If the word from the west holds true, Randy Simms won’t have too much time to worry about caribou and on-air meltdowns.
The talk show host is going to be locked in a fight for his seat as Mayor of Mount Pearl from former Conservative cabinet minister Dave Denine in this fall’s municipal election.
Apparently, Denine can’t find something better to do with himself and his hefty pension(s) than go after the part-time job he left when he got into provincial politics.a decade ago. According to word coming from the Pearl, Denine is about to start raising cash and getting set for the municipal election in the fall.
Despite claims from Conservative circles in December 2010 that Tory incumbents would all run again, Denine was one of the crowd elected on Danny Williams’ coat-tails who cashed in his chips before the 2011 general election.
Denine held a bunch of posts during his time in cabinet. After a couple of controversies in municipal affairs over disaster response and fire service, Williams stuffed Denine into a few inconsequential portfolios. He racked up his pensionable time quietly after that. Williams could always count on Denine to nod on cue.
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