Newscasts, columns and letters to the editor are churning out fast and furious on the heels of Premier Williams request that Andy Wells resign as Mayor of St. John's prior to acceptance of an appointment as head of the PUB.
Wells has responded that calls for his resignation are part of a campaign orchestrated by "little Liberal bloggers who are just scandal-mongers and low-life vermin." [quoted in Oilweek]
and NDPers and university types [which Noreen Golfman of the Independent picked up on by responding - what's the opposite - Tories and uneducated dolts?] Each day brings a new group supposedly orchestrating the Mayor's demise.
Just some of the coverage includes:
To hear a particularly illuminating interview with an uncharacteristically deflated Andy Wells by CBC Radio's reporter David Cochrane, click here.
Also in the news:
After Andy: Contenders ready for St. John's byelection
CBC News, Fri.Feb.15.08
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2008/02/15/mayoral-contenders.html
Check out The Independent (not online) for several letters and columns (see Patrick O'Flaherty's and Noreen Golfman's who, of course, can't keep the Andy game out of their ink.
The Independent has also run a few cute little cartoons.... we'll try and get some scans for the blog.
In the Western Star, Andy says he just wants peace and quiet. Sounds like a St. John's citizen who's been rattled by a certain mayor, huh?!
And while a blog in Labrador has been following surveys on the affair running in the Telegram and on VOCM, an Ottawa blog keeps up on government press releases.
The Sir Robert Bond Papers finally has something in its blog about the Premier's dictum.
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