trustee Shirley Glauser announced she would not be seeking re-election following the completion of her first term in office. Glauser was the only public trustee to not seek another mandate in 2010. Withdrawn candidates Despite placing second in the 2006 Election and filing early in 2010 to run against Councillor Russ Powers in Ward 13, Julia Kollek withdrew her candidacy on June 3, 2010, stating that she wanted to help her community in ways other than as an elected representative. During an interview with the Dundas Star, she commented that "You can’t take the activist out of me!" Ward Three candidate and member of the Mohawk College faculty, Frank Bedek pulled out of the 5 person race on July 20, 2010. Public School Board Trustee candidate for Ward 4, Ryan Sparrow, withdrew from that race in June. Sparrow had been a School Board candidate in Ward 3 during the 2006 Election, taking 17% of the vote, and was a candidate in the 2008 Federal Election for Hamilton Centre. Timeline November 13, 2006: 2006 Election January 25, 2007: Shortly after the election, Councillor Morelli is accused of harassment, but council votes to stop proceedings. April 11, 2007: After weeks of unruliness, Councillor Bratina throws a pen across the council chamber, leading Hamiltonians to believe that Mayor Eisenberger no longer has control of council November 28, 2007: Councillors are unaware of what they are voting on, as they vote to limit the number of garbage bags that will be collected during curbside pick ups to one. February 5, 2008: Councillor Pasuta alleges Councillor Mitchell illegally lobbies him to support a land severance ruling on Mitchell's farm in Glanbrook. Mitchell denies any