Original sentence: He garnered criticism when he broke a tie vote to consider moving Saint John to RCMP policing in the middle of contract negotiations with the Saint John Police Force.In January 2014, Norton flirted with the idea of running for the Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party after the party under David Alward failed to win government during the September 22, 2014 general election.Norton began his political career first as a city councillor for Ward 3.On May 14, 2012 he defeated the incumbent mayor, Ivan Court, who was seeking reelection for his second term.That would be foolhardy because we don’t know what the future brings,” and intends to finish his term as mayor which ends in 2016
Edited sentence: He is known as an optimistic politician, however garnered criticism when he broke a tie vote to consider moving Saint John to RCMP policing in the middle of contract negotiations with the Saint John Police Force.In February 2013, rumours circulated that Mel Norton might be leaving municipal politics to run for pope.In January 2014, Norton flirted with the idea of running for the Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party after the party under David Alward failed to for government during the  September 22, 2014 general election.Mel Norton began his political career first as a City Councillor for Ward 3.On May 14, 2012 he defeated the incumbent Mayor Ivan Court who was seeking reelection for his second term.Since then Norton has been both praised and controversial.That would be foolhardy because we don’t know what the future brings,” and intends to finish his term as Mayor which ends in 2016.The rumours proved unfounded, supported only by a few posts tagged "#melnortonforpope2013" on social media