From the way entrepreneur and community activist John Campbell has been talking lately, one may have assumed he was planning to run for the Ward 3 by-election.
But Campbell, who's run for office three times in recent years without success, called a news conference this afternoon to inform the public he plans to sit this one out. CHSJ asked why he held the meeting, to which Campbell responded he's "not a typical politician" and it's his job to simply draw attention to the issues.
Campbell identified garbage collection, vacant lots, and entrepreneurship as major issues facing Ward 3. At the end of the speech, however, he cited "prior commitments" as his reason not to run.