CFRA..com Director Quits -- City Hall Quiet Josh Pringle Wednesday, June 25, 2003 City of Ottawa officials are remaining quiet about the sudden departure of the director of communications at City Hall. In an e-mail to councillors, corporate services general manager Kent Kirkpatrick says Marie Josee Lapointe left the City effective June 23, 2003. Lapointe had been with the City since December 2000.