Personally I'm fairly apathetic, but given the vague wording of the term "community event" I'm going to assume in this case that it was an event in which they were representing the city brand, not just some get together with friends. If that's the case, it's likely a good idea not to be hammered. And if you hold a public office, it's seems pretty obvious that maybe you shouldn't be doing illicit drugs publicly.
It's kind of funny because we'll laugh and jump all over it when we see Hall or "Nugey-Hops" partying after a loss, but when it's a city councellor it's "meh".
As ah123 pointed out, that generally wouldn't fly in corporate Calgary. To a further extent, if I'm out on some United Way fundraiser representing my company, sure it's not on company time, but I'm pretty sure if I was drunk and started lighting up I'd be shown the door. At least that's what it says in our A&D policy.
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