Mayor’s ‘mojo dojo’ private gym? Ken Sim blasted over repurposed city hall boardroom

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A Vancouver city councillor is blasting the mayor for converting a former boardroom into a private gym. The mayor, who paid for the equipment, says exercise keeps him focused.

Vancouver's mayor has been taking heat over recent increases to his office's budget, with the latest incident being the discovery of a board room being used as a private gym . Ken Sim says opposition councilors are simply playing politics and to prove his point, he's given Alissa Thibault and other media a tour of the space.

“I was shocked. Not because its a gym, it’s more because its personal use of public space, and it’s a space we legitimately used to do the city’s business.” The Mayor’s Office originally said Sim was not available for an interview, but after media pressure offered a tour of the space. That boardroom’s functions were relocated to another space in City Hall in the interest of privacy and efficiency, he said.The old boardroom space was subsequently repurposed as a gym, and Sim personally purchased all of the equipment within, he said.

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